I wasn't sure where to post this (maybe we should have a Prepper News section?).
I get extreme weather alerts from all over the world, most of them not relevent to me.
But today's email was about solar flares !
3-day Solar-Geophysical Forecast issued Oct 23 22:00 UTC
Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be moderate to high with occasional M-class events, and a slight chance for an isolated X-class event for the next three days (24 - 26 Oct) with Region 1598 the most likely source.
NASA reports that the sun emitted a significant X1.8 solar flare on Monday this week from an active region that has been numbered AR 1598.
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NASA says harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. This can disrupt radio signals for anywhere from minutes to hours.
The same sunspot produced three strong flares before this one in just the two days since it became visible from Earth's perspective.
"This means more flares are probably in the offing, and they will become increasingly Earth-directed as the sunspot turns toward our planet in the days ahead," astronomer Tony Phillips wrote on Spaceweather.com.
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I knew I should have started that faraday cage sooner ! I have all my radios etc in quality street tins wrapped in tin foil. Will that be enough?
All the best,
EDC
