A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into view with more activity likely.
Lasted about two hours, batteries were frying them so they took out the batteries trying to shut them off, but they just kept working due to ambient current on the lines.
It also brought up how much more random it is, it’s not like a hand grenade that expands equally. It’s more like someone threw a bunch of loose bottle rockets in a camp fire. They’re all going to go off, but the chances of hitting one specific spot is low. Obviously we’re all spinning and hurtling thru space too, so it truly is just random fucking chance.
The Carrington Event - 1859
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Lasted about two hours, batteries were frying them so they took out the batteries trying to shut them off, but they just kept working due to ambient current on the lines.
It also brought up how much more random it is, it’s not like a hand grenade that expands equally. It’s more like someone threw a bunch of loose bottle rockets in a camp fire. They’re all going to go off, but the chances of hitting one specific spot is low. Obviously we’re all spinning and hurtling thru space too, so it truly is just random fucking chance.