chrismpw
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lol
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- Thread starter summerisle
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bol-uk
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My Grandad traced our family roots back to viking king titila ( https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titila ) There is a village in Norfolk called Tittleshall where he once settled apparently (we went there, walke in the local pub and announced ourselves, they didn't bat an eyelid). He was also great grandad to Kking James 1st 32 times removed so we have direct lineage to them Royal fam!
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
He was Scottish, so not much kudos there.
Billysgingham.
Player Valuation: £40m
Bol uks.
Seathestars
Player Valuation: £60m
My granddad was on two ships that were hit by torpedoes, and survived both. His dog was called Lucky
bol-uk
Player Valuation: £50m
I did think that.
bol-uk
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Oh Yeh, I just made it up.
Billysgingham.
Player Valuation: £40m
Knew it.
Synopsis: a big-@ss solar flair/sun storm detonated some underwater bombs put there by the US Navy back during the end of the Vietnam war. Surprised this doesn't happen more often...
From the journal "Space weather"
On the Little‐Known Consequences of the 4 August 1972 Ultra‐Fast Coronal Mass Ejecta: Facts, Commentary, and Call to Action
Plain Language summary:
The extreme space weather events of early August 1972 had significant impact on the U.S. Navy, which have not been widely reported. These effects, long buried in the Vietnam War archives, add credence to the severity of the storm: a nearly instantaneous, unintended detonation of dozens of sea mines south of Hai Phong, North Vietnam on 4 August 1972. This event occurred near the end of the Vietnam War. The U.S. Navy attributed the dramatic event to magnetic perturbations of solar storms. In researching these events we determined that the widespread electric‐ and communication‐grid disturbances that plagued North America and the disturbances in southeast Asia late on 4 August likely resulted from propagation of major eruptive activity from the Sun to the Earth. The activity fits the description of a Carrington‐class storm minus the low‐latitude aurora reported in 1859. We provide insight into the solar, geophysical, and military circumstances of this extraordinary situation. In our view this storm deserves a scientific revisit as a grand challenge for the space weather community, as it provides space‐age terrestrial observations of what was likely a Carrington‐class storm.
From the journal "Space weather"
On the Little‐Known Consequences of the 4 August 1972 Ultra‐Fast Coronal Mass Ejecta: Facts, Commentary, and Call to Action
Plain Language summary:
The extreme space weather events of early August 1972 had significant impact on the U.S. Navy, which have not been widely reported. These effects, long buried in the Vietnam War archives, add credence to the severity of the storm: a nearly instantaneous, unintended detonation of dozens of sea mines south of Hai Phong, North Vietnam on 4 August 1972. This event occurred near the end of the Vietnam War. The U.S. Navy attributed the dramatic event to magnetic perturbations of solar storms. In researching these events we determined that the widespread electric‐ and communication‐grid disturbances that plagued North America and the disturbances in southeast Asia late on 4 August likely resulted from propagation of major eruptive activity from the Sun to the Earth. The activity fits the description of a Carrington‐class storm minus the low‐latitude aurora reported in 1859. We provide insight into the solar, geophysical, and military circumstances of this extraordinary situation. In our view this storm deserves a scientific revisit as a grand challenge for the space weather community, as it provides space‐age terrestrial observations of what was likely a Carrington‐class storm.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
The Treaty of Versailles included a clause which required all signatories to introduce domestic drugs legislation.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
On this day in 1915 Francis Albert Sinatra was born.