Uh oh. This can't be good...
Posted on 01/23/2024 9:23:10 AM PST by Twotone
A solar flare slammed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, causing radio blackouts, while a second is set to hit the Earth on Tuesday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a geomagnetic storm watch on Monday, monitoring two large solar flares ejecting from the sun. Both left the sun on Sunday, the first hitting over the Pacific on Monday, while the second is projected to make contact on Tuesday.
Despite the cosmic proportions of the event, NOAA said citizens shouldn’t be concerned. Some minor inconveniences could occur, such as minor power grid interruptions or an impact on radios, aviation communication, and satellite operations.
The possibility of the storm disrupting the power grid was put at 60%.
On the brighter side, the effects will likely create auroras visible in Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.
Monday and Tuesday’s flares are categorized as coronal mass ejections, a medium-sized solar storm.
Uh oh. This can't be good...
I know it’s not. Solar flares are interesting, & people might want to know where they can catch a view of the aurora borealis.
I was on a commercial flight yesterday on the west coast yesterday when the first one hit. I figured we were going into some sort of time-warp tunnel and had no idea where we would emerge. Then we landed in Spokane, confirming my fears.
Stillnot a Carrington Event!
Only 60% chance the power grid will be affected... that’s not very reassuring!
And of course, it's going to be 100% overcast and snowing. As usual during opportunities for the best aurora viewing.
ARGH!!!!!
radio blackouts = wolf
it’s in every solar storm headline i’ve ever seen, and yet they never say who/where was effected...
Just like the last solar “catastrophe” no change whatsoever as if it *never* happened s
And the one before that and the one before that and the one before that
chicken little
It’s BS - somebody has to say it
No wonder the Mars helicopter computer shut down zapped.
Smoke clearing craft okay
Not here in NY, thick clouds for the next three months.
LOL
Not even any missing parts on the plane?
Nope. I counted all the screws after landing. And both nose wheels were intact, too.
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