Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Flare, Strongest in a Decade

At 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 GMT), an X-class solar flare — the most powerful sun-storm category — blasted from a large sunspot on the sun's surface. That flare was the strongest since 2015, at X2.2, but it was dwarfed just 3 hours later, at 8:02 a.m. EDT (1202 GMT), by an X9.3 flare, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The last X9 flare occurred in 2006 (coming in at X9.0).

According to SWPC, the flares resulted in radio blackouts: high-frequency radio experienced a "wide area of blackouts, loss of contact for up to an hour over [the] sunlit side of Earth," and low frequency communication, used in navigation, was degraded for an hour. [The Sun's Wrath: Worst Solar Storms in History]

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I guess Cleveland is not the place to be if you are an armed robber.
A man who intended to rob a Cleveland Taco Bell was shot and killed by armed employees.
Uhh.....THREE armed employees.
His accomplice got away.
Armed Taco Bell workers shoot, kill robbery suspect.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I've noticed that drive-thru employees now lock that window. Probably a good idea.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

No, I bought the tire at Discount Tire Warehouse, though I'm not sure of when anymore, the new one was $48.00, and like I think I said, I may have piked up and/or run over a nail on a dirt road(at least I didn't get stuck), or driven it with too low air pressure, I had the car fully loaded yesterday, 3 humans and 3 dogs, plus the trunk was loaded, I've no idea what did the deed.

And then a person by the name of Jeannie showed up, She used to live next door.

Doesn't look much like a nail puncture, more like an overload combined with low pressure leading to high temperatures. The number of times recently when truck in the UK have had blow-outs like yours they've found an axle-overload is very worrying.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Doesn't look much like a nail puncture, more like an overload combined with low pressure leading to high temperatures. The number of times recently when truck in the UK have had blow-outs like yours they've found an axle-overload is very worrying.

Load, pressure, and age.
Worth checking the date of manufacture on the tyre wall (last 4 digits of the full DOT code- last 2 digits, are the year, the preceding 2 digits are the week of manufacture) to make sure your new tyre isn't old stock. Not unusual to get a new tyre that was actually manufactured a year or more ago. However if it's 2 or more years old, ask for a better price, or a newer tyre.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Are they still doing recaps on truck tires?
I remember a long time ago you used to see those treads peeled off and littering the highways.
Nowadays, not so much.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Are they still doing recaps on truck tires?
I remember a long time ago you used to see those treads peeled off and littering the highways.
Nowadays, not so much.

Any tyre will do that, its usually caused by running with an underinflated tyre - the tyre flexes too much - overheats - and the tread separates from the carcase.

It used to happen more so with twin tyres rather than with big singles which on this side of the pond are more commonly used nowdays, with singles its easier to see, feel or hear a tyre thats starting to cause problems.

Another cause used to be brakes dragging, with drum brakes this used to be a problem but most modern brakes are now disk brakes and we do not get so many problems with them.

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Kevin

Well I do see parts of retreaded truck tires on the roads, just bits and pieces, mostly tread, sometimes cords. Reminds Me of the problem Firestone used to have with some of their tires.

I had a pair of those Firestone tires.
Left front disintegrated whilst driving home from Wisconsin Dells about 40 years ago. Almost took out a guy on a Harley in the other lane, but I was able to pull it back. And those tires only had a few thousand miles on them.
Never ever bought another Firestone tire again.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

That saga really stuffed Firestone - I was in the process of ordering a load of tyres and Firestone were top of the list until the excreta and the Expellair met.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

That saga really stuffed Firestone - I was in the process of ordering a load of tyres and Firestone were top of the list until the excreta and the Expellair met.

Well, it sure stuffed them in my book. Got rid of them and switched to Goodrich TA radials. Good traction, but didn't wear so well.
Of course, I was a kid then. And drove like one.
I am loving the new set of Michelin Defenders I am running on Toothless right now. Great tires.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I try to check my tire pressures at least every other month.
More often if I have a suspicion that one is going down too fast.
And then that gets checked out and taken care of.
Car is only as safe as it's tires.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Being 14", which is not as common these days, my Michelins had to be ordered directly from the factory. So they were very fresh stock.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Doctors Office said 416, not 420.

Oh, then I am sure the tires were fine.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I keep mine inflated towards the upper end of the maximum. They ride a tad harder, but handle better. And they seem to wear pretty evenly, as I still tend to corner more aggressively than some people.
I do love my anti-sway bars.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Those sway bars do wonders for the car's handling.
I run the station wagon bar on the front and an aftermarket bar from Addco on the back.
GM never even bothered with a back sway bar on that chassis.

Meow!

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I keep mine inflated towards the upper end of the maximum. They ride a tad harder, but handle better. And they seem to wear pretty evenly, as I still tend to corner more aggressively than some people.

I do love my anti-sway bars.

Same here Mark. The Z3 manual says 28psi all round. I have the fronts at 31 psi. Slightly harder ride at low speeds but much more precision at higher speeds. And the wear is even over the whole tyre width. We call them anti-roll bars over the pond :-)

@ Vic - £175/$229 is a lot of money for anybody. I could go cheaper, but with a vehicle that can do 125mph, it would simply be a stupid economy. I replaced the rear two tyres a couple of years ago, but I know that due to age and mileage the front two will need to be changed in the next 18 months. But the car will see me out, so it will be the final time for a tyre change.

I run the fronts a couple of PSI higher than the rears since I added the rear bar. The fronts do most of the cornering work.
Although after adding the rear bar, the back tires take on more of the load.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Recaps on trucks yes they still do them. But they do on aircraft too.
One of first cases involved 2 DC-10 that crashed, one on take off in LAX and the other landing in Hawaii. The accidents shared tire failures. At the time Airlines were typically using tires that had been recapped up to 14 times. Needless to say I was just part of a large legal team. My part of the case was tires and landing gear. As a result of our work the NTSB reduced the number of times that a tire can be recapped to 7.
Happy travels.

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I keep mine inflated towards the upper end of the maximum. They ride a tad harder, but handle better. And they seem to wear pretty evenly, as I still tend to corner more aggressively than some people.

I do love my anti-sway bars.

Same here Mark. The Z3 manual says 28psi all round. I have the fronts at 31 psi. Slightly harder ride at low speeds but much more precision at higher speeds. And the wear is even over the whole tyre width. We call them anti-roll bars over the pond :-)

@ Vic - £175/$229 is a lot of money for anybody. I could go cheaper, but with a vehicle that can do 125mph, it would simply be a stupid economy. I replaced the rear two tyres a couple of years ago, but I know that due to age and mileage the front two will need to be changed in the next 18 months. But the car will see me out, so it will be the final time for a tyre change.

That £175 seems a bit steep, I've just replaced mine Pirelli 235/55 ZR17 103W at £108 each. I could have gone for "V" but that's a bit tight, just on the limit, 149mph, but they were not in stock.

Tyre squeal is indicative of many things including: wrong wheel alignment, tyre pressure too low for the conditions, driving too fast, worn suspension components (bushes, bearing and the like), damaged suspension components (rods and arms bent), incorrect tyre fitment, incorrect suspension geometry and so on. Given you've had a recent blow-out I would look at your tyre pressures - I would be setting them at the high load setting (and remember to check them when the air temperature drops in a few weeks time!)

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Sounds like it's time to change my name social security number and birth date.
Just call me Richard Charpentier born 1/2/1985, 30 years younger sounds right.

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