[AusNOG] Twin solar storms head towards Earth

[Curtis Bayne]

If you're looking for something amusing to entertain yourself with this
fine Friday evening, this particular topic is HOT on all the prepper forums
at the moment. Enjoy the hyperbole :)

For what it's worth, the BOM have a space weather department, available at
http://www.ips.gov.au/

Another blip on the radar, I am sure. I hope we see auroras here though -
that would be a treat!



On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Paul Brooks <pbrooks-ausnog at layer10.com.au>
wrote:

> And in the its-all-in-the-timing department.....published 2 hours ago
>
>
> http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/twin-solar-storms-head-towards-earth-20140912-10g5z6.html
>
> Small risk for a possibly interesting weekend if these cause EM issues
> with power
> grids etc.
> If you experience problems with radio and satellite comms, please post
> here and let us
> know!
>
> "Two big explosions on the surface of the sun will cause a moderate to
> strong
> geomagnetic storm on Earth in the coming days, possibly disrupting radio
> and satellite
> communications, scientists say.
>
> The unusual storm is not likely to wreak havoc with personal electronics
> but may cause
> colourful nighttime auroras, or displays of the Northern Lights, late
> Friday and early
> Saturday.
>
> "We don't expect any unmanageable impacts to national infrastructure from
> these solar
> events at this time but we are watching these events closely," said Thomas
> Berger,
> director of the Space Weather Prediction Centre at the National Oceanic and
> Atmospheric Administration.
> ....
>
> The National Weather Service has alerted power grid operators and the
> Federal
> Emergency Management Agency, just in case.
>
> The strength of the storm pales in comparison to major geomagnetic storms
> of years
> past, such as the 1859 Carrington event that wiped out power across a
> swath of Canada.
>
> It is also weaker than a near-miss geomagnetic storm in July 2012 that
> NASA scientists
> said could have knocked Earth's technology back at least 150 years.
>
> That storm didn't cause mass damage because the fast-moving energized
> particles were
> not directed straight at Earth.
>
> "The events that just occurred over the last 24 hours were Earth-directed,
> they are
> just not that big," said William Murtagh, program c
>
>
>
>
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