World told to brace for 'severe geomagnetic storm' today - the first in nearly 20 years - with feds warning power grids,

[riversedge]

umm.. sky is clear here in mid wisconsin after drizzly day yesterday.




World told to brace for 'severe geomagnetic storm' today - the first in nearly 20 years - with feds warning power grids, cell networks and GPS satellites could be hit.

Link to tweet

[Ocelot II]

1. Magnetic storms have nothing to do with rain

or thunderstorms or other terrestrial weather conditions.

[Orrex]

9. That's just what Big Magnet wants you to think.

[Takket]

19. LOL!!!!

[haele]

11. They make really nice auroras at night though.

But sudden stress on the grid can lead to brownouts,
Today is the day I'm heading into the office after my next TEAMs meeting. 20 years ago, I used to enjoy solar flare or excessive heat days; everyone but essential workers would be told to take the day off to save power. Work from home if you had a laptop or home network setup; otherwise, save energy before ENRON cut the state off...

But now, the majority of the office power comes from a massive solar panel farm covering all the building rooftops. Other than the main server rooms and some machinery spaces, everything is covered by solar.
So we don't get "brownout"/grid protection days off work during the summer anymore. Damn.

Haele

[Sanity Claws]

15. Oh my

Sorry that you days off but I think it is appalling that the TX power was not up to face expected conditions.

[FSogol]

13. Plus according to Trumpy, they stop working when they get wet.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Thanks Biden

"Sounds like more bad news for Biden." - MSN

[Orrex]

6. Came here to say this

"Analysts predict that this may actually benefit Trump at the polls," - MSN, probably.

[Kennah]

17. Because of the metal plates in the heads of Trumpanzees?

[sarisataka]

3. I need to get to the store and buy milk, eggs, bread and toilet paper...

why is French toast the food of disasters?

[Wednesdays]

4. They have really weird toasters in France. nt

[MLAA]

5. Damn, I thought it was grilled cheese and tomato soup! What universe do you live I ?

[rzemanfl]

8. When I worked hurricane shelters-

the official menu called for canned meat ravioli, white bread, and margarine.

[sarisataka]

14. Maybe it is a regional thing

[MLAA]

16. Now I'm craving French toast!

The best I’ve had was at the Wynn hotel. They used mashed bananas (instead of eggs to make it vegan) on French bread and it was sooo good. I’ve used Just Egg (liquid egg replacement) and it’s good, but the banana version was better. I don’t enjoy cooking and recently found Van’s frozen pancakes that you pop in the microwave and they are way better than any pancake I’ve ever made 😬

[UTUSN]

7. Nothing like the cardiac events they're giving me every day.

[Orrex]

10. All things flow according to the whims of the Great Magnet.

[yagotme]

12. "All hail the Great Magnet."

"Forever, I am attracted to you..."

[Kennah]

18. These storms reveal people's mettle

[NickB79]

20. Another Carrington Event would destroy a lot of modern life

It would take years to fully repair the electric grid, given how many transformers alone would be blown.

https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event

It's not a stretch to say it would kill tens of millions globally.