{"id":23735,"date":"2017-04-22T18:42:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T23:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23735"},"modified":"2017-04-22T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T23:42:57","slug":"yesterdays-broad-power-outage-likely-caused-by-geomagnetic-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23735","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s Broad Power Outage Likely Caused By Geomagnetic Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

YESTERDAY\u2019S BROAD POWER OUTAGE LIKELY CAUSED BY GEOMAGNETIC STORM<\/a><\/h3>\n

Prior session, a massive US power grid failure was seen across the entire United States in one simultaneous\u00a0fashion. San Fransisco, New York, and Los Angeles were the three main areas that were hit the hardest. Each of the areas experienced challenges or shut downs in business commerce. Also, basic infrastructure such as communication networks, mass transportation, and supply chains experienced challenges. To many this seemed apocalyptic with\u00a0anaylst citing possible cyber attacks amid mounting geopolitical turmoil across the globe. We\u2019re shocked that mainstream media didn\u2019t revive the failing Russian narrative for another round of fake news to confuse the masses. Personally, I don\u2019t think it was a cyber attack or the Russians, but more of a Space Weather Event.<\/p>\n

Space weather refers to the environmental conditions in Earth\u2019s magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere due to the Sun and the solar wind that can influence the functioning and reliability of spaceborne and ground-based systems and services or endanger property or human health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is PG&E outage map from yesterday\u2019s event. Widespread.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is the Planetary K-Index,\u00a0which\u00a05 or greater indicates storm-level geomagnetic activity around earth.\u00a0<\/b>The latest\u00a0space weather data signals\u00a0a geomagnetic storm rolled in on April 20, 2017. During the elevated K-waves >5, San Fransisco, New York, and Los Angeles experienced\u00a0power grid failures simultaneously.<\/p>\n

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LATEST SPACE WEATHER WARNINGS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
April 22, 2017 @ 08:40 UTC<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geomagnetic Storm Warning (UPDATED)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm is currently in progress thanks to a high speed solar wind stream above 700 km\/s. More storming is expected over the next several days as a coronal hole stream rattles our geomagnetic field. Sky watchers at middle to high latitudes should be alert for visible aurora during the next several nights.ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6<\/b>
\nThreshold Reached: 2017 Apr 22 0559 UTC
\nSynoptic Period: 0300-0600 UTC
\nActive Warning: Yes
\nNOAA Scale: G2 \u2013 Moderate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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