Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) Forecasted to hit Earth 12:00 pm EDST

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Thursday, the Sun spat out a X1 Class solar flare https://spaceweather.com/images2021/28oct21/tsunami_gold.gif  The Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is forecasted to hit the Earth about 12:00 pm EDST as a Category G3 with about 85% certitude.  https://spaceweather.com/glossary/g3.jpg

https://spaceweather.com/

You may experience degraded cell phone service and GPS anomalies for 3 hours or more.  However, this being 2021, you may also explode and die. Fauci is recommending triple masks.  

 

[RedTuna]

And we're in the peak Taurid meteor stream timeline.  Best chance of the year in a wiping out a city or even an extinction level event.

Thanks for the heads up on the third mask.  Would not have occurred to me; may go with four.

 

[SloopJonB]

Don't neglect the tinfoil.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

And we're in the peak Taurid meteor stream timeline.  Best chance of the year in a wiping out a city or even an extinction level event.

A SMoD?  Sweet Meteor of Death?   

Sounds eminently preferable to another Dopey Joe/ Cornholio word-salad press briefing.  

 

[Willin']

You tell me this now? At 1:00PM? You mean I've been in the microwave for the last hour and no one set the timer?

Hand me the sunscreen!

 

[RedTuna]

Don't neglect the tinfoil.

Guessing you're not familiar with Tunguska or Chelyabinsk.  Or the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, well on its way to becoming theory.  Or that the Taurid stream density varies. 

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-prior-swarm-large-asteroids-hidden.html

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

You tell me this now? At 1:00PM? You mean I've been in the microwave for the last hour and no one set the timer?

Hand me the sunscreen!

Frankly, Scarlett...

Been busy. And rum. 

 

[billy backstay]

So what time is that in Eastern Daylight time today?  

 

[Point Break]

So……TV AND cell service might be disrupted? I’m good. How will I find out if I qualify for an extended warranty? Some might consider that a public service…..

 

[Mrleft8]

It's over. It hit Mar a loser directly, and no one noticed anything exceptional there.... just like every other day.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Seeing an uptick in geomagnetic activity.  But nowhere near the PSH (Panty Sh!tting Hysteric level).  In an hour, we'll be beyond the max forecasted impact.  

 

[Windward]

This sort of punctual news reporting is usually reserved for the local newspaper.  
 

Extra Extra.   Read all about it!

A not to be missed event that happened hours ago…

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Yah want yer money back? 

I will point out that I gave -45 minutes notice for a three hour window.  So, there. 

 

[SloopJonB]

Guessing you're not familiar with Tunguska or Chelyabinsk.  Or the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, well on its way to becoming theory.  Or that the Taurid stream density varies. 

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-prior-swarm-large-asteroids-hidden.html

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Asteroid hits are the luck of the draw. I was referring to the CME.

Even better than tinfoil is to climb in the engine compartment of your McLaren F1 - the gold foil lining is the best.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

For those of you expecting a Earth Shattering KaBoom: "WEAK CME IMPACT: A CME hit Earth's magnetic field on Oct. 31st at approximately 10:00 UT. The impact was weak--a far cry from the "big hit" we expected. What happened? It's possible that the bulk of the Oct. 28th CME missed our planet; after all, it was directed somewhat south of the sun-Earth line. Despite the feebleness of the impact, minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are still possible in the hours ahead." -- spaceweather.com

I shoulda known that, like hurricane weather forecasts, space weather forecasts would also be insanely overhyped. My blonde.  

 

[Willin']

So did any of you middle earthers see the aurora borealis last night?

We were socked in under a 4" overnight rainfall.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

So did any of you middle earthers see the aurora borealis last night?

We were socked in under a 4" overnight rainfall.

Yup, down here in Floriduh, they were as bright as rum!   

Heard some North Canuckistanis got treated to a real show.  

 

[Mark K]

For those of you expecting a Earth Shattering KaBoom: "WEAK CME IMPACT: A CME hit Earth's magnetic field on Oct. 31st at approximately 10:00 UT. The impact was weak--a far cry from the "big hit" we expected. What happened? It's possible that the bulk of the Oct. 28th CME missed our planet; after all, it was directed somewhat south of the sun-Earth line. Despite the feebleness of the impact, minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are still possible in the hours ahead." -- spaceweather.com

I shoulda known that, like hurricane weather forecasts, space weather forecasts would also be insanely overhyped. My blonde.  

 Back to the normal 31st scary stuff... 

 

[SloopJonB]

That is awesome!  :lol: