{"id":2241695,"date":"2024-05-10T10:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-issues-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-first-warning-in-almost-20-years\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:58:16","slug":"us-issues-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-first-warning-in-almost-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-issues-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-first-warning-in-almost-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Raises &#8216;Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch&#8217; &#8211; First Alert in Nearly 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-issues-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-first-warning-in-almost-20-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The National Oceanic and \u2062Atmospheric Administration\u200c issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm \u2064Watch, triggered by solar activity such as solar flares and coronal mass\u2063 ejections. This \u200bevent, the first alert since 2005, is set\u200b to impact Earth&#8217;s infrastructure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-based-hackers-accessed-60k-u-s-state-dept-emails-in-microsoft-breach-senate-staffer-says\/\" title=\"Chinese hackers breached Microsoft and gained access to 60,000 U.S. State Department emails, according to a Senate staffer.\">potentially disrupting\u2062 communication<\/a>, power grids, and navigation\u2063 systems. Stay informed for\u2063 possible Northern Lights sightings in \u2064California and Alabama.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 10, 2024 at 7:17am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The sun will be sending Earth a lot of static in the coming days, but on the plus side, the Northern Lights could be visible from Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch Thursday, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/media-advisory-noaa-forecasts-severe-solar-storm-media-availability-scheduled-friday-may-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOAA news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The alert is the first issued since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The alert is triggered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/geomagnetic-storm-watch-in-effect-as-sun-spews-huge-radioactive-cloud-lights-up-skies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar activity<\/a> in the form of solar flares and what are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/get-ready-for-americas-next-great-solar-eclipses\/\" title=\"Prepare for America's upcoming spectacular solar eclipses.\">called coronal mass ejections<\/a>. In trying to put the science in layman\u2019s terms, <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spaceweather,com<\/a> explains that \u201cIf geomagnetic storms were hurricanes, \u2018severe\u2019 would be category 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The geomagnetic disruptions will reach Earth as early as noon Eastern Time on Friday and could continue through the weekend, means that people in California and Alabama may have a chance to see the Northern Lights.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Are you ready? The aurora will be visible for much of the northern U.S. Friday night thanks to a strong geomagnetic storm headed toward Earth:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tGwZzkXyb1\">https:\/\/t.co\/tGwZzkXyb1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeatherNation\/status\/1788705516115685382?\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NOAA says that five solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which are \u201cexplosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun\u2019s corona,\u201d are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lifetime-aurora-forecast-lights-will-seen-far-south-arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heading<\/a> toward Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Geomagnetic storms, NOAA says, \u201ccan impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth\u2019s surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will the left blame this event on Climate Change?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the root of the problem is a cluster of sunspots that is 16 times the diameter of Earth, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/swpc-issues-its-first-g4-watch-2005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NOAA said that similar sun storms that took place in 2003 were linked to power outages in Sweden and damaged power transformers in South Africa.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Large sunspot groups and strong solar flares led to the issuance of SWPC\u2019s first G4 Watch since 2005\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oi55cTPXhP\">pic.twitter.com\/oi55cTPXhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (@NWSSWPC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSSWPC\/status\/1788671368629772306?\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although there has been no specific prediction for this geomagnetic storm, one researcher said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scientists-spot-space-hurricane-first-time-crack-unsolved-mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar activity<\/a> has the potential to disrupt the internet, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/solar-storm-wipe-out-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe internet has come of age during a time when the sun has been relatively quiet, and now it\u2019s entering a more active time,\u201d Professor Peter Becker of George Mason University said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first time in human history that there\u2019s been an intersection of increased solar activity with our dependence on the internet and our global economic dependence on the internet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GEOMAGNETIC STORM HEADING OUR WAY: NOAA is predicting that we will be hit by a significant geomagnetic storm Friday night into Saturday morning. It is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-a-massive-solar-storm-that-could-affect-gps-internet-and-satellites-heading-toward-earth\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Is A Massive Solar Storm That Could Affect GPS, Internet And Satellites Heading Toward Earth?\">coronal mass ejection<\/a> from the X Flare originating in sunspot region AR3664 this morning. The green dot is Earth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WNVzEMojLx\">pic.twitter.com\/WNVzEMojLx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keith Strong (@drkstrong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drkstrong\/status\/1788293685378982152?\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-v-438398f6>\u201cThere have been a lot of (solar) flares,\u201d Becker said. \u201cFlares are when the sun brightens, and we see the radiation, and that\u2019s kind of the muzzle flash. And then the cannon shot is the coronal mass ejection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6>\u201cSo, we can see the flash, but then the coronal mass ejection can go off in some random direction in space, but we can tell when they\u2019re actually going to head towards Earth. And that gives us about 18 hours of warning, maybe 24 hours of warning, before those particles actually get to Earth and start messing with Earth\u2019s magnetic field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Becker said one massive flare disrupted communications in 1859, although spaceweather.com says this weekend\u2019s geomagnetic storm will not be at that level.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 10, 2024, at 7:17 am, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch. 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