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[@Apalapse]

I took my girlfriend Alice to see the Northern lights but she didn’t seem interested, so I asked, “Does the Aurora Bore you Alice?”

[@magma90]

What’s up checkmark

[@brucelarsen6650]

That is such an incredibly lame joke, I have already replaced the only other joke I know with it - thank you! (Only knowing and using but one joke has advantages - people know better than to start telling jokes around you).

[@gansetsukon]

you sir are ready to dadnesshood

[@extropian314]

I'd even change "you" to "ya" :]

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

I think the 'you' can be silent. Maybe that's more how you talk to small kids, but then again, you could change Alice into your daughter.

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

"Is the aurora borealis heavy?" "No, it's pretty light." That's a dad joke that even dads groan at.

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

@@h0rriphic Do you need some instruction on how humor works?

[@SWHBOYCE]

@@h0rriphic ...A physicist ?...

[@Lindy8018]

The photon checked into the hotel and the bellhop came up and asked if he could the luggage. The Photon said no thanks, I'm traveling light

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

@@Lindy8018 I hope this thread becomes a collection of physics puns.

[@JDNboy12]

i laughed far too hard at this, thanks

[@punboleh7081]

I've heard about the danger and our lack of preparedness a few times, but I had no idea we already had such a close miss. Not going full prepper, but learning some non-IT skills seems rather prudent now.

[@baneverything5580]

We rural folks who do actually possess skills (the ones this woke joke on the screen despises) will be the survivors of the damage people like her have caused to our formerly great civilization. I`m laughing right now knowing what`s about to happen to these termites. I have zero empathy left and I hope it all crashes hard and fast. It`s the only hope we have left. We desperately need a thorough cleansing of society in order to restore decency and strength or none will survive what they`ve done to our people and our youth. They`ve spit on the graves of the great people who sacrificed so much to give us the astounding blessings of modern civilization and have declared a slanderous war on their offspring. We will always win in the end. There will be no mercy!

[@masterofwriters4176]

Or we figure out how to protect the world from a carrington event, which would not only save civilization on this planet, but the tools and knowledge used could help us protect off world civilizations from similar issues.

[@StarryInkArt]

Agreed.

[@punboleh7081]

@@masterofwriters4176 That would be easy enough to do, we wouldn't need much more than better shielding for our cables. But since we haven't done that investment in the past few decades...... the consensus seems to be to wait until it's too late.

[@temjiu9915]

Totally. Canning, blacksmithing, woodworking, even building a long lasting fire can help.

[@AtlanticwayExplorer]

So sad to hear about Diana’s Health , i hope she recovers soon. Defiantly my favourite Science based KZbinr by a mile.

[@TangibleGoods]

Why are you defiant about that?

[@ilovecakecanihaveapiece]

​I think they meant "definitely"

[@danherrick5785]

@@TangibleGoods Autocorrrrect....

[@Vikingwerk]

The thing that alarms me, is when the Carrington event happened, there was very little electrical infrastructure. Mainly telegraph stuff. There were reports of telegraph wires and offices catching fire. Fast forward to today, and there is electrical wires in every home, every business, every building. Never mind the power going out, think of the millions upon millions of structure fires as the wiring in the walls catches fire.

[@crackeddoutt]

I wonder how much of an issue it would actually be since all modern buildings have their electrical systems grounded out.

[@isoid]

They still had less safety then, no precautions in case of electrical surge that I can think of and probably exposed wires maybe even touching wood. I imagine that today there would not be as many fires, but the potentially permanent damage to basically anything electronic would be crippling on its own, and even a few fires along with that would be a mess as the fire department would not be able to find them all unless they are in cities, as phones would not be working. And that's the optimistic approach.

[@DexLuther]

@@isoid At a point even the most well equipped fire stations would have to make decisions. Some things they'll monitor in case it goes out of control due to wind picking up or something, but otherwise have to just let it burn while they tackle more critical fires. The danger is probably a lot less for any newer home/building that was built to the latest safety codes. The real danger is all the really old homes out there that were built to outdated safety codes or didn't follow any codes at all. There are tons and tons of buildings and homes out there that were built by people's grandfathers before building codes even existed, or just never followed them. Buildings that were built by grandfathers, and stuff like electricity was tacked on at some point later. My stepmother is a realestate agent, and she has to have inspections done all the time on houses. I've seen pictures of stuff that make you wonder "How hasn't this burned down already?"

