Just got two notices about this storm headed to Earth. One notice said the northern tier of states could see some significant Aurora. That may put some real links for short lived contacts into the upper bands, and it could destroy those bands as well as the HF bands . Stuff like this can wipe out or change a lot of communications flows. Something else I had read recently was about Electro Magnetic Pulse. The greatest threat they fear is by Nuclear bombs above the earth but the sun has the same potential and with our electric grid and all the computers we have it could rec havoc on a lot of things if we get a really strong pulse coming…
Solar Storm Will Slam Earth on Tuesday
A blast of charged particles from the sun is quickly approaching our planet, and the brunt will arrive on Tuesday morning. Here’s what to know about these cosmic events.
Read more: Solar Storm Will Slam Earth on Tuesday – Popular Mechanics
“charged protons traveling with the cloud also have the potential to mess with satellites. The protons are small enough to affect sensitive computer chips embedded in the satellites, and could change parts of the programming. While satellites today are built with plenty of security measures to ensure that a single solar storm doesn’t mess everything up, a serious solar storm could still wreak plenty of havoc.” “A CME like this one can even reroute airline travel. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, airlines have increasingly begun to take the polar route from Europe and North America to Asia, and back. During a solar storm however, protons ionize the atmosphere in high latitudes, causing high frequency radio communications to be absorbed and lost.”
Check this out on the EMP:
While I was looking I found another one and this is a prediction that we may get the big one in time for the Mayan Calendar end of the world…
So boys and girls we could be in for it here… all though they expect this to be a small CME… well not small but only a 2 or 3 on the 5 point scale… it appears the sun is getting more active after many years of just not being all that active… – WD0AJG