Niagra Falls Declares State of Emergency to Prepare for Total Solar Eclipse
(www.thegatewaypundit.com)
🔍 Notable FF Prep?
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If there is a solar flare at the same time looking at the eclipse could blind you.... What if they know there is going to be one and are just preparing for a lot of blinded people....
You can view the eclipse directly without proper eye protection only when the Moon completely obscures the Sun's bright face – during the brief and spectacular period known as totality. (You'll know it's safe when you can no longer see any part of the Sun through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer.)
Yes, but most people won't be that careful. They wanna see the process. Just something to consider. We've been having a lot of crazy solar flares recently. I might watch it with a welding mask, lol.
A solar flare is an outburst of gas and plasma, not light. That is fucking retarded.
Before you call something "fucking retarded" do yourself a favor and spend 15 secs on a search engine so you don't make yourself look like an uneducated blowhard.
scientific american say:
"Key to space weather forecasting is the distinction between solar flares and CMEs. If a flare is the muzzle flash of a gunshot, the CME is the bullet. The x-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation from flares reach Earth at near light-speed, and by the time we observe them, their effects—such as disruptions of high-frequency radio signals or satellite navigation systems—are already being felt."
in case you don't know its the "extreme ultraviolet" that would blind you.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/should-you-really-worry-about-solar-flares/