MYSTERIOUS BLAST IN THE WESTERN RIM  

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ONLY 30 HOURS LATER 5/23/02 MAGSTORM BEGINS! The expanding cloud left the Sun on May 22nd when a solar filament collapsed. 5/23/02 13:28 UTC: Solar wind speed appears to have peaked just above 1000 km/sec.

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Isn't that the Pleiades crossing in conjunction with the sun ? Isn't it coincidental that as the constellation makes its transit an X2 flare and several M-class flares toss off tons of solar material in several consecutive CMEs? Temperatures have been over 120 degrees in India resulting in over 1,000 heat-related deaths which sure can't help a lot now that India is suddenly nuclear-tip to tip with Pakistan and summer is still a month away.

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5/22/02/ 23:42 C3