Listen to the link.  This apparently marks the middle of the peak of each 
sunspot cycle.  If you want to see something really earth-shaking, wait 
until the year when the earth's magnetic field reverses.  This usually 
happens, supposedly, every 150,000 years or so, but hasn't happened for 
800,000 years.  A lot more cosmic rays would get through during the shift, 
and the ionosphere would probably be very turbulent.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary Tillinghast
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 12:18 AM
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Subject: Re: sun's vast magnetic field

It Could end the world as we know it.  Can't say if it has ever happened
before.  Might we see weather change hemispheres?  Gary
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From: "Fred Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 7:23 PM
Subject: FW: sun's vast magnetic field


Subject: sun's vast magnetic field


Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2013 2:34:14 AM by Daffynition

August 5, 2013: Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to
measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic
field is about to flip.

"It looks like we're no more than 3 to 4 months away from a complete field
reversal," says solar physicist Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University. "This
change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system."

(Excerpt) Read more at
science.nasa.gov
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