This flare is not really that large... I believe it is rated as "M" class which is not even close to as powerful as what the "Carrington Event" is estimated to have been in the 2nd half of the 1800's . Some localized electrical issues may occur but anything larger than that will likely be some man-made issue.
As for the "Grand Solar Minimum" part of the discussion... I suggest you look at the videos about the cosmic disaster playlist and put on your thinking caps. We are entering a solar maximum period currently with the predictions being that when we get through this cycle we should enter the "GSM" which could last a couple of centuries.
Now the big scary issue we are not going to evade is that at some point this century it appears as the polarity of earth is preparing the flip. Our magnetic field has been decreasing in strength since the Carrington event and has accelerated slowly until the last decade or so. In other words our shield from cosmic forces is at the lowest point in this modern age. Feel free to look into it if you like
The easiest to understand source I have found for understanding where we are in terms of sun cycles is
https://suspicious0bservers.org/
This flare is not really that large... I believe it is rated as "M" class which is not even close to as powerful as what the "Carrington Event" is estimated to have been in the 2nd half of the 1800's . Some localized electrical issues may occur but anything larger than that will likely be some man-made issue.
As for the "Grand Solar Minimum" part of the discussion... I suggest you look at the videos about the cosmic disaster playlist and put on your thinking caps. We are entering a solar maximum period currently with the predictions being that when we get through this cycle we should enter the "GSM" which could last a couple of centuries.
Now the big scary issue we are not going to evade is that at some point this century it appears as the polarity of earth is preparing the flip. Our magnetic field has been decreasing in strength since the Carrington event and has accelerated slowly until the last decade or so. In other words our shield from cosmic forces is at the lowest point in this modern age. Feel free to look into it if you like