[ RadSafe ] Airlines diverting polar flights due solar storm

[Richard L. Hess]

Hi, Joseph,

At the time, Radsafers made me aware that it was under-reporting, I 
should have mentioned that, sorry.

I do not know if there was any GLE activity at the time of the flight. 
The date and time are there if there is a database of such things.

It was surprising how much more the meter measured at cruising 
altitude--makes me happy we have the atmosphere that we do! While I used 
to fly one to two trips a month, I no longer do that, but this is not 
one of the reasons why--I did not find this alarming, just interesting.

I rejoined RadSafe to feel reassured that I was "misinterpreting" the 
news as waaay over the top. Thanks--people who understand this stuff 
(unlike me, who doesn't understand it in depth) are saying it's bunk, too!

Cheers,

Richard


On 2014-01-09 11:00 AM, Joseph Shonka wrote:
> Richard, your graph is interesting.  Likely the GM did not respond to the
> neutron radiation and also under-responded to the high energy protons, so
> the stated exposure rate may be low.  Do you know if your flight occurred
> during what is called a GLE.  ( "Ground Level Enhancements" or burst of
> particles from the sun that reach earth)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Richard L. Hess <lists at richardhess.com>wrote:
>
>> As a baseline, you may recall a demonstration I did about a dozen years
>> ago...
>>
>> The uR calibration is based on cesium, I believe, and I probably should
>> have just logged CPM, but you get the idea.
>>
>> http://www.richardhess.com/rad/lax_chi.jpg
>>
>> Hopefully it will be clear tonight and we'll finally see an aurora in
>> Aurora, Ontario...they have been visible here, but I've never seen one.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On 2014-01-09 10:28 AM, Joseph Shonka wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder what the ionizing radiation levels are like.  No mention of that
>>> in the article.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Marcum Martz <marcum.martz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>   http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-24/delta-reroutes-
>>>> some-flights-on-solar-flare.html
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