[@Crosstariale]

You're also forgetting Natural Gas Explosions, Big uh oh.

[@andrewkline]

@@crackeddoutt It would be an induced current, unconnected to whatever circuit. Still gonna get hot.

[@susansisson366]

I was traveling an hour south of Salem, Oregon on I-5 at 10 pm in the spring of 1982. I kept seeing green and pink lights in my rear view mirror, and when it hit me what I had been seeing, I pulled off the road and got out of the car. All around me, the sky was filled with swirling, dancing waves of pink and green light. I felt elated, as if I were slightly high, and for a few minutes I was enveloped in the magic of the moment. But I had to two more hours of driving before arriving home, and would be missed, so I reluctantly got back on my way, grateful for the opportunity to not only see, but experience the northern lights. Haven't seen them since, but will never forget the feeling.

[@mochiebellina8190]

The lites in the sky were all the deviant spirits and ghostly riff raff moving from Calif. to Oregon. Today you see the results in Portland, Salem and Eugene. Horrible isnt it?

[@phriedokra6158]

great story ...ty 4 Sharing it

[@jessiedoggie1]

I was a Cornell undergrad returning from Long Island to Ithaca probably around Dec 1963 or 1964 when I saw the aurora for the first and only time somewhere upstate. Never forget it.

[@hsw268]

Photos/Video or it didn't happen...

[@babydriver8134]

God IS great!

[@eralar2]

About that Quebec super storm, I was a little north of Quebec City in a remote ski station with a group of youth, and that night we saw the most amazing aurora I've ever seen. I'm originally from Northern Quebec, so I saw many auroras, but it's mostly green even at that latitude, you rarely see other colors. But that night, it filled the entire sky, had multiple colors and there were waves covering entire quadrants from the sky. That was in winter with temperatures around -10 C and we stood there for at least 30 minutes with our pyjamas and coats to look at the sky.

[@raven4k998]

meh if it hits your my human shield from it🤣

[@aolinger680]

@@raven4k998 Spanglish?

[@raven4k998]

@@aolinger680 no you human shield you'll absorb the impact like a good little human shield should taking the hit so I don't have to🤣

[@dxer22000]

aurora makes FM radio go ballistic - you get FM reflecting back at us off aurora & is extremely distorted. Speech is un-intelligible.

[@ir8free]

5:16 Long Beach, CA skyline from Huntington Beach

[@karenmcneill2602]

I am sooooooo excited that you said there was electrical disruption in 1989! Back then I lived in a very small country town near Wagga Wagga, in Australia. One night in 1989 I was outside sitting on our front step when I looked up at the stars and saw red colour in the sky. The first and only time I've seen those lights! Only a few years ago I was telling my hairdresser about the light, but she did not believe it was red, that it couldn't be the Aurora and had to be something else. As I was around 20yrs when I saw it I knew what I'd seen.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Neat

[@areebisc00l92]

so ur 50+

[@mellophon3]

i think you can infer so

[@Anitak.-rj1ek]

Hello, I’ve been seeing some clips of people saying they keep seeing some red in the sky…

[@jordiruiz3793]

Man, the way she is so passionate and her eyes light up when talking about this. I want more friends like her

[@limesandlemons1367]

@I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM! what?

[@limesandlemons1367]

@I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM! would you be saying the same thing if the scientist were male?

[@bryanr8398]

I'm so confused of this reply section

[@kwannachance9112]

Me too. I just love her passion

[@Insertregret]

@I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM! Ehhh, I'm not interested in women but i would love to be friends with her. If the subject doesn't bore me that is.

[@JordiVanderwaal]

Imagine hanging out with a friend at a parking lot and they just start giving you mind-blowing science facts explained in a way very easy to understand. I want a friend like that. :(

[@turkeybacon1199]

Why don’t you become that friend

[@JordiVanderwaal]

@@turkeybacon1199 because I'm not that smart hahaha

[@byronfoster4306]

@@JordiVanderwaal I hear that, me either.

