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2025-06-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

US hit by blackouts as sun releases colossal burst of radiation... and experts warn more is to come

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-19 00:37|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [269 views ] Top

#1 10m Americans told to stay indoors TODAY as dangerous conditions spark urgent health warning

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-19 00:40|| 2025-06-19 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 ^
Skidmark - thank-you for the posted warnings.

Given the collected data, is pointing to another 14 V/km event. Like what took out Canada's power grid back in March 1989 will happen again soon. Plus, we are likely to see another 23+V/km event within the next 10 years.

So, I've been looking for a Family/Homeowner level preparedness manual. But most of what I am finding is Business and Government level manuals. eg. https://securethegrid.com/plan-prepare/

Which point to numerous tidbits of needed info.

Question: Can you point us to a User level focused preparedness manual link?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-19 07:33|| 2025-06-19 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Before an Extreme Solar Event

The vast majority of NOAA Geomagnetic Scale 5 level storms (G5) will not cause catastrophic damage to the electric grid. On average, the Earth is impacted by such storms about four times during every 11-year solar cycle, so many large storms have impacted the planet since the Carrington Storm with much less signification impact.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-19 08:30|| 2025-06-19 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 A Metal Faraday Cage Garage – Will It Protect From EMP?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-19 08:51|| 2025-06-19 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 ^
Thanks.
So really only need to prep for a 24 V/km 1845 type event.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-19 09:20|| 2025-06-19 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 How do all these solar events fit into the 11-year cycle and, most importantly (!) how does it affect the global warming/climate change/weather?

I read a while back, the expected solar cycle was gonna take us into cooling.

Posted by Bobby 2025-06-19 11:09|| 2025-06-19 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Bobby, According To Hoyt had an interesting article a few years ago that might give you a new direction for inquiry:

THE LATEST ON THE DOUBLE-DYNAMO SOLAR MODEL, AND DR. ZHARKOVA’S PREDICTIONS OF A GRAND MINIMUM BY STEPHANIE OSBORNE

There are a few more articles on the blog on the subject by Dr. Osborne from around the same time — I used the search term magnetic poles.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-19 11:53|| 2025-06-19 11:53|| Front Page Top

#8 The actual headline on the article reads "NASA warns blackouts could hit TODAY as sun releases colossal burst of radiation"
Not USA hit by blackouts. There are no blackouts due to solar flares in the US currently.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-19 14:32|| 2025-06-19 14:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Solar storm effects vary strongly with latitude and ground geology. They peak in the North Eastern States due both to latitude and granite geology. You are much safer down in the southern states. Somewhere online there is a color-coded map of relative risk ares.

Posted by Difar Dave 2025-06-19 16:31|| 2025-06-19 16:31|| Front Page Top

#10 nice maps at

https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/northern-lights-may-be-visible-in-these-9-us-states-tonight

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-06-19 21:41|| 2025-06-19 21:41|| Front Page Top

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