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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,741 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 02:46 PM Mar 2022

Huge Solar Eruption May 'Sideswipe' Earth on Thursday

Earth may be in the path of a type of sun explosion called a coronal mass ejection (CME) that is due to arrive on Thursday, according to space weather analysts.

If they are strong enough, CMEs can wreak havoc on electrical systems here on Earth by interacting with our planet's magnetic field. However, the CME that may arrive on Thursday is not expected to cause any issues.

The possible CME impact has been predicted by spaceweather.com which states that the solar explosion "might sideswipe Earth's magnetic field on March 10" after having erupted from the sun's surface on March 7. It could spark a G1-class geomagnetic storm, the space weather analysis site said.

As of Wednesday morning the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, had not issued a CME impact alert and did not warn of a G1 storm.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/huge-solar-eruption-may-sideswipe-earth-on-thursday/ar-AAUPG3U

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Huge Solar Eruption May 'Sideswipe' Earth on Thursday (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 OP
Hopefully it won't appear on radar screens as incoming missiles, that is all we need. Chainfire Mar 2022 #1
Oh Great! Budi Mar 2022 #2
Maybe the Sun God is trying to send a message. Chainfire Mar 2022 #3
Our protective self-insulating gear is getting kinda threadbare already. Budi Mar 2022 #4
If there's a "god" it would hit Russia worst nt intrepidity Mar 2022 #5
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
4. Our protective self-insulating gear is getting kinda threadbare already.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 03:08 PM
Mar 2022

I don't wanna hear the one about the flipping axis either!!

Not today.

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