NASA warns of geomagnetic storm after behemoth solar flare

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Network World relayed a NASA warning:

NASA today said a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm is in progress following a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME). CMEs are a solar phenomenon that can send solar particles into space and affect electronic systems in satellites and on Earth. Simulations indicate that solar wind plasma has penetrated close to geosynchronous orbit starting at 9am today. Geosynchronous satellites could therefore be directly exposed to solar wind plasma and magnetic fields. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras after nightfall, NASA stated.
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In theory, a large enough event could knock out all electronics across the world, which would essentially put us back in the Middle Ages. ;)
 
A little? I'd say it scares me a ton. I don't know what I would do without electronics and my computer. I use it every day. Beyond the fact that I don't know how to fully survive in the wild and how to grow crops and hunt, I'd seriously have an issue and problem not having things to do. I guess I'd have to loot the library, book store, and the sporting goods section for propane lamps. ;)
 
It went as deep as geosynchronous orbit. The article doesn't mention where exactly on Earth. But it mentions the situation in USA and Canada:

At time of writing, the US was being given a dazzling show as Spaceweather.com reports:
Northern Lights have spilled across the Canadian border into the contiguous USA. Sighting reports have come from as far south as Arkansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Maryland, New York, Ohio and central California.​
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