[@LilDuckOnQuack1]

I love to. But people never wanna hear it, they'd rather talk about the buccs winning again, or that burger king has a combo meal that's really "fire". Smh.

[@PixelSheep]

@@LilDuckOnQuack1 we're here to hear it

[@flare9612]

Not many science youtubers give out explanation in a very understandable and relatable way. The examples, the pacing, her choice of words, all lead to easier understanding for us the science plebs. Here, have a sub!

[@pandapauz9177]

Yes, I think that shes very intelligent in various ways!

[@Anfinul]

August 12 2036, the heat death of the universe.

[@Benpurple4]

She said to unplug your electronics, wouldn't you want to turn them off at the wall but keep them plugged in? So any current caught would be forced in to ground?

[@LoudPelican]

@@Anfinul lol what?

[@harrison6082]

1:18 2:34 Storm's maximum every 11 years 3:07 4:29 Carrington Event 8:19 Storm classes (rankings) 8:57 Quebec 10:39 6 every 150 years. So 1 every 25 years

[@Harambae613]

You forgot the most important timestamp. 4:15 DOGGOS!

[@islandlanguage3349]

I was living in Quebec in 1989 when the electricity went out. When the electric company said it was due to "solar flares" we all collectively rolled our eyes, thinking: "sure, it was the sun's fault that you can't run an electric company". Fortunately it was in the summer and only lasted for half a day. But ten years later a freak January storm brought down power lines all over Quebec and some cities had no electricity for 3-4 weeks. Having millions of people without heat and power in the middle of Canadian winter was no joke. Thankfully there were very few deaths, as electric companies all over North America sent repair crews to help us. But if all of North America's electric grid went down one winter due to a solar flare, I shudder to think how bad it would be.

[@MakeYouFeelBetterNow]

Or EMP or cyber attack.

[@angeline12345]

Apsulutly

[@joeking5215]

Does solar flare only affect north America?

[@justice8718]

God is really mad and you will suffer his wrath.

[@RivalRed]

@@joeking5215 It effects the polar regions the most, but can reach to the equator if strong enough. So it can effect the entire planet if we're unlucky.

[@milesd.8083]

these past couple years have just made me feel like i’m consistently watching my worst fears come true

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

The good news is that it's all psudoscience. It's designed to give people nonsense fear.

[@kittycelia]

Sameeee

[@KozMc]

It's one thing to be afraid, but there are so many brilliant people working on mitigation strategies - that's the stuff that feeds my soul, and it's everywhere! Problems attract people who LOVE solving them!

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

@@KozMc What are these mitigation strategies you speak of?

[@KozMc]

@@slow-mo_moonbuggy I was at a conference a few months ago where Prof. Craig Rodger spoke - he had to spend much of his time explaining CME and solar storms to us (we were a room of space industry people, so he had to speak about satellites) but he's working on electricity substation protection. Do a google for him. One not-so-recent interview is on Radio New Zealand, Craig Rodger, "hazards of space weather". He's one of the most passionate and animated and most effective speakers I've ever seen. And he's just one of the scientists thrilled to be working on mitigation strategies, and I think substation protection is just one of the aspects of many Rodger is working on (that interview is more about protection satellites from falling into the Kessler cascade, the chain reaction where one zombie satellite bumps into another: exponential bumps in Earth orbit).

[@ericwithers6552]

How is physics girl doing? We all loved her stories. We all learned more about this type of stuff than we did in school.😊

[@RobinDale50]

Last I saw from a post around the end of Sept, she had gotten better, but then relapsed and is about the same as she has been. So sad, she does not deserve this. Hoping she gets better someday.

[@ericwithers6552]

@@RobinDale50 thank you for the update. I truly hope that her immune system does better. She is such a inspiration to so many people. She makes science fun!

[@nooneinparticular9868]

Still not doing great. As I understand it.

[@grandenauto3214]

When is I was teaching in Manitoba in 1992 I took some kids camping and we were just sleeping under the stars…. The northern lights weren’t north… they were everywhere, it was the most amazing night.

