WARNING: A FAST CME with southern magnetics headed our way

Posted by $ Olduglycarl 2 weeks ago to Science
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Heads Up!
With our shields weakened 30% we don't know exactly what to expect, (level 4 for sure), I guess we'll find out; Tom Bodell may not be able to keep the lights on for ya.

Just be aware

Note: Betelgeuse is about to nova (likely just like what our sun will be doing soon) but the rhetoric is a bit much. Elon thinks part of earth will experience disturbances . . . we'll see.
I am not convinced.

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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 1 week, 5 days ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, cloudy here also. In the last few years, most nights are cloudy, a clear starlit night has become a rarity.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 1 week, 5 days ago in reply to this comment.
    Coronal Mass Ejection,
    This one was directed toward Earth, (we've been lucky to only be grazed by some bad ones.) and it was Fast, got here in a day, (opposed to a couple of days) but thankfully, it wasn't very dense. Still, it caused a level 4 storm (because our shields are 30% weakened) which would be indicative of a large X class flair.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 week, 6 days ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks, mhubb. The second link with the story of the telegraph between Boston and Portland working without batteries connected was very interesting.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 week, 6 days ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks, OUC. The only thing I heard on the news was the Northern lights may be more intense and active last night from my location (southern shore of Lake Ontario), but it was cloudy/hazy so I slept through it, LOL.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 1 week, 6 days ago in reply to this comment.
    I know some damage was done somewhere on earth in the weeee hours of this morning, (talk about a FAST CME!) scoured the interweb off and on today and . . . Crickets, Crickets! during a KP 8 solar storm.
    Shaking my head.

    Shouldn't be surprised though, they still blame "Climate Change/Global Warming" for the week outage in Spain and Portugal when it was clearly the solar wind making it's way through a weak spot in our shields.

    So, you are correct, unless we experience it ourselves, they will never tell us what happened.

    I could only watch (no sound) the report today, but you got to see the data! it's mind boggling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVheS...

    will be listening right after I post IN THE MEME TYME: Delusional
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  • Posted by mccannon01 2 weeks ago
    Unless something happens to us personally, I wonder if we will know if anything happened at all.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 2 weeks ago
    If just solar wind can take out a countries grid due to our weak shields then I guess we best pay attention.
    Just passing the info on, not making any predictions.
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