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siligut

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5. This has been a fun mystery. It is the GPS that convinced me it was solar activity

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 04:14 PM

Jan 2014

If one of the three satellites the GPS was using was disrupted and failed to relay data, the GPS wouldn't know its exact position, thus the wrong directions. The GPS satellites are 6,000 to 12,000 miles away and a coronal mass ejection can travel up to 33,333 miles per second. So the CME hit the satellite and the gas station just milliseconds apart. Makes sense to me, more so than aliens or surface microwaves.

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An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) ??? Strange thing happened ... I stopped to fill the car with gas, [View all] RKP5637 Dec 2013 OP

Either that or a close encounter of the second kind siligut Jan 2014 #1

This happened last month, south FL. I've been back in that area, never had it RKP5637 Jan 2014 #2

The GPS giving incorrect data would seem to indicate a solar flare siligut Jan 2014 #3

Yes, I had been using the GPS just prior to the gas station and it was working OK, when I RKP5637 Jan 2014 #4

This has been a fun mystery. It is the GPS that convinced me it was solar activity siligut Jan 2014 #5

Yes, this all makes sense to me too! Thanks! RKP5637 Jan 2014 #6

Dials screwed up fadedrose Jan 2014 #7

Nope, I was right on time for the appt., but it was really strange, I also have RKP5637 Jan 2014 #8