[@neurotransmissions]

We saw an aurora corona event when we visited Sweden this last winter and it honestly blew me off my feet. It was probably one of the coolest things I've seen in my life. If it's gonna be even stronger in three years or so...I may need to find my way up north again!

[@MF-ye8wi]

I recommend you try going to norway since norway is more north, even more and bigger northern lights

[@neurotransmissions]

@@MF-ye8wi We were pretty far north in Abisko, but yes, there are some farther north places in Norway.

[@M33f3r]

The thing they didn’t touch on is that the earth magnetic field is failing. It’s in the process of pole shift and anything that causes pretty lights now will be far more dangerous in the coming years

[@SWHBOYCE]

@@MF-ye8wi ...or northern east coast Canada , Hudson bay , Manitoba....

[@lmao2351]

@@MF-ye8wi barely more north lol.

[@CassieAngelica]

At this point I’m like: “I just want to finish this year in one piece.” Edit: Thx for all the likes and responses folks, much love and support to everybody! We’ll make it through together.=)

[@lordwiz6653]

Pandemic is getting traction again. Here comes the 4th wave 🌊 !!!

[@clausmadsen1257]

Yes it will be nice but there is not much chance of - 3 World War is underway It's just a matter of time before Russia launched an atomic bomb.

[@alexandertownsend3291]

One Piece is a great anime.

[@MonkeyDefenceForce]

2022 be like: WW3 take it or leave it

[@jebes909090]

Just turn off the internet and you'll feel better.

[@trumpmcbasketball9in]

“I mean the universe is going to reach its thermal equilibrium and there will be no more energy left to sustain it, it’s going to be a dark, cold and lonely end for everyone and everything” -Squidward

[@ubercow21]

Squidward is the wisest being on earth, that is why I always protest against his neighbors and their bullying tactics.

[@CaesarBro]

We’re all rooting for you to get better Dianna and husband too!

[@mspotato138]

Damn, just what we needed after a pandemic and rising tensions of nuclear war: A solar super storm that can mess with every single electrical device on earth at once. the 2020s are lit.

[@simonecelati9342]

Dude don't forget Australia going on fire, almost losing an entire ecosystem. If we're not doomed, someone wants to tell us, in a rough way, we need to pay more attentions to our daily lifes and greed mistakes ahahaha

[@Jarandjar]

@@simonecelati9342 Ecosystems rebuild, that's nature.

[@kevinwantstoshred]

And just like both those examples, we can be sure our politicians will take full advantage of them to gain more power and control over us

[@davidshillaker7578]

At this point, can't humanity just get along?

[@ohhkennny766]

And the scariest part about it is that people don't realize that their entire lives will be affected as electricity is used for basically everything we do from food to cleaning to living, communication, etc

[@StfuFFS]

0:20 The phenomena of electrical devices working without being plugged in to a power source is what inspired Tesla to say he could pull electricity out of the air. He claimed to have worked out how to not only accomplish this mindboggling feat but also to transmit the power as a carrier wave on the back of radio waves.

[@Sarsenwood]

It basically had to do with turning the troposphere into a capacitor. Store potential between the ground and the atmosphere, and any sufficient bridge between the two (read, large metal rod) would produce voltage and power. The main problems were power supply to do this, and the total inability to control who could use the power and who couldn't

[@max-6035]

We know quite a lot about physics today, and it wouldn’t work in the case of complex electronics today, also the loss of energy would be absolutely huge.

[@demoniack81]

Tesla's wireless power isn't magical or mysterious. The reason it never caught on was simply because it's horrendously inefficient.

[@rickc2102]

Phenomenon is the singular case.

[@scope81]

@@demoniack81 Would could possibly be more efficient than pulling energy out of thin air?

[@clarksbackup]

Let's not forget that 24 years after the Carrington event, MT. Krakatoa erupted making the loudest noise on earth.

[@dbarbour8352]

Yes I believe there was a Polynesian volcanic island area named Krakatoa. Since it was near the equator, the smoke covered the earth for years. Possibly the biggest volcanic eruption in human history.

