LOL at the notion of the dryer. 😅
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.
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Let me say that we need electricity... I dont have anything to make my soup heating... And in winter here it is really cold at night ... I will pray for our grid to stay whole and working ... I remember very well the last time with a CME... 😊 All criminals after the last four years of masses controls, giving money to Ukraine and Israelis to entertain ongoing wars, never adressed the grid stability problem... Think about criminals think about those who lead North America... https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2021/03/12/the-great-quebec-blackout/
«Québec is especially vulnerable. The province sits on an expanse of Precambrian igneous rock that does a poor job conducting electricity. When the March 13th CME arrived, storm currents found a more attractive path in the high-voltage transmission lines of Hydro-Québec. Unusual frequencies (harmonics) began to flow through the lines, transformers overheated and circuit breakers tripped.»
for us in quebec there is a good news , for you Americans i dont know but i doubt it : «“We have made lots of progress,” he says. “In fact, if the 1989 storm happened again today, I believe Québec would not lose power. The modern grid is designed to withstand an extreme 1-in-100 year geomagnetic event. To put that in perspective, March 1989 was only a 1-in-40 or 50 year event–well within our design specs.”» |
You never know what you will hear.
I was just out observing the sun with my solar telescope. Wow. I have never seen the sun so active. Huge prominences, arches of plasm extending high above the surface. Big circular spikes extending from the ubiquitous sunspots. The whole sun is boiling. So different than calm times when it is just a yellow disk. |
@ghdprentice I'm going to try to put my binoculars and solar filters together tomorrow and take a close look! |
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