Upcoming solar flares could wreak havoc on Earth

Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago to Science
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Hmm get the tinfoil hats out... for real accurate information go to

http://www.spaceweather.com/ or

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

and you can get their aurora predictions. I hope to see it one day.

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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I do think that is the standard to measure against and is an argument a lot of people use for hardening the grid and equipment critical for things like water and communications. Maybe they should spend on that and just let the middle east sort itself out...
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The storm of 1859—known as the Carrington Event[1]—was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm during solar cycle 10 (1855–1867). A solar coronal mass ejection hit Earth's magnetosphere and induced one of the largest geomagnetic storms on record, September 1–2, 1859. The associated "white light flare" in the solar photosphere was observed and recorded by English astronomers Richard C. Carrington (1826–1875) and Richard Hodgson (1804–1872).

    Studies have shown that a solar storm of this magnitude occurring today would likely cause more widespread problems for a modern and technology-dependent society.[2][3] The solar storm of 2012 was of similar magnitude, but it passed Earth's orbit without striking the planet.[4]
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Solar storms can disrupt electronics, and even damage them, one sure way to protect them is a Faraday Cage, there are many variations of it on the web, the great side effect of having your stuff in a Faraday cage is it also protects you from damage from nuclear explosion EMP....:)
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years, 6 months ago
    I read that the recent power interruptions in SF, LA and NY may have been related to "space weather." Presumably the rest of the country was protected by tinfoil hats. :-)
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 6 months ago
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