Posted on 02/22/2024 7:22:07 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Two outbursts from the sun occurred as widespread cellphone outages were reported throughout the United States on Thursday (Feb. 22).
Two powerful solar flares erupted from the sun on the evening of Wednesday (Feb. 21) and during the early morning of Thursday (Feb. 22). An X1.8-class flare occurred at 6:07 p.m. ET (2307 GMT) on Feb. 21, and another, an X1.7 class flare, erupted at 1:32 a.m. ET (0632 GMT) on Feb. 22. The flares erupted from a region of the sun that "continues to exhibit strong magnetic complexity," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wrote in a statement about the events.
"No apparent CMEs resulting from these events have been observed as of the time of this writing, but can not be ruled out," the agency added. Nevertheless, NOAA issued an alert today for a solar radio emission at 6:58 a.m. ET (1158 GMT), which are sometimes joined by strong coronal mass ejections (CME) and solar radiation storms.
Meanwhile, nationwide throughout the United States, widespread cellular outages were reported on Thursday morning following the solar flares. According to The Associated Press, tens of thousands of outages were reported by major cellular carriers such as AT&T, Verzion and T-Mobile.
It remains unclear if the two events are related, but reports of outages appeared to begin around the same time as the solar flares.
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It remains unclear if the two events are related, but reports of outages appeared to begin around the same time as the solar flares.
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If I am not mistaken, it takes some time for the solar junk to reach earth (they are slower than light). Therefore, the outages should have followed some time after the observation of the flares, right?
I wish I knew more.
“Would solar flares for some reason only affect ATT cellular service?”
And how can a solar flare hit DC and miss me, just 15 miles away?
I saw this spin this morning and laughed. This was either an attack on AT&T, or some computer programmer/engineer has some explaining to do.
So...the solar flare only effected the US, and was worse in a handful of states? Sure THAT is believable.
That is not true. The states effected were: Texas, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Alabama, New York and Massachusetts. What do those states have in common? Anything besides the outage?
Solar flares travel at almost the speed of light. They take 8 minutes to arrive at earth.
Coronal Mass Ejections move way below the speed of light and can take hours to days to arrive at earth.
Solar flares travel at almost the speed of light. They take 8 minutes to arrive at earth.
Coronal Mass Ejections move way below the speed of light and can take hours to days to arrive at earth.
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Thanks. I was thinking CMEs.
I’m still not having any problems whatsoever. Just like last time
Wolverines!!
Somewhere, someone has no doubt already posted how these solar flares were drawn from the sun because of their well-established attraction to terrestrial Co2.
“We don’t know what caused this...but we KNOW it wasn’t a cyber attack or terrorism.” LOL!
My Consumer Cellular went out this morning (Feb. 22). I got text message alerts with no texts.
Donate to the FReepathon so we can harden our shields!
Same ATT that was sold to a larger company so that company could change it’s name to ATT...
You know, if I’m the Iranians or Chinese or whoever might have done this as a test, I might consider doing it at a time of increased solar activity. It gives the lazy Fs in the Pentagon an easy excuse to look the other way.
“If I am not mistaken, it takes some time for the solar junk to reach earth (they are slower than light). Therefore, the outages should have followed some time”
You are correct. The charged particles of a CME take days to reach the earth. However, the higher energy X-rays and gamma rays take 8 mins.
Sensitive, new or cheap electronic components are far more sensitive to the more energetic radiation.
“Targeting a specific carrier?“
Yes!!
So, the sun, which is HOW many times the size of earth, has a flare that ONLY affects ONE particular cellphone carrier .. in ONE particular country on earth???
Also.. this began in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
I feel sorry for anyone who refuses to believe we aren’t being had by all the folks “in charge of things”…
Can a well equipped amateur detect these emissions using home electronics lab equipment?
That’s an interesting question. Some quick search found this. The answer is yes.
TheSociety of Amateur Radio Astronomers that has equipment set up for that.
https://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/33
Ham radio operators are experimenting with a new way to detect solar flares
https://swling.com/blog/2023/06/using-doppler-shift-and-time-stations-to-detect-solar-flares/
IEEE Spectrum has this
Detect Solar Flares and Gamma-Ray Bursts for Less Than $100
Monitor space weather by tuning into signals sent to submarines
https://spectrum.ieee.org/detect-solar-flares-and-gamma-ray-bursts-for-less-than-100
Lots of other hits, too.
Thanks, this is perfect for what I was after. And I have all the stuff already...
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