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Massive internet blackout soon? X-class solar storm to hit Earth after solar flare explosion on Sun
DNA India ^ | 02/11/2023

Posted on 02/11/2023 2:56:01 PM PST by BenLurkin

According to space and weather experts, a recent development regarding the appearance of two new sunspots on the Sun has sparked a wave of concern, with the expectation that a global blackout can be hitting the Earth anytime soon.

The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) has recently issued a warning about an upcoming solar storm, which can cause major electricity and signal blackouts soon. This comes as two unstable sunspots are visible on the side of the Sun which is facing the earth.

According to experts, a solar storm sparked by a massive solar flare explosion on Earth can cause electricity and internet blackouts in certain areas, and can also lead to loss of radio and GPS signals in several areas, leading to extreme danger.

The warning issued by NOAA states that there is a high chance of an M-level solar flare eruption and a mild chance of an X-level solar flare eruption. If an X-class solar storm hits the Earth, then the level of devastation can be massive.

The warning issued by NOAA states that there is a high chance of an M-level solar flare eruption and a mild chance of an X-level solar flare eruption. If an X-class solar storm hits the Earth, then the level of devastation can be massive.

It is expected that the solar storm will hit the earth this week itself, likely to cause disruptions over the weekend. In the recent few weeks, Earth has already suffered many solar storm-related blackouts in Pacific areas, causing inconvenience.

Further, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared alarming footage earlier this week, the scientists from the agency detected a piece of the Sun “breaking away” and swirling to form a massive "polar vortex".

As per media reports, a NASA space expert said, “Implications for understanding the Sun's atmospheric dynamics above 55° here cannot be overstated!” This new development of the sun is also one of the reasons why solar storms can hit the Earth soon.

Space experts have revealed that an X-class solar storm can lead to major disruptions, including a near-global internet and electricity blackout, as well as loss of radio, cell phone, and mobile signals in some areas.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ar3213; carringtonevent; cme; coronalmassejection; sida; solarflare; sunspot; sunspotar3213
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To: BenLurkin

Gay, Lesbians, Trans and people of color most effected!
21 posted on 02/11/2023 3:13:00 PM PST by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: bigbob
#15: "Please, get your information from a reputable site like spaceweather.com not some indian shitsite."

Agreed. When I saw that this "news" was sourced from an "indian shitsite", my BS detector pegged.

A quick search of major news organizations and science news sites reveal nothing of importance, just a typical run of the mill solar flare which has happened thousands of times before.

22 posted on 02/11/2023 3:13:41 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: BenLurkin

23 posted on 02/11/2023 3:14:11 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bigbob

It takes light from the Sun 8 minutes to get here. The solar storm itself moves slower, I forget how much, but it will get here later.

Hopefully it will mess up the Chinese as well.


24 posted on 02/11/2023 3:16:22 PM PST by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars.)
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To: Spok

May God protect us.

I’ve seen a couple of documentaries—one on the insipid Leftist Weather Chanell and I don’t look forward to grid destruction and the strongest people living a few days longer by killing and eating the weaker people. And then dying from raw sewage and disease.

We should have spent our billions on hardening and protecting the grid (Ted Cruz actually brought that up) instead of wimpy Ukrainians and climate change lies.


25 posted on 02/11/2023 3:17:03 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: BenLurkin

“Massive internet blackout soon?”

I guess that when it hit yesterday they missed it ...


26 posted on 02/11/2023 3:20:49 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: bigbob

See post 11


27 posted on 02/11/2023 3:22:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Obadiah

You should poke an antenna out the side so people can still call you on your phone.


28 posted on 02/11/2023 3:24:02 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: BenLurkin

Dang might know it my Super Man cape is in the cleaners.


29 posted on 02/11/2023 3:25:21 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t tell me, lemme guess! BIPOCs and LGBTFUBARs hardest hit


30 posted on 02/11/2023 3:25:27 PM PST by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Thanks, not every X-class flare is potentially dangerous, other than the usual radio blackout when it happens. This one was very short and intense, as the NOAA data at spaceweather shows, and after you look at these things for a while you know which will produce a CME and which probably won’t. They haven’t said yet, but CME prediction is about as reliable as election polling, and if this flare was quick enough to not have lifted solar mass out and flung it into space, it’s over with.

Always good to know the actual science rather than what bloggers report.


31 posted on 02/11/2023 3:26:05 PM PST by bigbob
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To: BenLurkin

We need common sense solar flare legislation NOW!!


32 posted on 02/11/2023 3:26:36 PM PST by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: BenLurkin

Just one of the many dangers of man made global warming I presume?


33 posted on 02/11/2023 3:27:23 PM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: frank ballenger

“”I don’t look forward to grid destruction and the strongest people living a few days longer by killing and eating the weaker people.””

You’ll adapt, people are always afraid of change at first.


34 posted on 02/11/2023 3:31:09 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: BenLurkin

Month or 2 with no internet would be great... Might open some of the brain dead idiots eyes to an actual world.


35 posted on 02/11/2023 3:39:42 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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This would probably be a great thing for humanity.


36 posted on 02/11/2023 3:40:40 PM PST by imabadboy99
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To: BenLurkin

Duration of Blackout? Temporary or what?
Do components get “fried” and not usable again?
No raduio and GPS - Hpow long?


37 posted on 02/11/2023 3:43:15 PM PST by shalom aleichem (Sick 'n Tired! Tell us wnat to DO about it!I'm searchinh for the "Like!" button. LOL)
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To: BenLurkin

The massive solar flare will explode the earth! That’s truly massive! Run for your lives!


38 posted on 02/11/2023 3:45:51 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: Kartographer

Curious. I just watched that last night.


39 posted on 02/11/2023 3:46:43 PM PST by pa_dweller (Let's all go out for ice cream.)
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To: shalom aleichem

In all likelihood, there won’t even be a hiccup.


40 posted on 02/11/2023 3:47:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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