I missed it (seeing the Aurora) .. are there any reliable alerts for this sort of event, that do not alert me about anything else, but really only such big events?
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
Level S4 solar radiation event
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#142I'll be going out tonight if this continues into Australian night time hours. At this strength, I could see the full display including colors with my naked eye in Melbourne, May 11th 2024. This storm is slightly stronger than that event.
I'll be attempting to get some photos/footage from Esperance.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110529.html
If you manage to pull off the Aurora Australis above a triple curl at The Right with a shark body surfing into the green room ... the internet will explode.
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#143If anyone is interested in what "G4" means in context, here's the scale: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
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#144I live somewhat close to the arctic circle and the aurora has been exceptional lately. One recent evening it looked like there was a massive city behind the cloud cover, and a few nights before when the sky was clear I watched enormous green flames for hours.
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#145If anyone is interested in what "G4" means in context, here's the scale: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
G4: " Induced pipeline currents affect preventive measures, HF radio propagation sporadic..." G5: " Pipeline currents can reach hundreds of amps, HF (high frequency) radio propagation may be impossible in many areas for one to two days..."
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#146Years ago I was concerned about this and made a plan with my wife for what to do if she was at work. But now we have a bunch of kids in different schools and haven't updated our plan. Does anyone have a plan for what happens if we have a really bad event?
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#147any effects on the human body??
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#148Discussion of the event https://community.spaceweatherlive.com/topic/4210-x19-cme/
Sooo much jargon.
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#149Up to G-5 possibly. Cell phone visible in dark areas throughout most of CONUS. It was mentioned that air travel ionizing radiation exposure increases during geomagnetic storms. I'd consider pausing travel for a couple of days to not be a guinea pig because there's not enough data to consider it safe. If anyone absolutely must fly tonight, it'd be interesting if they were to take a high sensitivity dosimeter to see wh…
Re: Level S4 solar radiation event
#150Years ago I was concerned about this and made a plan with my wife for what to do if she was at work. But now we have a bunch of kids in different schools and haven't updated our plan. Does anyone have a plan for what happens if we have a really bad event?