Solar storm to hit Thursday 7am ET 'ish

[ATCclears]

Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power - Yahoo! News

It may be nothing, but I wonder if we might one day see a monster disruption and a SHTF scenario.

Peter

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[Roxy2711]

I think this is the same level as the one that happened about a month ago... Nothing noticible happened then, but I will still unplug the computers and such before going to bed tonight

 

[skydiver]

I'm putting my tin foil hat on!

 

[jimwsea]

At least our firearms aren't powered by microchips.

 

[knuckle Head]

Yeah Iwll park my truck in the garage that is under the house, it will offer some ptrotection for the microchips in it.

As said above I will unplug everything and other such items just in case.

 

[Cougfan2]

I will be killing all my neighbors tonight and stealing their weapons and food stores. Ya gotta be prepared!!!

Just kidding!!!

 

[Mutoman]

I will be tin-foiling my house!

 

[knuckle Head]

I will be tin-foiling my house!

never thought of that great idea, maybe I can get my neighbors to help since time is short.

 

[sheepdip]

nothing different here

 

[ericb]

Skydiver, better wrap up your ballsack like a baked potato too, gotta protect the next generation.

 

[Key-Hay]

Tin foil underwear. Protect family jewels.

 

[Roxy2711]

So did anyone notice anything? With the solar storm, I mean

 

[Key-Hay]

I noticed we got a pretty nice day out of the deal. Takes that much gamma radiation to burn off Northwest clouds I guess.

 

[knuckle Head]

My outside motion security lights did not come on when i took the trash out this morning like they should have, but when I backed my truck out of the grage it trigger them, I will have to try them a few times to see if the sensors were affected some how.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

At about 4am my phone was unable to get any cell reception at a place that I normally have 3-4 bars.

It didnt last long, but I was a bit concerned until I remembered the about the storm.

 

[knuckle Head]

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[erudne]

Nay nay You Missed M......

 

[Key-Hay]

Hey theres an astroid coming that's gonna pass between the earth and communication satellites!!!

 

[parallax]

is it safe to take my tin foil hat off yet?

 

[ATCclears]

I came across this website while doing a bit of research on solar flares:
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

They actually classify solar flares by magnitude - C (small), M (mid), and X (large):
Spaceweather Glossary: The Classification of X-ray Solar Flares

Peter