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You got that right. He also goes into how many people are going to go nuttso if the S really HTF. I'd easily agree with that. Especially women, but men also. The more people are 'oh it's not going to be that bad', the normies, and that includes a lot of preppers, are going to crack when it happens, particularly if they have sons and daughters elsewhere, and fretting about it.
You mean you think another Carrington event is not in the cards? That was 1859. For all we know they come on average every 100+ years. How would we know? Until electricity started to be used, there was no impact from large sunspots.......
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Do we know what response is in US military doctrine for an EMP? If someone is hitting North America repeatedly I would expect they would be taking damage on their side too. They might not have the ability to do more than one attack.
Might even see some low latitude arouras this weekend. We have been getting blasted all week long with X flares.From today's SpaceWeather.com:
A CARRINGTON-CLASS SUNSPOT: Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859. To illustrate their similarity, we've added Carrington's famous sketch (to scale) to a NASA photo of today's sun:
Sprawling almost 200,000 km from end to end, AR3664 is 15 times wider than Earth. You can see it through ordinary eclipse glasses with no magnification at all. Moreover, it is easy to project an image of this sunspot onto the sidewalk or a white screen just as Carrington did in the 19th century.
Carrington's sunspot is famous because in August and Sept. 1859 it emitted a series of intense solar flares and CMEs. The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii. The "Carrington Event" has since become a touchstone of space weather in pop culture, with recent headlines stoking fears of an "internet apocalypse" if it repeats.
Indeed, it could repeat. Studies suggest that Carrington-class storms occur once every 40 to 60 years, so we're overdue. CMEs currently en route to Earth will not cause a new Carrington Event; they are puny compared to the CMEs of 1859. Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep an eye on this growing active region while Earth is in its strike zone. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
A bird of prey often used in falconry.
Yes, just routine internet outages cause widespread issues
Can also be held to a politician's mouth for the same reason - measuring noxious effluent.
Having a backup would be great, but we've already been denied funding for that. I guess they're spending that on DEI or some other useless thing.
There is an advisory council but the speaker is not on it.
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www.noaasis.noaa.gov
For EMWIN and HRIT, I go directly to the "high up" source:
User Systems: HRIT/EMWIN Overview │ GOES-R Series
The GOES-R Series (a collaboration of NOAA and NASA) is the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather-monitoring satellite system.www.goes-r.govA Few GOES Reception Tips and Info on Receiving EMWIN Data
Thank you to Carl Reinemann for writing in and sharing his website that contains a few tips that he's learned when setting up an RTL-SDR based receiver for GOES 16/17 weather satellite image reception. As well as the tips, he's uploaded a nice set of images that show his setup, and several of...www.rtl-sdr.comFAQ
Telstar 5 also has a downlink:
Past Documents <---Protocol spec'd here
There are possibly also local VHF EMWIN sources as well:
Decoding EMWIN Weather Information VHF Rebroadcasts with an RTL-SDR
EMWIN is an acronym for Emergency Managers Weather Information Network, and is a service for emergency managers that provides weather forecasts, warnings, graphics and other information in real time. EMWIN is broadcast from geostationary NOAA GOES satellites, and if you have a GOES SDR receiver...www.rtl-sdr.com
As far as getting the airfield sensors data that heads back to the Weather Station "off the internet", you might want to look at either lowband VHF data modems, or even LoRaWAN to do the hauling offline.
Back in 1859 our magnetic shield protecting the earth from CMEs was at 100%. Now it is down about 40% from the last report. It will not take a CME or X Class flare of the type in 1859 to destroy the grid worldwide. Do your own research and you will see why there is such a big concern about the CMEs headed toward earth.From today's SpaceWeather.com:
A CARRINGTON-CLASS SUNSPOT: Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859. To illustrate their similarity, we've added Carrington's famous sketch (to scale) to a NASA photo of today's sun:
Sprawling almost 200,000 km from end to end, AR3664 is 15 times wider than Earth. You can see it through ordinary eclipse glasses with no magnification at all. Moreover, it is easy to project an image of this sunspot onto the sidewalk or a white screen just as Carrington did in the 19th century.
Carrington's sunspot is famous because in August and Sept. 1859 it emitted a series of intense solar flares and CMEs. The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii. The "Carrington Event" has since become a touchstone of space weather in pop culture, with recent headlines stoking fears of an "internet apocalypse" if it repeats.
Indeed, it could repeat. Studies suggest that Carrington-class storms occur once every 40 to 60 years, so we're overdue. CMEs currently en route to Earth will not cause a new Carrington Event; they are puny compared to the CMEs of 1859. Nevertheless, it would be wise to keep an eye on this growing active region while Earth is in its strike zone. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
