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On The Uncertain Intensity Estimate Of The 1859 Carrington Storm
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doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2024015 <-- shared paper
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carringt <-- background on the Carrington Event
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["The big one", if it happened today we would be right royally %^#$& (excuse my pretend language 😉 ), we are nowhere close to being hardened, etc; my other ½ is a space weather scientist, until I knew her I was not fully aware of all the risks and hazards associated with space weather]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Magneticstorm #spaceweather #historicalevent #statisticalanalysis #spatialanalysis #geostatistics #model #modeling #geomagneticstorm #geomagnetism #solar #sun #risk #hazard #infrastructure #CME #coronalmassejection #solarflare #blackouts #humanimpacts #electricpowergrid #CarringtonEvent #numericmodel #aurora #usgs #space #geophysics #naturalhazards #extremeevents

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#ESA : The active region of #sunspots responsible for these flares is now approaching the centre of the #solar ☀️ disk and will soon point 🎯 directly towards #Earth 🌍 .
We expect further #flares from this region in the coming days. A #CME associated with any future flare 🔥 is very likely to cause #geomagnetic disturbances when it reaches our #planet. esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_wea

www.esa.intSun fires off largest flare of current solar cycle