Fire in the sky

[682bear]

We could see them all the way down here in Georgia...

-Bear

 

[cathead]

Today I see there is a 70% chance for solar flares as we head towards solar cycle 25. While the
auroras as beautiful to see, the devastation to the electronics in this world could easily do a lot
of harm to humanity. This includes digital readouts, variable frequency drives(VFD), cell phones,
most automobiles, computers, the power grid and countless other electronics. Do a little reading
on "Carrington event" if you want to educate yourself on the subject.

 

[Inferno]

Today I see there is a 70% chance for solar flares as we head towards solar cycle 25. While the
auroras as beautiful to see, the devastation to the electronics in this world could easily do a lot
of harm to humanity. This includes digital readouts, variable frequency drives(VFD), cell phones,
most automobiles, computers, the power grid and countless other electronics. Do a little reading
on "Carrington event" if you want to educate yourself on the subject.

This isn't directed to you, cathead.

Ever hear of the boy that cried wolf?
The media is the boy.

None of the last 20 or so warnings have produced a "Carrington event" or even harmed a single electronic component.
It's time to stop with the scaremongering.

 

[woodchucker]

This isn't directed to you, cathead.

Ever hear of the boy that cried wolf?
The media is the boy.

None of the last 20 or so warnings have produced a "Carrington event" or even harmed a single electronic component.
It's time to stop with the scaremongering.

I believe that is not accurate. I believe that I remember hearing about some satellites that were destroyed in the past .

 

[pdentrem]

Shuttle launched a couple sats back in 1982?, failed. In Nov 2003 there was another event. Recently SkyLink lost 38 due to a flare. So equipment can fail due to the high levels of radiation in orbit. Large power black outs on the East coast have also happened on the ground.

https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/SWstorms_assessment.pdf

 

[WobblyHand]

Predicted cloudy most of the night here. Drat. Sort of drizzling now. Not encouraging.
Might have a break in the clouds around 3am, but might not.

 

[mmcmdl]

Just had a very bright double rainbow down here . Looks like we may get some clearing tonight .

 

[WobblyHand]

Just as a FYI, the solar activity did affect GPS the other day. In Iceland, they are monitoring the ground rise, (inflation) as a proxy for underground magma accumulation. They're trying to predict the next eruption.

The increased ionization of the atmosphere changed the radio propagation times from normal. This resulted in a measurement that was considerably different and less than expected. GPS systems assume constant propagation times. Today, when they redid the measurements it was more inline with previous trends. New measurements were on the predicted trend line. The Icelandic Met office had a note on their website about this.

 

[rwm]

My friend took some with an Android near Hendersonville NC.
First at sunset-Starlink. My wife actually saw the launch from the Cape on Tuesday. Weird.


Same group taken from Charlotte:


Later that evening-Aurora

Keep looking up!

 

[GT-6 Racer]

Not like I’ve seen during winter in Norway, but a pretty nice display for central Ohio