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. 

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Does anyone actually read the tripe he posts? There is enough hot air there to launch 100 dirigibles. I suppose mahgister's  posts might be useful if you are constipated.

Insults in my private mail and now in this thread where your positive contribution is zero..

No shame ?

It pass over your head that solar flare is a danger very real for the reason explained in the articles i submitted here ...

It pass over your head that some of us learned it in 1989 because their electrical grid crashed in quebec ?

It pass over your head that states must prepared the infrastructure instead of useless wars ?

Go on insult me again but it is useless you are proved to all you are an idiot or a lying children ...

 

Does anyone actually read the tripe he posts? There is enough hot air there to launch 100 dirigibles. I suppose mahgister’s posts might be useful if you are constipated.