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There are plenty of space weather monitoring options available via satellite, telescopes etc monitoring the sun for a coronal ejection. We have several hours to
by olivermarks 5y ago
There are plenty of space weather monitoring options available via satellite, telescopes etc monitoring the sun for a coronal ejection. We have several hours to prepare for them when they pass earth.
'The fastest Earth-directed CMEs can reach our planet in as little as 15-18 hours. Slower CMEs can take several days to arrive. They expand in size as they propagate away from the Sun and larger CMEs can reach a size comprising nearly a quarter of the space between Earth and the Sun by the time it reaches our planet'.
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/coronal-mass-ejections https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/coronal-mass-ejections
- lstodd 5y agoYes we can detect this, but any call to shut down the grid will be ignored.