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Predict when the occurrences might take place. >> it's a good question, one thing, earth is really big and the atmosphere changes based on solar activity. if there's a sun spot, we've had a few in the last few months, happen and the if they heat the air in the balloon it get bigger and the drag changes on the satellite, on the orbittal debris. we don't exactly know how much drag is it on the thing, so we have to wait until they start falling and then track them. >> well, it's like a law of gravity, right? what comes up must come down. no matter how many of the the dividers we build, once we se...

>> well, have you to realize that every 11 years the north pole and the sun pole of the sun flip, releasing a tidal wave of radiation. this is just a warmup exercise for 2012, 2013, when we hit the top of the solar cycle. now, remember that in china radio communications were disrupted. in northern ireland they saw this spectacular display of northern lights last night, and the government has issued warnings to satellite providers, the internet companies, power stations, warning them of a possible disruption because of this whopper of a solar flare. >> so when we talk about a disruption, what a...

It's now almost as pig big as jupiter. so in the next 24 to 48 hours, we could see some interruption of satellites. >> do we need to worry about this when this happened? >> sometimes. but there's no real warning on this one yet. but the sun spot is getting bigger and bigger. when it has one that faces the earth and it sends one out right to us. >> that could be a problem. >> that could be a problem. >>. we're getting to the active cycle of the sun now. >> sure, the active cycle of the sun. >> it comes and goes. >> more immediate to my life, i'm getting on a flight to new york after the show. a...

Gentleman what is your name? >> chris ralph. >> reporter: just walked to me and chatting what it's like. gotten cool. noticeably cool. the light is a bizarre gray color. what's going through your mind right now? >> it's unreal. it's different. it's different than twilight. it's -- it's -- everything looks different. it's -- it's a little freaky, in way. isn't it? i mean you totally understand it, but it's like, you feel like there's something really special in the air. >> reporter: where have you come from? why here? >> i live here. >> reporter: you live here? >> yeah. my wife works here on ca...

Essential electronic systems. the erupt send radioactive energy hurling our way. it slammed into the earth's magnetic field this morning and is threatening to mess with power grids and gps. could force some flights to be rerouted. it's great to have you here. your reaction to the storm so far and our coverage of it. >> this is an incredible storm. it's the largest storm we have seen of this type of quite some time. this is really indicative of the kind of activity we find on the sun as the sun makes its way to its upcoming sun spot. that will be next year. we can expect to see lots of these ki...