Dependiing of course upon the strength of any burst or bursts.
HEaded to space weather.com now
Are we gonna die again?
Take the jab π and we’ll be okay. ππ
Remind me again how big an β Xβ flare is β¦ time to wrap my car in foil ???
Same text at spacewether.com
MAJOR FLARE WARNING: Sunspot AR2860 is big, angry, and it’s directly facing Earth. The active region just unleashed a significant M4.7-class solar flare (Aug. 28 @ 0611 UT), probably hurling a CME toward Earth: movie. If current trends continue, a major X-flare could be in the offing, so stay tuned.
A big enough solar flare, especially if the magnetic polarity is in the southward direction can cause overloads in power systems
A flare in March 1989 blacked out Quebec for number of hours overloading the lines
Just finished watching “ knowing “ with Nicolas cage last night.
We’re dead.
Manmade sunspots. Only the Green New Deal can save us.
I fear that Joe Biden has lost the Mandate of Heaven.
I thought we had a giant asteroid coming to get us.
Solar Storms Are Back, Threatening Power Grids and Satelliteshttps://www.bloomberg.com βΊ news βΊ articles βΊ solar-st...
Huge Solar Storm of 2012 Would Have Sparked Calamity on ...https://www.space.com βΊ 26669-huge-solar-storm-2012...
Jul 29, 2014 β If a huge solar eruption in 2012 had hit the Earth, the effects would have been so devastating that we’d still be recovering two years later ...
we’re doomed dooooomed.
and algore is still wrong.
Mayhaps I will get a chance to try 10 meters on my new FT-891 ham rig I got for the car... or maybe 6 meters could open...naw, never happen.. :-)
Bands were dead this morning, now I am seeing a lot of signals. Should be great Europe DX tonight.
I’ll do some research, but anyone know how the latest Mauder Minimun is progressing?
The title at the website is a bit hyperbolic - grin. The exclamation point makes it seem like armageddon. Still interesting though for space geeks.
The Carrington Event of 1859 would be a catastrophe for the Earth if a repeat of it were to happen in the present day.
Aurora time?
Must be because it’s overcast.
Aurora Forecast by the Geophysical Institute of Alaska.
https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast
Will the cosmic rays cause us to have superpowers?
Global warming on the sun; have to save the sun now.