Posted on 05/20/2025 5:13:57 PM PDT by week 71
A massive solar storm is heading toward Earth, threatening to disrupt communications, navigation systems, and power grids around the world.
NASA issued the warning after a powerful burst of energy from the sun last week, which measured as an X2.7-class solar flare, the highest category for solar flares.
Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation that come from sunspots — darker, cooler areas on the sun's surface — and are among the most powerful explosions in the solar system. These flares can last from a few minutes to several hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
A coronal mass ejection (CME) typically takes 1 to 3 days to reach Earth, according to NASA. The fastest CMEs, traveling at speeds of 3,000 kilometers per second (almost 1,900 miles per second), can reach Earth in about 15 to 18 hours. Conversely, slower CMEs, traveling at speeds of around 250 km/s (155 mi/s), can take several days to arrive,
Series now ... am I the only loony tunes character here with his SHTF electronics in a Faraday cage?
Thufferin thuccotath
I’m ready.
I’m going fishing, either way.
Sounds like a plan!
And screw the !imits.
I’m going fishing, either way.
“And screw the limit!”
Fortunately, I haven’t experienced a blackout in 38 years.
sooner or later, probably later, NASA’s dire warnings of total catastrophe from solar storms will be true, but so far, i haven’t seen any of NASA’s solar storm catastrophe predictions come true ...
The Far Side
I read about a warning JUST LIKE THIS last week. Now just stop it.
This isn’t the end, son.
No size restrictions and screw the limit!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz plus a big yawn,
Pre-NASA and an e-gizmo laden society:
The 1859 solar storm, also known as the Carrington Event, caused widespread disruptions to telegraph systems, with reports of electrical shocks, fires, and even telegraph operators being knocked unconscious. The storm also produced bright auroras that were visible at unusually low latitudes, even the Caribbean and Mexico. Some people even read newspapers by the aurora’s light.
You beat me to it!
Haha - you can legally do that (ignore the limits) @ Little Grassy Lake in Southern IL, at present. The entire lake is (slowly) being drained so repairs on the dam can be made. So, IDNR has lifted the limits, as almost all the fish will be dead soon enough, anyway.
Supposedly the whole project will take around 5 years, so, it will be perhaps past my fishing days before the lake is back to what it has been (an excellent fishing lake.) The biggest Largemouth Bass I ever hooked (and lost) was at that lake, when I was a teen fishing with my Dad.
Yep, sensationalist headlines and overstated content. Lots of bullschtein from DM.
If the US Internet went down for hours in the day, people may discover what they were missing in real life.
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