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To: Melian

Sunspot slide - we had a legitimate solar weather warning overnight at work last night. Predictions of strong geothermal magnetic disturbances, with 3 peaks of K7 on our scale.

They can affect the power grid, but overnight, there were no detrimental effects. Other than the absolute PITA of reporting and coordinating the information flow with the rest of the power entities.

There are several dashboards on the space weather prediction center. In my line of work, the electric power community dashboard is the site of choice...

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/electric-power-community-dashboard


1,399 posted on 11/04/2021 3:44:27 AM PDT by meyer (Everything woke turns to poo.)
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To: meyer

Re Sunspot:

Interesting. How long does the average disturbance last?


1,402 posted on 11/04/2021 3:50:20 AM PDT by Melian (The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.)
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To: meyer

Seger grew up around the Ann Arbor area, about 45 minutes (AKA, 2 beers) from my hometown.
As a sneaky teenager, I saw some of his early, local bar stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTTjt5VkZM


1,435 posted on 11/04/2021 5:45:13 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (There are no atheists when Jesus returns.)
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