Scientists from Caltech Astronomy examined the great solar flare of 1990 that occurred in active region NOAA 6063. The eruption and subsequent shockwave were so massive that scientist decided to write a report on their findings titled “Tangential Field Changes in the Great Flare of 1990 May 24.”
The region on the sun gave rise to a dangerous X9.3 flare, which was visible in white light. The flare was observed by several observatories, including the Big Bear Solar Observatory at Caltech.
Solar flares are enormous explosions on the sun that unleash streams of energy, light, and high-speed particles into space. The most dangerous solar flare is known as “X-class flares” based on a classification system that divides solar flares according to their strength.
If Earth faced, the solar flares and associated coronal mass ejection (CME) can create geomagnetic storms that can disable satellites, communications systems, and even ground-based technologies and power grids.
A massive solar storm in April 2017 allegedly interfered with power grids in San Fransisco, New York, and Los Angeles. On both coasts, critical infrastructure such as communication networks and mass transportation were severely impaired.
This was the period when mainstream media blamed the Russians for cyber hacking America.
Meanwhile, in a report from NOAA titled “Geomagnetic Storms and the US Power Grid,” the paper mentions how US power grids are highly interconnected and susceptible to damage from solar flares.
The report shows how the sun produces Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) [solar flares] and launches it to the Earth.
When GICs penetrate the Earth’s geomagnetic field, they usually enter transformers in the power grid.
What happens next? Well, GICs blowup transformers and force a terrifying grid-down event.
Even the White House has been preparing for a catastrophic solar storm through a recent 2016 Executive Order titled “Coordinating Efforts to Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events.”
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta warns about solar storms and its physiological impact on markets.
So, what does this all mean? Like the great solar flare of 1990, scientist and governmental agencies have been fascinated by the sun and its occasional expulsion of energy. Not all solar flares are Earth-facing, but it is only a matter of time before the next big one cripples modern society. Then what?
Then we be fucked seven ways to Sunday.
Wiki:
“The solar storm of 1859 (also known as the Carrington Event)[1] was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm during solar cycle 10 (1855–1867). A solar coronal mass ejection (CME) 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 British astronomers Richard C. Carrington (1826–1875) and Richard Hodgson (1804–1872).
A solar storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread disruptions and damage due to extended outages of the electrical grid.[2][3] The solar storm of 2012 was of similar magnitude, but it passed Earth’s orbit without striking the planet.[4]”
It probably doesn’t mean shit but the sun is in a solar minimum, anyway, this is a good site I go to when trying to plan night shots of the aurora, which are at a minimum because….the minimum.
They keep track of CME’s, solar flares, etc.
http://spaceweather.com/
Harvard’s Earth Shield CAN REPEL space threats and AVERT the RISING BLACKOUTS & all nuclear plants’ explosion by the next solar superstorm, as we thankfully escaped in July 2012* https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/news/impact-and-mitigation-strategy-future-solar-flares * http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm – http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/images/u33/final_shibata_SWW_2015.pdf
It’s estimated that Carrington-type events hit earth on average every 150 years. In other words, we’re overdue.
The worst the last one did was knock out a few telegraph lines and shock a few telegraph operators. Today, we not only have power grids at risk, but fried microcircuitry would set us back to the 1800’s.
Sadly we don’t have 19th century infrastructure. I fear we would go back further.
Whichever side of the Earth got whacked would buy spare parts from the other side. We’d get replacement circuitry from Japan, Australia and South Korea, for example. It wouldn’t be that much of a setback unfortunately.
Large transformers would take 1-2 years to replace..They aren’t made in the US..
Yellowstone eruption / San Andreas earthquake / Solar Flare – bring it on BABY !!!!
Look at picture showing size of earth compared to sun. Yet, supposedly our actions are the cause of global climate change. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE!
There is good evidence that the Sun came out of Solar Hibernation about 18,000 ya and rapidly melted the ice; and then about 12,900 ya, a CME about 1,000X the Carrington Event hit the Earth (and Moon as shown in the recovered Moon Rocks) and caused an Earth Extinction Event (Global Deadly Cosmic Rays & fires), which may have triggered the Younger Dryas . Hopefully, Humans will not see a CME that large again until about 90,000 AD.
Why wish it on your fellow man in the future? Man up and take one for the team NOW. The Earth could use a break from we human vermin! It’d serve those liberal tree huggers right too.
it’s getting kinda hot lately.
why are libtards so against ICE?
This can all be solved if we just get more ICE agents, to cool things down a little.
Meh! I’ve seen several X-20+ class solar flares since 1996. They’re actually pretty cool because they cause massive aurora so intense that I have to look south toward the equator to see from position at 47 degrees north lattitude. Now THAT’S an Aurora baby.
As with everything else on this planet the only time anything gets fixed is after it causes a calamity.
If you really want something to fear check the first five words in that image posted at the bottom of the article:
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If that doesn’t tighten your cornhole, you haven’t been paying attention.
indecent,
quit talking cornholes–
serious question-when one of these coronal ejections happen,does it affect the entire earth or just the side facing the sun when it hits here?