Surprising Solar Storms Rage at Sun’s South Pole
In todays news
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070220_sun_spole.html
The other day at the end of the work day something strange happened. In my haste to leave a platform I slipped and my hand got caught in some large moving gears. There goes some fingers I thought to myself as I got ready for the pain. Then the gear teeth yielded as if made of soft rubber and I pulled my hand free. Had my friends not been on the landing below calling for me I would have investigated this further. For now I will just be happy to be intact. Fast forward a couple of hours and I am at my Mothers house sitting outside by myself. A strange snowfall starts to take place. It’s snowing in sheets, I don’t know how else to describe it. Within 10 minutes there are what looks like many large drifts of snow that remind me of my childhood Winters in Chicago. But on other areas of the ground there is no snow at all, very strange. I remember looking at the garage and telling myself that I will have to shovel the snow so my Mom can get her car out of the garage. So ok we have a few folks freaking out a bit but all is still relatively calm. I decide to go for a walk after checking on my Mom and from a certain vantage point I see that the local power plant is engulfed in flames. Funny that there is not much smoke but the entire complex is literally engulfed. I suppose the flames are eating the smoke much like if you put a burning cigarette in the flame of a candle. I guess the freak snowstorm had something to do with the fire, oh well, no power tonight. I go back to Mom’s to see if she is aware of the fire and find several neighbors there who have told her the news. I decide to go watch the fire and am devastated by seeing fires starting all over the town. The riots and looting have started. It sure did not take much. I wonder if there would have been less fear if the ET’s would have landed in Central Park before Mother Earth started calling in her markers. Naw, probably worse, man is full of soooo much fear. I’ve always imagined that when they do land that Oprah, Mel Gibson, Willie Nelson and the Dali Lama will be the first out of the ship to put our minds at ease.
Hmmmm, I think I just figured out why I have several favorite actors but no favorite actresses. Few men deserve my respect but all women do. Sorry guys but I have always felt this way all my life, no wonder I never watch sports with you. I also suppose that those metal gear teeth had a mind of their own and decided to spare me today.
Love,
Fletcher