Oh dear...
Children, we may have big doin's going down in the next 48. Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).
Headed our way and is beginning to hit as I type this. Read about it here:
An Earthbound 'Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection' Event Could Be Imminent | ZeroHedge
Cliff Notes:
"The first in a succession of SIX
#solarstorms is hitting Earth now! NASA/CCMC's Mary Aronne got this run spot on (see graphic). NOAA/SWPC has the other five hitting in machine-gun fashion starting on the 18th. Magnetic field is northward thus far but expect
#aurora to build soon!"
"Geomagnetic Storms will be visible to the naked eye in the US as far as Illinois and Oregon (geomagnetic latitude 50 degrees)."
"The impacts will be insignificant now, but that could change tomorrow as a strong geomagnetic storm can spark power grid fluctuations, create satellite irregularities, and degrade radio and GPS signals. SWPC's storm severity scale is 1-5.