Posted on 07/15/2022 7:21:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The recent flare is directed towards the Earth and is expected to cause significant blackouts to GPS navigation systems, which could end up disrupting journeys for small aircraft and ships. Ham radio or amateur radio operators will face some disruptions due to this solar flare, which has a 10 percent chance of being an X-class solar event. Astronomers are not yet sure if the flare was also accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), which could result in a geomagnetic storm in a couple of days.
The timing of the solar flare brings back memories of another solar flare that erupted on July 14, 2000, and is remembered as the Bastille Day event since it coincided with France’s national day.
The CME that accompanied this solar flare was received a day later and saw auroras flash in the night sky in the U.S., whereas, in some areas, it appeared as if the sky was on fire, a report for Spaceweatherarchive.com said. By the time the geomagnetic storm subsided, auroras had been seen in Texas, Florida, and Mexico.
The event is also special for astronomers as it was the first major event after the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) was launched, and researchers caught a glimpse from up close as to what really happens on the solar surface during a solar flare.
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Can we just get our leaders to pass more anti-CME laws
Certainly that would fix the problem.
We Must enact Sanctions on the Sun immediately because the threat of inducing GeoMagnetic storms is an hostile act.
I call for a Bi-Partisan Resolution immediately
I have family members these days who have trouble navigating without GPS. Hope this does not portend some larger X in the future - they may not be able to find their way home from 30 miles away - grin! Thanks for posting.
LOL, I may have to drag out the old Mapsco.
LOL!
Ha! Had to look up Mapsco, but yeah - I put an ink and paper atlas in their car for ‘just in case’ - not kidding.
Climate change, COVID, monkey pox, nuclear war mongering and now solar flares. Sheesh.
The 1659 telegraph lines were made of wax and melted on a hot day.
There is no “recent CME”. The Bastille Day event was 22 years ago.
Those interested in such things get realtime info from space weather.com, not BS sites.
The particles take about three days. They don’t travel at the speed of light.
I think you might not understand what 73 means. Certainly not 88.
oh no, not again. we barely survived the last one last month.
First thing the Pilgrims did upon landing at Plymouth Rock was to establish a reliable telegraph network.
I know what ‘73s’ means.
‘88’ means ‘love (or hugs) and kisses’.
Wow. Telegraph lines melted and they weren't even invented till 1843. That's a powerful flare.
Don't worry, there are generations of alleged students who cannot read the time from a clock or write cursive. Don't even think about long division without a calculator or OMG algebra.
I think it was a typo. The poster meant the Carrington Event.
I have long believed we might see an EMP or similar event that would fry most semi-conductors on the planet.
We could see destruction of modern life on a scale we cannot even imagine.
The Technology Trap gets tighter with each passing day, it will eventually slam shut.
There are very conflicting opinions about how much an EMP would permanently disable.
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