Solar activity can be viewed similar to a storm system on Earth. You can see activity increasing and trending towards a big event. An actual solar flare can be detected seven days in advance in some cases.
True, but I think CMPs are far more dangerous and you don't always get a CMP with a solar flare, plus its predicting the magnitude. Like hurricanes, sometimes they strengthen and sometimes they fizzle but we usually don't have a lot of warning which way they go.
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GhostSkin ago
I've heard rumors of the major solar flare or some other kind of space weather that is heading our way.
NakedWarrior ago
Those events aren't really 'predictable" and the one satellite specific to a CMP alert only gives a 15-60 minute heads up.
GhostSkin ago
Solar activity can be viewed similar to a storm system on Earth. You can see activity increasing and trending towards a big event. An actual solar flare can be detected seven days in advance in some cases.
NakedWarrior ago
True, but I think CMPs are far more dangerous and you don't always get a CMP with a solar flare, plus its predicting the magnitude. Like hurricanes, sometimes they strengthen and sometimes they fizzle but we usually don't have a lot of warning which way they go.
GhostSkin ago
Trust me, we're all about to die.