Earth could witness the worst solar storm in 165 years as five streams of plasma released from the sun this week are set to make crash into our atmosphere tonight.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed Friday that the worst-case scenario would be what happened during the 1859 Carrington event, which set telegraph stations on fire and cutting communications worldwide.
In our modern-day society a geomagnetic storm – a major disturbance of Earth’s magnetosphere- of that magnitude would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.
GET READY FOR A ‘CANNIBAL CME’ ⚡️
Multiple CMEs are heading for Earth
A new NOAA forecast model suggests that three of them could merge to form a potent “Cannibal CME.”
Cannibal CMEs form when fast-moving CMEs overtake slower CMEs in front of them. Internal shock waves… https://t.co/xcqdKXnHrt pic.twitter.com/Nj7POuilyq
— TeX (@Tex369X) May 9, 2024
