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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| US hit by blackouts as sun releases colossal burst of radiation... and experts warn more is to come |
| 2025-06-19 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A powerful solar flare erupted from the sun on Tuesday, prompting warnings from NASA about potential blackouts and communication disruptions. The solar flare, classified as an X1.2 flare, one of the most severe types, exploded from the sun's Earth-facing side at around 6pm ET. 'X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about their strength,' NASA shared in a release. The eruption unleashed a burst of ionizing radiation, magnetic energy and heat capable of interfering with technology on Earth. Dr Tamitha Skov, an independent space weather physicist, said the flare's impact was strongest in the western hemisphere, affecting areas including the US West Coast, Alaska, eastern Russia, the Asia-Pacific region and potentially New Zealand. Almost immediately, the flare triggered a shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean, with ham radio operators in Hawaii reporting sudden signal loss. NASA and other space weather agencies are now closely monitoring sunspot region 4114, the source of the flare. Sunspots are cooler than other parts of the surface. Sunsport 4114 is expected to remain active in the coming days, and scientists warn that another major flare could erupt as soon as today. 'Another flare may be in the offing today. Sunspot 4114 is large and unstable, with a 'delta-class' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong explosions,' the team at SpaceWeather.com shared. A delta-class magnetic field is like a pressure cooker of magnetic energy on the sun, and it is often a warning sign that a big solar flare is to come. Officials said in a Wednesday update that the solar flare likely came with a huge burst of charged solar particles, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), which will take about 15 to 72 hours to reach Earth. A G1 geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for Friday, which is the least powerful on the scale of five. However, it has the potential to cause minor fluctuations in power grids, slight impacts on satellite operations and make the aurora borealis visible at high latitudes. In May, experts revealed they conducted an extreme space weather scenario and found Earth may not survive. They conducted a 'solar storm emergency drill', simulating what would happen if a major geomagnetic storm hit our planet. Results showed power grids failed, blackouts were triggered and communication broke down across the US. Related: Solar flare 06/02/2025 Solar flare plasma cloud reaches Earth ahead of forecast Solar flare 06/01/2025 Scientists reveal consequences of largest solar mass ejection this year Solar flare 05/30/2025 A strong magnetic storm began on Earth on the morning of May 29 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 Bobby, According To Hoyt had an interesting article a few years ago that might give you a new direction for inquiry: THE LATEST ON THE DOUBLE-DYNAMO SOLAR MODEL, AND DR. ZHARKOVA’S PREDICTIONS OF A GRAND MINIMUM BY STEPHANIE OSBORNE There are a few more articles on the blog on the subject by Dr. Osborne from around the same time — I used the search term magnetic poles. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-19 11:53 |
| #6 How do all these solar events fit into the 11-year cycle and, most importantly (!) how does it affect the global warming/climate change/weather? I read a while back, the expected solar cycle was gonna take us into cooling. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2025-06-19 11:09 |
| #5 ^ Thanks. So really only need to prep for a 24 V/km 1845 type event. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-06-19 09:20 |
| #4 A Metal Faraday Cage Garage – Will It Protect From EMP? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-19 08:51 |
| #3 Before an Extreme Solar Event The vast majority of NOAA Geomagnetic Scale 5 level storms (G5) will not cause catastrophic damage to the electric grid. On average, the Earth is impacted by such storms about four times during every 11-year solar cycle, so many large storms have impacted the planet since the Carrington Storm with much less signification impact. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-19 08:30 |
| #2 ^ Skidmark - thank-you for the posted warnings. Given the collected data, is pointing to another 14 V/km event. Like what took out Canada's power grid back in March 1989 will happen again soon. Plus, we are likely to see another 23+V/km event within the next 10 years. So, I've been looking for a Family/Homeowner level preparedness manual. But most of what I am finding is Business and Government level manuals. eg. https://securethegrid.com/plan-prepare/ Which point to numerous tidbits of needed info. Question: Can you point us to a User level focused preparedness manual link? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-06-19 07:33 |
| #1 10m Americans told to stay indoors TODAY as dangerous conditions spark urgent health warning |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-19 00:40 |