- Black out Update! Major Power Outages in San Francisco and New York! CBS blame infrastructure: Cyber attack or Coronal Hole?
- Did Solar flare spewing from mega hole in the Sun cause blackout mayhem for 100,000 people in San Francisco?
- Photo of the day: Proud mom with baby ducklings
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Black out Update! Major Power Outages in San Francisco and New York! CBS blame infrastructure: Cyber attack or Coronal Hole? Posted: 21 Apr 2017 01:39 PM PDT Photo nbcsandiego.com As multiple power outages cause chaos in San Francisco & New York, with people stuck in lifts and transport systems the CBS NY ask the question is it down to Infrastructure problems? That is probably too coincidental, the power breakdowns which have affected 100,000 in San Francisco alone are probably down to two causes in my opinion, the giant Coronal Hole spewing rapid solarwind of more than 600km/s toward our planet or a cyber attack from one or more of America’s disgruntled enemies Massive Coronal Hole facing Earth Of course old infrastructure in most of the major cities in the US is a problem but two at once, a Continent apart is probably a coincidence. As President Trump’s huge Armada now approaches North Korea tensions are rising in the area, the old infrastructure of American cities could be vulnerable to cyber attacks but my money's on the huge Coronal hole on the Sun which are well known for causing blackouts! This coronal hole is a vast region where the Sun’s magnetic field tears apart, allowing solar wind to escape. Super-charged solar winds flowing from the Sun’s atmosphere are expected to reach Earth on April 23 or 24. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this could whip up a “a strong” geomagnetic storm. Spaceweather.com reported; A large hole in the sun's atmosphere is turning toward Earth, and it is spewing a stream of fast-moving solar wind toward our planet. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the giant fissure on April 21st: Home Page The Wire |
Did Solar flare spewing from mega hole in the Sun cause blackout mayhem for 100,000 people in San Francisco? Posted: 21 Apr 2017 12:41 PM PDT Photo SDO
As a giant Coronal Hole has opened up across the entire face of the Sun and is spewing rapid solarwinds of more than 600km/s toward our planet could the giant hole on our Sun be responsible for a San Francisco Power Outage Affecting almost 100,000 Residents? A power substation fire triggered massive outage in San Francisco Friday morning A a massive power outage hit downtown San Francisco Friday morning, leaving thousands without power, closing a BART station, and affecting traffic signals in the area. PG&E Spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said about 90,000 PG&E customers were affected. She did not know the cause of the outage or when it would be resolved. This coronal hole is a vast region where the Sun’s magnetic field tears apart, allowing solar wind to escape. Super-charged solar winds flowing from the Sun’s atmosphere are expected to reach Earth on April 23 or 24. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this could whip up a “a strong” geomagnetic storm. Spaceweather.com reported; A large hole in the sun's atmosphere is turning toward Earth, and it is spewing a stream of fast-moving solar wind toward our planet. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the giant fissure on April 21st: This is a "coronal hole" (CH) -- a vast region where the sun's magnetic field opens up and allows solar wind to escape. Gaseous material flowing from this coronal hole is expected to reach our planet on April 23rd or 24th and could spark moderately-strong G2-class geomagnetic storms. NOAA forecasters say the odds of a magnetic storm is 75%. We've seen this coronal hole before. On March 27th it lashed Earth's magnetic field with a fast-moving stream that ignited intense auroras around both of Earth's poles. The coronal hole is potent because it is spewing solar wind threaded with "negative polarity" magnetic fields. Such fields do a good job connecting to Earth's magnetosphere and energizing geomagnetic storms. Home Page The Wire |
Photo of the day: Proud mom with baby ducklings Posted: 21 Apr 2017 11:33 AM PDT |
"Arlene" First Tropical Storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season is underway! Posted: 21 Apr 2017 09:20 AM PDT NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Depression One in the North Central Atlantic Ocean on April 20. The depression became Tropical Storm Arlene later in the day. Credits: NASA/NOAA Arlene formed on April 20 as Tropical Depression 1 and strengthened into a tropical storm at 5 p.m. EST that day. On April 20 NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Depression One as it was strengthening into a tropical storm. The image showed a large area of thunderstorms over the southwestern and northeastern quadrants of the storm. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Arlene on April 21. Thunderstorms wrapped tightly around the center of circulation and a large band of storms circled west of center. Located to the west of Arlene were clouds associated with another frontal system. Arlene was moving toward the west near 31 mph (50 kph) and this general motion is expected to continue today. Maximum sustained winds were near 50 mph (85 kph) with higher gusts. Home Page The Wire |
Climate change or virus responsible for tens of thousands of dead fish St. Clair-Detroit River in Michigan: Experts can't agree as more fish die Posted: 21 Apr 2017 08:54 AM PDT Photo walleyecentral.com Thousands of fish have been dying in Lake St. Clair in what government officials in Michigan are attributing to the largest spread since 2006 of a highly contagious virus. Known as viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSv), it does not pose a risk to human health but has been taking its toll this spring on different fish species in the lake - primarily gizzard shad. Other dead fish found infected in much smaller numbers include bluegill, largemouth bass and muskellunge, said Gary Whelan, research program manager for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division, which this week issued a public alert. The virus has been found in the Great Lakes since around 2003 with the last noteworthy area outbreak occurring 11 years ago in the St. Clair-Detroit River corridor, he said. Early testing of dead fish has shown "very likely VHSv is involved," Whelan said. The virus makes the fish's blood vessels leak. It causes telltale bloody patches, which are a common sign of fish infections, so testing helps confirm whether VHSv is the culprit. The fear in Michigan is the highly contagious virus will spread more rapidly than in the past to fish other than gizzard shad. There are also concerns anglers on the water may unknowingly transport the fish virus farther downstream into the Detroit River and Lake Erie. Anglers are being reminded not to move live fish between water bodies and to properly dispose of bait, Whelan said. There were several citizen reports of large fish die-offs received this spring, including one from the Canadian side in Lakeshore, he said. There have been concerns about the potential for VHSv on the Canadian side, but no reports so far this year in the Windsor region, said Jolanta Kowalksi, spokeswoman for Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. "We had reports for Lake Huron and the St. Clair River in late March," she said. "We collected gizzard shad from Inverhuron Park for testing on March 20. Our preliminary reports showed (the shad) tested negative for VHSv." Further testing is still underway, but full results will not be known for a few weeks, Kowalksi said. "Even with lab tests many times the cause of death we will never know," she said. Dave Beyer, of Windsor, was among a group of about a half-dozen who were fishing Thursday in the Detroit River close to the downtown. He was unconcerned about the virus, despite seeing "one or two" dead fish showing bloody virus symptoms recently while fishing in Little River. Virus or climate change? In February this year just up the road from Lake St. Clair tens of thousands of American gizzard shad were found floating belly up, dead, in Little River Canada, but the grave looking pool of dead fish is just another sign all is not well with American and Canadian water ways and the many species who inhabit these waters. Apparently millions of these little fish are migrating too far north due to climate change and can't handle fluctuations in water temperature. Typically, shad do not swim further north than New York, but in recent years, they have been swimming as far as Canada and quickly dying, according to the Essex Region Conservation Authority. "We've seen it happen quite commonly over the last 15 years, every two years or so depending on the thaw," said Tim Byrne, ERCA's director of watershed management services. The problem is shad are highly prone to thermal shock, which is a sudden change in water temperature that immediately kills schools of fish, reports CBC News. Home Page The Wire |
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