Solar Flare Magnetic Storm

This is not the first time we've had a powerful solar flare from the sun.We had a solar flare storm on November 4th, 2003 at 19:48 or 7:49 pm.
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What a Solar Flare magnetic storm will do?

• A solar flare magnetic storm can slightly decrease the efficiently on solar panels in polar areas.
• It can also cause disruption with satellites and affect radio communication.

2 examples of what the sun has done to earth.

• September 2, 1859, disruption of telegraph service. One of the best-known examples of space weather events is the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power network on March 13, 1989 due to geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). Caused by a transformer failure, this event led to a general blackout that lasted more than 9 hours and affected over 6 million people. The geomagnetic storm causing this event was itself the result of a CME ejected from the sun on March 9, 1989.

What causes a solar flare magnetic storm?

• The sun is a big ball of burning gas and solar flares are loop-like explosions at the surface. Solar flares often occur at the same time as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), where a chunk of the sun breaks off from its atmosphere. The biggest flares can be tens of times the size of the Earth. When there is a coronal mass ejection, high-energy particles can travel at over 1,000 miles per second. This solar flare was caused by two CMEs on Tuesday and passed by several NASA spacecraft, according to NASA. There were also two CMEs caused by a solar flare on Sunday, NASA said.

what is a coronal mass ejection?

• The outer solar atmosphere, the corona, is structured by strong magnetic fields. Where these fields are closed, often above sunspot groups, the confined solar atmosphere can suddenly and violently release bubbles of gas and magnetic fields called coronal mass ejections. A large CME can contain a billion tons of matter that can be accelerated to several million miles per hour in a spectacular explosion. Solar material streams out through the interplanetary medium, impacting any planet or spacecraft in its path. CMEs are sometimes associated with flares but can occur independently.

What are coronal holes?

• Coronal holes are variable solar features that can last for weeks to months. They are large, dark areas (representing regions of lower coronal density) when the sun is viewed in EUV or x-ray wavelengths, sometimes as large as a quarter of the sun’s surface. These holes are rooted in large cells of unipolar magnetic fields on the sun’s surface; their field lines extend far out into the solar system. These open field lines allow a continuous outflow of high-speed solar wind. Coronal holes tend to be most numerous in the years following solar maximum.

What to do to survive a solar storm?

• Protect your car's electronic ignition from being fried from a jolt of high electromagnetic radiation from the sun. Learn how to protect you and your family from prolonged exposure to heavy electromagnetic radiation. Protect your electronics from shorting out. Prevent your home from burning down from electrical overload. Food, water and medical issues addressed. Long term recovery issues that should not be ignored. Paper money and other currencies. The banking system and bank holidays that will lock you out of your money. The untold dangers of a direct hit from a super x-class solar flare.