Power Companies Have Been Alerted
A few days ago I posted about 'A Year Without Electricity'.
Tuesday night a large solar explosion happened and the particles are racing towards earth as we speak.
But fear not....the power companies have been alerted to watch for possible outages.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights.
The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the effects should start smacking Earth around 7 a.m. EST Thursday, according to forecasters at the federal government's Space Weather Prediction Center. They say the flare is growing as it speeds outward from the sun.
Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Solar-storm-headed-toward-Earth-may-disrupt-power-3388727.php#ixzz1oSnhGSfO
OK...as my previous post already described, I don't like living without electricity...because it is no fun. I hardly made it a day without getting a bit concerned. So what happens to my "fun index" if this crashing solar storm knocks out our power grid for two days...or two weeks....or two months?
With no electricity, I can't blog!! And your computer doesn't work to read it anyway!!
Well, according to scientists, we here in Minnesota should start to feel the solar storm about 6 AM Thursday morning...so if you get no blogging from me on Thursday, you will know that, once again, I am sitting in the dark.
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