[@RicardoVanHouten]

I love the way you tell the facts to your friend beside you❤ and you literally tell it with joy and excitement

[@classicalsheetmusic1986]

I like how passionate she is about what she is talking about. "And then we could lose our electricity 🤩, and it could take us 10 years to repair it 🥰, and your computers would get fried! 😇"

[@null360]

And all the electricity will explode and kill 70% of the human population 😄

[@lightimagay6370]

Nooooo

[@Whydoibother943]

@@null360 yayyyy

[@jeneseanderson8569]

@@null360 You’re a sheep don’t you believe in God? Then be scared if you don’t believe in God then be scared don’t be afraid of anything else

[@arctik2596]

@@jeneseanderson8569 Are you high?

[@Pants4096]

"So much more interesting than I thought it would be" perfectly describes ALL of science, in my opinion! (especially when you're not learning it to be tested on later, but just to wonder at our natural world) Thanks for being one of the educators who can bring this joy to the masses!

[@dannileigh6426]

Have you read a short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson? It's a lot of that (well, also scientist interpersonal drama too).

[@PlanetEarth3141]

Joy to the masses = intellectually similar to the story of Santa Claus

[@SWHBOYCE]

@@PlanetEarth3141 'cept Frank Herbert ; or Jules Vern , unless you look at some early (1800's and early 1900's ) Christmas cards , looks like Alice in Wonderland w/ many illustrated mushrooms , Norse ,Swedish in origin...

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@PlanetEarth3141 Exactly

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@SWHBOYCE Lmao Dune is not a "joy to the masses"

[@johnmartins94]

I truly love Physics Girl’s manner of presentation! Keep up the great stuff!

[@rockbud44]

theres been a lot of talk about an ‘internet apocalypse’ recently and now im going thru a rabbit hole 😭

[@F1ND4R]

Same I'm terrified people will probably go crazy due to lack of food

[@4MusicoLogic]

So that’s what it was! I was 6 living in Montréal and I remember that my dad explained something about the outage. I remember him talking about magnetic field. How cool is this to have this content 33 years later that brings back memories of my late dad and final explanations about what happened! Thank you so much.

[@only1baloney]

thank you so much? she is covering up the truth, and you thank her? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM

[@only1baloney]

tesla also had a secret space program he envisioned, and that vision was ignored by everyone. but i know exactly what he had going on, cuz i to know the power of em fields. ( WAS RANTING LIKE A LUNATIC LONG BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE, 36 YEARS worth of it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWTm3eEma6bn5I ||||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM ||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W9qKaYbZuAbcU lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law | lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law

[@only1baloney]

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[@Justintro]

omg these bots

[@Apalapse]

Current solar physics intern here studying CMEs! I'm actually going to school for space weather as well! I have to say, great video, and I'm very glad you made it! This was really factual and better than 99% of the videos I see on KZbin on solar flares and CMEs. 7:32 is such a great idea of what the aurora is "doing," and something I have used to explain the processes in the magnetosphere and energy transfer to newcomers in the field. One criticism, G1 is really nothing for power grids, and unless you're a satellite operator you probably don't need to worry. Even G5 is not a big deal, we've hit G5 without major power grid issues before... but the problem is that after G5 there's no way to "categorize" solar storms based on KPI alone, you would have to look at other measurements like DST, AE, etc. It's like an F5 tornado - you don't know the difference between a strong F5 and a weak F5 just by saying, "it's an F5." The 1989 storm is a great example of how GICs (ground-induced currents) can cause transformers to become overloaded, burning them out if they're "wet" transformers (older transformers that have water contaminated in the oil, creating boiling water bubbles that shred paper insulation between coils, sparking fires).

[@joshwilliams8863]

Literally came here to say this! You beat me by mere minutes. G5 is nothing to sneeze at, but it's not exactly a global emergency... unless you're a satellite operator, airline pilot, grid operator (they do have to be a little more wary, etc.), or work in radio broadcasting (due to the ionospheric effects, although that's usually from the SEP's). Also, hello fellow academic! I've been working on my PhD in magnetospheric plasma waves for the past several years.

[@espenfredrick7996]

Hey, current space physics PhD student here too! I think you’re right that other indices like Dst would be good additions, but isn’t the auroral electrojet mainly just due to the relaxation of the magnetotail? I’d imagine that’s more impacted by the By component of the solar wind more so than the total flux. But I don’t know much about that, it’s not really my area.

