Solar flares are here, everyone unplug your dryer!


Turns out we have exceptionally high solar activity right now, with a category 4 solar flair expected to impact the planet, potentially affecting satellite communications, electronics and power grids.

Of course, if history is any guide the news is absolutely over excited over this, at best those in the northern states may see pretty lights at night.  I was particularly amused this afternoon at a CNN weather person recommending you unplug your dryer just to be safe.  I mean, is that really the most important appliance in his house?  🤣

Also, kind of off topic, if you have binoculars or a telescope with the right solar filters you can catch a glimpse of the dark spots on the sun associated with this CME.  Amazing to imagine that it is about 15-16x wider than the earth. 

erik_squires

The surge protector thread has made me so paranoid that I have unplugged almost everything except for the TV and the computer and the refrigerator.  

@laoman  , to the best of my knowledge, this site has no blocking feature.  I suppose that all that you can do if you find the content of a post objectionable (and given the content of the particular post, I can see how that might be) is to report it by clicking on the date and time at the upper RH corner of post and then following the prompts.  

@immatthewj

Thanks for that. I guess I will just keep on not reading these long winded diatribes of nothingness. I am sure we all know about whom I am posting.

 

@laoman I find three kinds of challenging posts here: meaningless, unintelligible and deceitful (aside from trolling). It's especially confusing when it comes from the same person. I can have all the empathy in the world for the first two, but I have a hard time with the third kind - premeditated misinformation.... 

No wander my iPhone 15 was cutting in and out dropping calls

I was thinking our local cell tower was causing the problem