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Re: (meteorobs) Massive solar flare



I will pull my credentials here.  I usually don't do this in
non-professional circles, but I do not want this to be written off as a
crank letter. I don't have time to foool around right now.
My name is Chuck Urrey. I am a Ph.D. Clinical psychologist in Charlotte NC.
I have just been diagnosed as having a pretty aggressive malignancy in my
brain.  I will start radiation treatment in the next couple of weeks. Thus,
my recent interest in the impact of massive coronal ejection and solar
radiation on the human body.  Any physicians/physicists out there who want
to school a first grader on this topic, get me off list and I'll do what  I
can to respond. Maybe this whole idea comes to nothing but....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck" <leonis at carolina.rr.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Massive solar flare


> I hope I can reply to the list this way.
>
> I have been keen with interest about this topic the last couple of days.
>
> Some one out there who has knowledge in both the physics of this solar
> activity AND knowledge of the radiation treatment of cancerous
> tumors...please think about this topic.  How might there be some
> relationship?  What is the impact n malignant tumors and a stream of solar
> proton energy. I cannot do much more to formulate a question, but to the
> tumor that is inside my brain as I type. If this is some sort of crazy
> incomprehensible question, sounding to come from the mind of a crazy
> man...well, you get your head drilled 2-3 times in a week pumped full of
> drugs to stop brain swelling....then we can see how much clarity your mind
> has..  I guess I have gotten "off topic" on the list, haven't I/???
Please
> don't ban me boys.  I need this right how. Chuck Urrey Carolinas Medical
> Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Linnolt" <mlinnolt@alum.mitdot edu>
> To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:00 PM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Massive solar flare
>
>
> Shielding from the high-energy protons, electrons and ions of a CME
consists
> of 2 parts: The Earth's magnetic field, which directs the particles into
the
> polar regions, and the atmosphere. The latter works simply by virtue of
the
> density of air and the height of the atmosphere. This guarantees a high
> probability most of the particles getting past the magnetosphere will be
> stopped by the random chance collision with an air molecule before it
> reaches the Earth's surface.  Since the air is much denser near the
surface
> at low altitudes, persons at high altitudes or on planes receive a much
> higher dose. Anyway, there is no way this mechanism can "fail". That would
> mean a spontaneous "hole" would have to open up through the whole
atmosphere
> above, which is absolutely "impossible" from statistical physics
considering
> the number of atoms involved. Another consideration is the amount of
> shielding provided by a typical wood house. If you do a simple calculation
> of the number of atoms in a column of atmosphere 50km high compared to the
> number in a few inches of wood or sheetrock, you will see the atmospheric
> shielding is several orders of magnitude better, and the house really
won't
> make much difference anyway... So, one need not be an "expert" to know
what
> not to be worried about.
>
> Mike Linnolt
>
> --- Jill and Nevyn <mirage@gilanet.com> wrote:
> > Well the experts have spoken...no
> > problem...hmmmm...you know I have two
> > grandchildren and my email to my son was: Keep them
> > indoors.  Sometimes our
> > experts are not always correct...and in this I think
> > I would rather make an
> > error on the side of over caution.  From what I have
> > gathered so far our
> > atmosphere shields us from most of this radiation.
> > But what if something
> > fails?  Anyway thanks for any info.
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