Yeah, sure it was a “geomagnetic storm”
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No. Solar activity can be observed and predicted; but where and when, and the intensity of any given flare is chaotic. From the Sun to earth is a matter of a couple minutes.
More or less; the speed of light being a constant, you see it as it hits you. The satellites are “hardened” for expects cosmic radiation, but this sort of event is pretty much unpredictable and indefensible
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm
But nothing has happened in the past few days. I get email alerts whenever something happens.
Probably not. It takes light around 8 minutes.
And it takes the particles from a large flare a day or two or three. They do not move at the speed of light. If they did there would be no life on earth.
Still, by the time you see that something happened; it’s likely too late to do anything about it.
Here's a fascinating explanation from an awesome content creator -
https://youtu.be/TjLzXkoGDbw
Eyes open, no fear.
Wow. That was a brilliant explanation