Sun eruption from 7th Aug. may affect Earth after all

[Irma]

INCOMINGCME: The solar eruption of August 7th mightaffect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solarand Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading ourway with a significant Earth-directed component. Click onthe image to launch a "difference movie" of theexpanding cloud:

The impact of this lopsided CME probably won't trigger a major geomagnetic storm---but the SOHO data show it couldbe bigger than expected. High latitude sky watchers shouldbe alert for auroraswhen the cloud arrives probably on August 10th.

[Sonny Sisomphou]

Oh sorry you wrote Aug 10 which is about now,...hmm let see.

[Sonny Sisomphou]

Thank God for this Ning Irma, if you post something like this about the Sun affecting earth on the other ning you would recieve missile of rebuttal. Here you receive appreciation, may be an amicable argument hopefully. Good info.

How long does this particular CME take to reach Earth and what affect would it have on Earth?