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Peter1469
04-21-2017, 09:04 PM
Solar flare spewing from mega hole in the Sun could cause blackout mayhem (https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3379806/solar-flare-spewing-from-mega-hole-in-the-sun-could-cause-blackout-mayhem-next-week/)

looks like it may get here in a few days


This coronal hole is a vast region where the Sun’s magnetic field tears apart, allowing solar wind to escape.Super-charged solar winds flowing from the Sun’s atmosphere are expected to reach Earth on April 23 or 24.


According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this could whip up a “moderately strong” geomagnetic storm.

Dr. Who
04-21-2017, 09:58 PM
Solar flare spewing from mega hole in the Sun could cause blackout mayhem (https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3379806/solar-flare-spewing-from-mega-hole-in-the-sun-could-cause-blackout-mayhem-next-week/)

looks like it may get here in a few days
Glad I'm not flying anywhere.

Peter1469
04-21-2017, 10:06 PM
It should be big enough to harm airplanes.

gamewell45
04-21-2017, 10:44 PM
I wonder if it will wreak havoc with sensitive electronic equipment at hospitals when it hits? Likewise if the equipment is shielded will it make any difference?

Dr. Who
04-21-2017, 11:00 PM
I wonder if it will wreak havoc with sensitive electronic equipment at hospitals when it hits? Likewise if the equipment is shielded will it make any difference?
From what I gather, aircraft are most at risk.

AeonPax
04-21-2017, 11:24 PM
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According to "Spaceweather.com (http://spaceweather.com/)", this is to be a G-2 (http://spaceweather.com/glossary/g2.jpg?PHPSESSID=9s01vjk6lh4ar4g0036otuu0k6) geomagnetic storm, which is more of an annoyance than a threat.

Don
04-22-2017, 12:44 AM
We'll get nailed by a big one eventually. It happens on a cycle. Its inevitable. Its happened before. We know it and we know what it will do to our modern civilization that most of us have come to depend on to the point that it will devastate our way of life. We should be approaching this like it was a major war effort and the thing is, if we did it we would actually be helping ourselves against a man made weapon that does the same thing as a major solar eruption. The next big priority should be finding tracking and destroying or diverting or capturing asteroids and comets that can erase all life on this planet. While we are doing all this we should also be developing technology as fast as possible to take ourselves to other solar systems.