A recent coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun arrived at Earth just before lunchtime today, sparking severe G4-level geomagnetic storm conditions. This sets the stage for what could be a powerful surge in Northern Lights activity tonight over a…
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A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye
As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the…
Elon Musk Is Offering A ‘Free’ Starlink Bait And Switch To Hurricane Victims
Elon Musk recently offered victims of Hurricane Helene a free month of internet service via his Starlink company. As it turns out, the offer wasn’t as generous as it seemed, it’s really more of a new customer promotion. Tap below…
Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday into Friday after an outburst from the sun was detected earlier this week. Such a storm could temporarily disrupt power and radio signals. Tap below to read the report from…
How Waffle House helps Southerners — and FEMA — judge a storm’s severity
The Waffle House Index, created by former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate, uses color-coded maps to show whether each location is fully open, serving a limited menu, or closed due to storm damage. Tap below to read the report from Yahoo…