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confirmed from several sources ...
- there's been warnings about X class solar flares for decades. How many remember the incident which hit near Montreal, Quebec in the 1980s which took down a larger section of the NorthEastern Seaboard Coast?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geomagnetic-storm-march-13-1989-extreme-space-weather/
https://www.space.com/24983-auroras-1989-great-solar-storm.html
I had an uncle who was working with NJ P&E, as a lineman, was part of the repair crew sent from NJ to help restore services; same type of crews seen post hurricanes and other natural disasters.
- there's been warnings about X class solar flares for decades. How many remember the incident which hit near Montreal, Quebec in the 1980s which took down a larger section of the NorthEastern Seaboard Coast?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geomagnetic-storm-march-13-1989-extreme-space-weather/
https://www.space.com/24983-auroras-1989-great-solar-storm.html
I had an uncle who was working with NJ P&E, as a lineman, was part of the repair crew sent from NJ to help restore services; same type of crews seen post hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Scientific American
A Scary 13th: 20 Years Ago, Earth Was Blasted with a Massive Plume of Solar Plasma [Slide Show]
Violent space weather treated many to a fantastic display of colorful auroras, but damaged power grids left six million Canadians in the dark