Room 613 Student Blogs - 2005/2006

March 8, 2006

The Sun: The 11-Year Cycle (It’s A Hit)

Filed under: Newsbreak - Week 4, 6V Newsbreak, JohnC, 6V, Science —— johnc @ 5:42 pm

In Washington, studies in science labs have come up that sun-spawned cosmic storms that have caused havoc with orbiting satellites and power grids have been thought to be 50% stronger in the next 11-year solar cycle than the last one!  Astronomers have volunteered to do a long-ranged forecast to find any solar activity that might start now in 2006 or later in 2008, but they didn’t give any predictions on any of the solar storms.  The astronomers still hoped to create early warnings to power companies, satellite operators, and other power and satellite companies around the world to prepare for these storms. These solar storms can be more than a happening, they can cause satellite failures, disruptions in electrical grids and blackouts, and can be a living nightmare for astronauts in outer space [where they] can be severely violent.  To all astronauts, be very careful and stay on Earth, who knows what might happen up there.  This is a newscast from yours truly, John.

                               

8 Responses to “The Sun: The 11-Year Cycle (It’s A Hit)”

  1.   joshuae Says:

    You had a very descriptive article.It’s kind of scary almost knowing that this event could happen any time now. also think you had a GREAT picture.

  2.   ronniep Says:

    John that was a good newsbreak and I liked the golden brick.But you can
    add a little more about the cycle.

  3.   mary platt Says:

    John you did great on getting your information and your picture.I didn’t know that Washington go’s to Science. Mr.Lawrance is probably going to be surprised on what you did.

  4.   ericg Says:

    Good job John. I liked the topic you picked. it is very interesting. I like how you made it short and sweet because if
    you make it to long you spend to long reading it. I also like your picture. It looks cool.

  5.   heathera Says:

    John nice story. I think you choose a great topic and you had alot of
    good daetails. Oh ya, and I loved your picture.

  6.   sarah Says:

    John, Very nice article, I like the picture especially, however, I think next time you should try to possibly cut down on the awesome vocabulary? It is very nice voabularly just kind of hard to understand, ya know? Anyways, I wish all Astronauts to be VERY careful!

  7.   forrestg Says:

    Great Newsbreak John! I was wondering… is it a good thing that there will be…uh COSMIC storms? Little Freaky eh?

  8.   allieb Says:

    John- your post is good. When ou think thats kinda scary, huh?
    P.S. Your picture looks like a ring pop, laugh out loud!!! -Allie

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