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Is there any early warning system that provides an API for this sort of thing? It might be cool to use this for automated shutdown of sensitive equipment and <f
by e2le 7y ago
Is there any early warning system that provides an API for this sort of thing? It might be cool to use this for automated shutdown of sensitive equipment and <favourite chat application> notifications.
- wave100 7y agoI've got a scraper pointed at the products at https://www.swpc.noaa.gov https://www.swpc.noaa.gov that texts me when there's aurora potential. Probably a good data source for something like that as well.
- ablation 7y agoThere are some very useful/interesting apps with early warning information built in. For example, AuroraWatch: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/aurorawatch-uk-aurora-alerts/id946141347 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/aurorawatch-uk-aurora-alerts/i... Perhaps closer examination of where they source their data could yield an API or similar?
- peter303 7y agoYes, there are space probes/satellites that continuously observe solar activity. Then is one at a gravitationally stable orbital point about a million miles closer to the Sun. It would give a few seconds warmings for energy traveling at lightspeed. Maybe an hour for slower energy like ionized hydrogen traveling slower. Enough warning to depower satellites and power grids.