Prof. Sam LawlerDec 2

"Even Carrington would be impressed" 😬

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=12&year=2025

Hopefully we just get "someone should check on our satellites" levels of auroras and not "A bunch of open questions in solar-terrestrial physics are about to be answered"

Show threadDan SugalskiDec 2
@sundogplanets "well, this could be exciting" and other phrases you *really* don't want to hear from astrophysicists.
Show threadPatrick HerdDec 2
@wordshaper @sundogplanets I just did some checks on the surge arresters in my main switchboard for some reason 🙃
Show threadRaglan Niall  Dec 3
@PatrickHerd should I go figure out what these are and get some?!
Show threadPatrick HerdDec 3
@Niall do you have lightning arresters for your solar arrays?
Show threadRaglan Niall  Dec 3
@PatrickHerd nope.
Show threadPatrick Herd
@Niall Worth considering, we had some pine trees blown up by lightning that are at almost the lowest point in our plantation
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