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

@laoman ....a Southern US contraction of ’you all’.

And, you’re absolutely right....

You really don’t know what it means.

I can chalk you up as a ’newbie AI’ that got loose....and toy with you.

Butt, at the cost of yours'.....I'd rather go to bed at this point.

'Till we meet again...

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@mahgister

Please contact me at support@audiogon.com for instructions on blocking users.   

The issue w blocking is one can lose the opportunity to correct the poser experts when they give out bad advice… like calling a FET an Op Amp, etc….or heaping  praise for an unheard component, etc…. etc….

But of course, buyer beware always applies…

@laoman All Y’all is a further extension of the term and reveals my hayseed roots