By Mac Slavo
The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts an aurora could light up the sky above areas in the United States including Michigan and Maine. A solar storm, which occurred Monday, is expected to strike Earth tonight.
On Monday, the sun spit out a slew of charged particles in a moderate solar flare. These particles are now making their way towards Earth. The planet’s magnetic field will block most of the particles, but some will make it into Earth’s atmosphere. The particles collect at the north and south poles and interact with atmospheric gases to create the aurora borealis or the Northern Lights. And some say this show could be quite spectacular.
Solar flares have been known to cause power grid failures, but it looks like we’ll only get the light show this time. Although a grid failure is possible, it is unlikely.
According to Seeker, the forecast calls for a high probability of a G-1 or “minor” storm, which could strengthen to a G-2 or “moderate” storm depending on how the stream of particles hit the Earth. Geomagnetic storms are ranked on a scale, with G at the bottom, R in the middle, and S as the most severe. Forecasts now say the particles will give our planet a glancing blow.
Although this storm has been categorized as “G-1,” which means it is minor, it could still cause some havoc down on Earth. Solar flares and particle ejections are associated with sunspots — dark areas on the sun’s surface — that host intense magnetic activity. As the magnetic fields in a sunspot cross, NASA stated, this can cause a sudden energy explosion, also known as a solar flare. This sends radiation out into space, and that radiation can be hurled toward the Earth.
G1-level storms, such as Monday’s, may affect migratory animals, and can cause “weak power grid fluctuations.” The barrage of particles may even have a minor impact on satellites. A gird failure would almost immediately fling the United States into a state of panic, and it’s always good to be prepared just in case. But it doesn’t look like there will be any serious damage to the power grid because of this storm as of right now.
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4 Comments on "Solar Storm Will Strike Earth Tonight, “Weak Power Grid Fluctuations” Possible"
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Where’re our Leaders, Senate & Reps., oh & Pres. to completely rebuild our Electric Grid , to also protect us from a “Terrorist & , or N. Korean, Russian or Chinese ” cyber type attack. Do any of these Pseudo Politiceans
even care ?
WTF are you talking about? 0.0% of our electric grid is web connected and vulnerable to “cyber attack”. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.
Actually, our electric grid in not protected any way; you’re welcome to explain to us how IT is; & also, Kool -aid is a fast food poison; I drink coconut H2O mit Vodka !
Electric grid is not protected in any way? It doesn’t NEED to be protected, it’s NOT ONLINE. NONE OF IT IS ONLINE. Lets say you’re the CEO of some mega power company. Even as the top #1 guy, you can NOT, in any way, shape, or form, log onto any website of ANY KIND and do ANYTHING to the power grid. NOTHING IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. A guy has to go to a physical place and flip a physical switch. It’s like you’re saying “My god, my swimming pool has no protection against cyber attack!”
Of course your pool has no f***ing protection against cyber attack. Your pool has NO CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET. Your reasoning that your swimming pool is vulnerable to cyber attack because it has no protection is IDIOTIC. IT DOESN’T NEED PROTECTION.
Geeze, wtf do you have to do to get this shit through people’s heads?