[@joshuaratzlaff7943]

Have you ever looked at "suspicious observers" channel with Ben Davidson? He talks about solar flares almost every day and mentions how our magnetic field is weakening and our poles are currently flipping. Wondering how truthful his stuff is from someone studying this topic. Thanks.

[@Apalapse]

@@joshuaratzlaff7943 Ben Davidson is a clown. Posterchild of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

[@Apalapse]

@@espenfredrick7996 Espen, not sure about this because I am more focused on CMEs (cut my teeth on small-scale solar surface dynamics), but the AE can really be tied to a number of inputs, I think. Bz definitely plays a huge role along with by. AE is great because it is well-correlated with auroral substorms, and like you said, definitely has more to do with the magnetotail. Thinking about it logically, since the stations reading the AE measurements are at higher latitudes, they're also at higher L-shells, which I would expect to be most affected by the small instabilities in the magnetotail. I'm not sure if it's specifically a "relaxing," though, could be! That one is above my pay grade ;)

[@lordphantomau]

Always great content, hoping you get well soon Physics Girl.

[@darealmrog]

2:44 When I was a kid, I swore to my parents that I've seen the northern lights in the sky while I was trying to fall asleep in my room. No one believed me since we live in the middle of Europe. When you mentioned how 2012 was the one of the closest solar flares we had, I just thought of that childhood memory.

[@pvic6959]

1:04 im so jealous of the editor omg. I wish I could just sit in the car and talk to Dianna about physics for HOURS . sounds like a GREAT way to spend an afternoon

[@blucheer8743]

God she talks a lot… you better be a great listener

[@Ytremz]

Can't think of a worse way tbh.

[@johns9652]

After seeing half a dozen or so of these videos, I was thinking the producer guy either secretly hates her or is madly in love with her. She is either being incredibly condescending or is expanding his intellectual horizons to heights he never dreamed of. Either way, he must feel humbled... but is it "Egad, my boss is such a know-it-all", or "Damn, my boss is a science goddess!"?

[@EraVulgaris-]

Down bad

[@pvic6959]

@@blucheer8743 im prepared to listen until the heat death of the universe... which she can ALSO tell me about :p

[@Rhekon]

Went from death missing us by 9 days to "Oh dogs!" I love it.

[@papertigerworkshop1174]

It won't necessarily mean death, unless you're hooked up to critical electronics. The solar storm will absolutely destroy all our electronics, though. Might be worthwhile to disconnect your computer leading up to the apex of the event and take out batteries for a bit, just so you don't have your computer overloaded and fried. Your phone is toast, though. We'd be sent back to the 1950s if power grids are wrecked.

[@roblangada4516]

​@@papertigerworkshop1174 I imagine it would have a rather negative impact on the global economy and supply chains if a big chunk of the world lost power for a long time and a bunch of telecomms satellites fell out of the sky from a G5. Energy prices would skyrocket at the least, and that would probably lead to some starving somewhere. Then of course you have to factor in the mass civil unrest you'd probably get if much of the world lost power for a long time. Wars might be started over limited energy supply(invade your neighbor for oil Iraq style), etc.

[@SWHBOYCE]

@@papertigerworkshop1174 ...Like a 2 ohm stereo in a car ? ( Kidding ! ; " critical electronics ") 6: 53... All gases ?? ( in a vacuum ? like neon ?)

[@TS-jj1wi]

Ending on a positive note ! Right?

[@SWHBOYCE]

@@roblangada4516 ...and they'd figure out a way to charge you extra ; because ' they' can , and will ...even if it's 'free' ,

[@mikemadsen7926]

That 2012 solar flare came with a wave of synergy that a rare few felt including myself, it came with a beauty that electrified my heart and we were flooded in synchronicity..

[@QuesoGr7]

I remember reading about this a couple of years ago. They were saying that we would all be basically sent back to the Dark Ages for a prolonged time. The articles were saying there was a very small chance any of those solar storms would hit us tho. Boy I hope they're right.

