Solar flare warning

[K Douglas]

NASA confirms two major solar flares on sun, which can cause blackouts on Earth

NASA is warning of solar storms and solar flares erupting on the surface of the sun, which can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals and pose risks to spacecrafts and astronauts in the orbit.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[bazokajoe]

Meh

 

[Jubee]

That's convenient. lol
Impeccable timing too.

 

[oral.com]

Isn’t that one of the ways to achieve superpowers?

 

[xmontrealer]

I wonder if that was the cause of the Toronto and Montreal Bell internet blackouts this morning?

 

[Ponderling]

I wonder if that was the cause of the Toronto and Montreal Bell internet blackouts this morning?

Nope, just the usual suspect: router firmware upgrade glitches.

I am a ham radio operator, and there was a lot of noise.
But unusually long propagation paths on some frequencies.
As different layers of our atmosphere got ionized more than usual by the streaming plasma from the solar flares.

I heard a station calling with a Mexican call sign on the 10m band.
It faded before I could call back.

That band usually only propagates for a few thousand km 4-5 times a year.
And those times are usally when meteor showers are happening.

 

[thumper18474]

Ok
So...THATS why the Leafs Lost!