“Earth Bracing for Blackouts”, Caused by Solar Storm
When you see this headline, you just have to post it. We have posted numerous times in the past about the Carrington Event that happened 150 years ago. We have also pointed out that if the electricity were to go out in America for a few weeks or a few months that the carnage, looting, mayhem and death would be incalculable.
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Could this be the Perfect Geo-storm?
October is off to a hot start: The sun unleashed a massive X-class solar flare — the “strongest of its kind,” according to Space.com — that has the potential to pummel our planet with a powerful geomagnetic storm this week.
The supercharged sunburst erupted from sunspot AR3842 on Tuesday evening.
It clocked in at X7.1, making it the second most powerful in the last seven years after the monster X8.7 magnitude in May, Live Science reported.
This also triggered a coronal mass ejection (CME) — when plasma and magnetic particles burst forth from the sun’s surface — which is slated to strike the Earth on Friday at around 4 p.m., according to Spaceweather.com.
When this occurs, meteorologists predict it will penetrate the Earth’s magnetic field, triggering a strong “G3-class geomagnetic storm” — the third most powerful category after the G4 and G5.
These phenomena have the potential to impact navigation systems, power grids and even satellite communications, Space.com reported.
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