[@fredrossman1189]

I am glad to see more people reporting the reality of the future. Thank you.

[@raven4k998]

you have sun spots dude

[@ClariceAust]

Yes, it is a probable event; 6 nr misses in last 100 yrs. But unfortunately, I don't think it is something governments can really fathom the repercussions of, let alone plan contingencies for.

[@Crazy_Terryy]

@@ClariceAust personally i welcome the event with open arms. No more goverments to control us peasants

[@Alex-02]

@@Crazy_Terryy Millions of people will die and society will be set back several years if this happens. You are sick.

[@fl260]

@@Crazy_Terryy Except, they have 100% planned for this. That's why they've been building deep underground tunnels in the past decades.

[@MichaelChanslor]

Dianna, I work for a large electrical utility in the USA and we have been working for the last decade to harder our infrastructure with EMP shielding. Thanks for another excellent video!

[@mikeharrison1868]

Well done your company! Not all have such foresight. Should be a federal (and international) requirement.

[@emilioramirez1745]

What's the percentage of coverage nationwide is already completed? What's the EMP shielding rated for? And how long? Getting it from public sector?

[@firstnamelastname6216]

@@emilioramirez1745 yes!!! I'm interested also!!!

[@henryspoota7722]

I have news for you. You can't prepare for what is going to happen. I've been looking at the Carrington Event and the Canadian event plus a whole bunch of data .

[@platogkrone7161]

@@henryspoota7722 Okay. Source?

[@RawSkiz]

Luckily we can fairly accurately detect cmes and shut off power grinds before it hits. A blackout doomsday isn’t as big of a threat as it sounds

[@springfennec2]

While watching this I feel like I’m in science class… but at the same time it’s so fun to watch and entertaining!

[@thebatonmaster]

Physics Girl: "We need to boost our infrastructure!" Politicians: "Let me stop you right there..."

[@aungkyaw4704]

Don't look up like another event coming to us in furture maybe Finch movies Solar storm can make pour human race change to something we don't know

[@k.weirdo7747]

😅😩

[@LocalGodC8]

you misspelled "corporations"

[@anonymousandy3438]

None of them care about us.

[@dotinglydreaming5486]

Polititians: “Climate change is a religion”

[@theresapartheymuller5771]

When my father was stationed in Alaska, I was able to see the Aurora Borealis. As a six year old I was also excited to see a moose who wanted our food when we were camping. Thanks for the lesson.

[@FlagCutie]

Hey, I would also be freaking out seeing a moose. Sounds like a fun childhood.

[@sabastiankilgore781]

Super wholesome

[@Durzo1259]

Only one time in my life did the Aurora Borealis come far enough south to hit where I live, when I was 16 (I'm 37 now). My mom woke me up to see it and I was like "ugh, no, I wanna sleep!" But she dragged me outside because she knew it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I looked up and said "there, I saw it" and went back to bed. To this day it's one of my biggest regrets that I didn't take in the majesty when I had the chance.

[@ScottWaring]

There is a giant pyramid shaped mountain in Alaska, possibly an alien base.

[@chrisharrison3245]

@@Durzo1259 what year was that

[@AvianSolaris]

Heard about this event a few years ago, and I deeply hope that some kind of fail-safes have at least been put into place by nuclear power plants and other potentially hazard-producing fields. My astronomy 101 prof in college covered this topic a few years ago, and learning that such an event could literally cripple the electrical grid (and modern society at large) still astounds me.

[@enlightenedsoul8897]

This is the first time I've genuinely been terrified, after watching a youtube video. and after reading the comment section I don't know what to do with life in general

[@BurningSovereign]

Continue life as normal. It is out of your control so don't worry about it. You could always prepare a bug out bag and like a week to a months worth of canned and dry food

[@Phlebas]

So, after a bit of googling, it looks like we can predict solar flares ~30 minutes in advance. It's not a lot of time, but would a planned power outage (that is, planned within those 30 minutes) mitigate the damage? We get emergency alerts on our phone; I would hope that power providers might have some sort of rapid response plan.

[@elenachristian9860]

Check out Beau of the Fifth Columns video on exactly that!

