Get ready for some chaos!
From the news thing on my home page yesterday:
Complete power failure, eh? Get your mannequins to throw through windows ready! 
Uh Oh. Look What's Headed Toward Earth!
On Sunday, deep in space there was a major electromagnetic storm from a solar flare. Why should you care? It's headed toward Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters in Boulder, Colo. And it could--not necessarily will, but could--cause massive power outages.
NOAA forecasters admitted that the storm has the potential to cause a complete collapse of some electrical grid systems or blackouts, as well as damage transformers and cell phone outages. In addition, satellite and spacecraft operations might experience extensive surface charging.
United Press International reports that such electromagnetic storms are measured on something called the K-Index, a NOAA space weather scale of zero to nine. "This event registered a 9 on the K-Index, which measures the maximum deviation of the Earth's magnetic field in a given three-hour period," Gayle Nelson, lead operations specialist at NOAA Space Environment Center told UPI. "The scale ranges from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest. This was a significant event."
On Sunday, deep in space there was a major electromagnetic storm from a solar flare. Why should you care? It's headed toward Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters in Boulder, Colo. And it could--not necessarily will, but could--cause massive power outages.
NOAA forecasters admitted that the storm has the potential to cause a complete collapse of some electrical grid systems or blackouts, as well as damage transformers and cell phone outages. In addition, satellite and spacecraft operations might experience extensive surface charging.
United Press International reports that such electromagnetic storms are measured on something called the K-Index, a NOAA space weather scale of zero to nine. "This event registered a 9 on the K-Index, which measures the maximum deviation of the Earth's magnetic field in a given three-hour period," Gayle Nelson, lead operations specialist at NOAA Space Environment Center told UPI. "The scale ranges from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest. This was a significant event."
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