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Solar storm heading towards Earth threatening to break your Sky TV and mobile phones

A HUGE solar storm is heading towards Earth which could leave us without mobile phones, satellite TV and even electricity.

By SEAN MARTIN
PUBLISHED: 17:53, Wed, Sep 28, 2016 | UPDATED: 18:01, Wed, Sep 28, 2016

A solar storm is heading towards Earth
Modern-day Britain could go into meltdown after scientists forecast the solar storm to hit between now and Friday which could wreak havoc with technology.

Solar storms affect Earth’s technology as radiation is thrown at the planet from the Sun.

While humans are protected from the radiation by the atmosphere, the rays can heat the outer atmosphere, causing it to expand which can affect satellites in orbit. That could lead to a lack of GPS navigation, mobile phone signal and satellite TV such as Sky.

Furthermore, higher currents in the magnetosphere – the Earth’s magnetic field – could lead to a surge of electricity in power lines, which can blow out electrical transformers and power stations leading to a temporary loss of electricity in a region – although this usually only occurs in areas that are in high altitude.

More: http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/715472/Solar-storm-Earth-break-Sky-TV-mobile-phones

[Cebu_4_2]

I have a land line... Business as usual. I can also read paper maps if I need to go somewhere unknown. Welcome to earth circa pre 2000's.

[Ponce]

The way to make something bad not happen is to make something worse happen.

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[Glass]

While humans are protected from the radiation by the atmosphere, the rays can heat the outer atmosphere, causing it to expand which can affect satellites in orbit. That could lead to a lack of GPS navigation, mobile phone signal and satellite TV such as Sky.


HUH? WTF is that gibberish?

Are the NASA/Space sceptics right then? Satellites are not in space OR are actually some kind of balloon related tech?

Apparently there is no hard and fast rule about where the atmosphere ends and space starts and the height of most satellites means they might not actually be in space.

[crimethink]

More accurate, non-sensational data:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g2-moderate-geomagnetic-storm-watch-28-30-september

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation

G2 (moderate) level threat.

When we get a G5 Carrington Event level threat, I'll worry. A little. Already have hardened supplies. :)