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NOAA says tonight's 'cannibal' solar storm could be worst in 165 YEARS and cause GPS and power outages - as they reveal exact time it'll hit
Daily Mail ^
| 5/10/24
| Stacey Liberatore
Posted on 05/10/2024 11:43:56 AM PDT by week 71
Earth could suffer the worst solar storm in 165 years as six streams of plasma that erupted from the sun this week are set to make crash into our atmosphere tonight.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed Friday that the worst-case scenario would be what happened during the 1859 Carrington event, which set telegraph stations on fire, cutting communications worldwide.
In our modern-day society a geomagnetic storm - a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere- of that magnitude would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1859; aurora; auroraborealis; geomagneticstorm; northernlights; solarstorm
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To: steve86
During the Carrington Event, telegraphers were getting shocked and even though they turned the machines off the solar energy was still giving them power. Several telegraphers in Boston and Maine communicated with each other for several hours wth the machines turned off.
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:54:59 AM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: week 71
I’m kinda busy tonight, can we reschedule?
To: Disambiguator
Just realized it’ll be after sundown so we’re safe. 😂🎸👍
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:56:59 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: week 71
Joe Biden: “It triggered the civil war, no joke”!
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:57:00 AM PDT
by
OLDCU
To: 21twelve
Although the forecast doesn’t extend out long enough to show if it will still be big at nightime over the USA to see the aurora. It has to be clear to see an aurora, and AS USAUAL, the forecast is for cloud cover.
Which means MASSIVE frustration.
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:58:44 AM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: rktman
“I wonder if I should not plug into my amp”
That’s what roadies are for bro........or an alcohol impared patron will do in a pinch. LOL!
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:58:45 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
My son is an astronautical engineer. He had a job at NASA when he was in college as a date technician on a solar observatory satellite. Essentially he took up close and personal photos of the Sun.
He got a couple showing huge plasma eruptions shooting away from earth. Pretty wild stuff.
He’s still at NASA driving satellites that fly in formation and keeping them from trading paint.
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:59:37 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
To: rktman
Our band has a gig tonight. I wonder if I should not plug into my amp. "There's a *slight* possibility of overload."
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posted on
05/10/2024 11:59:38 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: week 71; Allegra
Where’s the Oh noes guys???
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:03:31 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded certailetters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:06:26 PM PDT
by
pghoilman
(Earth First. We'll drill the rest of the galaxy later.)
To: rktman
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:07:03 PM PDT
by
erlayman
(E )
To: week 71
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:08:54 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny)
To: erlayman
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:09:25 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: Jamestown1630
Well, I guess there’s not much we can do about it, is there? Sure you can. Turn off and take all your electronic devices and put them in a metal garbage can, with the lid on top. Keep them there for the next few days, as the solar flares can go on until May 13th. You may need a metal dumpster with lid for larger items like your 85 inch TV.
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:09:49 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: week 71
Sounds pretty hugh. Series too.
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:10:09 PM PDT
by
mykroar
("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
To: week 71
No real explanation for the “cannibal” terminology. I can only assume that it will turn everybody on the Earth into cannibals. But our cellphones will work.
To: roadcat
I am going to put some microwave popcorn out in the yard and see what happens.
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:12:28 PM PDT
by
Texas resident
(Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
To: Fido969
True. But don’t forget the significant contributions of systemic racism and homophobia to the event!
To: roadcat
Actually, my TV would fit in a trash can. (I don’t do ‘vulgar’ appliances.)
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:13:14 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Macho MAGA Man
In 1859 all the Telegraph wires melted.
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posted on
05/10/2024 12:15:01 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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