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Any power outages and disruptions ???-Re: (meteorobs) Northern Lights if clear tonight?



 
Found this on CNN.
Have you heard of any disruptions ?

A.  ;-)

"BOULDER, Colorado (CNN) -- A major solar flare
is
expected to
reach Earth Tuesday and could cause some electric
power
outages and
disruptions of telephone service and satellite TV
signals, scientists
say.
Nicola Fox of the NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center said
a fast-moving flare
exploded from the sun about 5:30 a.m. Monday. The
flare
sent out a large cloud
of solar magnetism, which is expected to reach
Earth
late Tuesday afternoon or
early evening.
Joe Kunches, chief of space weather operations at
NOAA's Space Environment
Center called it a "fairly significant" magnetic
storm.
He said power grids,
ground to satellite communications and electronic
navigation systems could be
disrupted.
He said it also could cause the Northern Lights
to be
visible over large parts of
the United States."
 

Skywayinc@aol.com wrote:

      I notice that a sharp increase in the planetary K index, as well as electron flux levels occurred at around 21 hours UT, suggesting the major geomagnetic storm anticipated from yesterday's X-2 solar flare has apparently begun.  Keep a sharp lookout for aurorae tonight!

-- joe rao
 

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