Ison has entered into the dangerzone concerning grid down

According to some experts or not so... concerning ISON we have just entered into the danger zone concerning sun spots / flares ultraviolet etc.

So chance of something happening between now and say th 20th will be increasing significantly each day.

You'd think that GridExII drill set for 13-14 would have been done before this ... so maybe sometime after OR the drill goes live and power goes off

I THINK THAT THE POWER WILL BE OUT FOR WINTER AND YOU SHOULD PLAN FOR IT EITHER WAY... BETTER SAFE!!!

Dave

WATCHsunspot AR1890

http://www.spaceweather.com/
SOLAR FLARE CAUSES RARE 'MAGNETIC CROCHET': On Nov. 5th at 22:12 UT, the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR1890 erupted, producing a brief but intense X3-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:

Radiation from the flare caused a surge in the ionization of Earth's upper atmosphere--and this led to a rare magnetic crochet. Alexander Avtanski observed the effect using a homemade magnetometer in San Jose, California. A magnetic crochet is a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field caused by electrical currents flowing in air 60 km to 100 km above our heads. Unlike geomagnetic disturbances that arrive with CMEs days after a flare, a magnetic crochet occurs while the flare is in progress. They tend to occur during fast impulsive flares like this one.

More eruptions are in the offing. NOAA forecasters estimate a 45% chance of M-class solar flares and a 10% chance of X-flares on Nov. 6th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.