In 2012 a solar storm that would have taken our power grid down barely missed Earth.
“Just because it’s a below-average solar cycle, doesn’t mean there is no risk of extreme space weather,” said Doug Biesecker, panel co-chair and solar physicist at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, in a statement. “The Sun’s impact on our daily lives is real and is there. (We are) staffed 24/7, 365 days a year because the Sun is always capable of giving us something to forecast.”
In The Black Sky Event we go into the control room at the NOAA Space Weather center and interview one of the foremost experts in the field, Bill Murtaugh.
Source: The sun has started a new solar cycle, experts say — CNN
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