[@rumrunner8019]

Yes, that is the plan in place in case of such an event. It also depends on a lot of other factors, like if the power lines run north to south vs East to West, if they run under rock vs if the bedrock is far below, etc.

[@mef12727]

just turn off you power every 30 mins

[@RedDogForge]

unless you live in a faraday cage like structure, not much really..have an older vehicle and spare fuses pcms and relays., cover your generator in foil maybe? the grid itself? pfft. ppl have been warning us for years and the energy companies and govvt have all but ignored it.

[@taoist32]

@@mef12727 On every electric device and cars. Yeah, won’t happen that easily.

[@paulpence8895]

Was in my mid 20's when the March/1989 storm hit. Lived about 50 miles north of Indianapolis, the sky was multiple times as lit as your video. It was insane!!! Very awesome to witness...

[@only1baloney]

tesla also had a secret space program he envisioned, and that vision was ignored by everyone. but i know exactly what he had going on, cuz i to know the power of em fields. ( WAS RANTING LIKE A LUNATIC LONG BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE, 36 YEARS worth of it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWTm3eEma6bn5I ||||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM ||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W9qKaYbZuAbcU lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law | lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law

[@brownbreadcomix]

we have been missing you too Diana! Get well soon and come back stronger.

[@jaynway3441]

Sharing … I live in Calgary Canada and the Aurorae have been pretty stellar … I SAW RED … in my whole life , I’ve never seen RED in them till now … I really hope somehow you’re well again soon my friend in science … we need all the science exposure we can get on every possible method …

[@tammyturner5507]

Presentation is EVERYTHING! She made that so easy to understand and interesting at the same time. It’s only a matter of time before it happens somewhere again.

[@myspace5671]

Tbh I came here for leggings...

[@ditmarvanbelle1061]

Dude sounded mighty uninterested though 😀

[@scottcooper4391]

She made this really understandable and not trying to snow us with lots if obscure equations. I think her editor added appropriate comments to keep the presentation going.

[@bobjacobson858]

...and she's very cute, which helps keep one even more motivated to watch.

[@1965myctahg]

@@bobjacobson858 I was going to say the same thing

[@espenfredrick7996]

I just want to jump in and say I’m currently doing my PhD in space physics, and it’s so cool to see that you’re doing a video on the exact topic I’m doing research in! Thanks so much for this video!

[@only1baloney]

she's a fraud hired to make sure nobody panics THE REAL TRUTH: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM

[@only1baloney]

don't get too "laid back" this summer is gonna be a REAL SCORCHER! THE REAL TRUTH: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM .

[@SebastianSchepis]

Have you heard of a channel called suspicious observers, and do you have any comments or opinions about them? Thank you for your time

[@kevingreen3781]

Get well soon you can beat this Dianna best wishes from uk 🇬🇧

[@bradleyhenderson1198]

Well, considering the declaration of a 'cyber event' in 2025 by the WEF, we can reasonably assume it will be bad.

[@dafphtthedislikeupdater7836]

I see we're ahead of schedule for the 2020s, great job team!

[@Satchmoeddie]

The Carrington Event, and imagine how many others happened before we had electricity. Their are old aboriginal tales of nights that were brighter than any full moon where they go out and hunt.

[@PeterMaddison2483]

That's what I was thinking too, but for other ancient civ's and what they thought was happening to their world, they must have been very scared at the start...

[@tdmmcl1532]

It is fascinating to contemplate time scales beyond a single life. I was on a very remote hike many many years ago on the big island, Hawai'i. On a clear night, which seemed to happen above elevations of 8000 feet (above the lower cloud layer), you could read a book at midnight by the light of the milky way galaxy! (not even a moon during those 17 days). When the moon did illuminate, it was spectacular. The reflection of moonlight from the ocean to the upper atmosphere and light scatter was enough to actually hike safely visually all through the night. Even in pretty dense foliage. There are also reports of distant supernova that were luminous equal to the moon as well. I would imagine those special events lasting several weeks, months, possibly even years would have been very eery to ancient civilizations. Or perhaps it was not so surprising. Our modern societies with artificial light and an aversion to doing much of anything well past the daylight hours have a stunted perception of the worlds that we actually live in. Add a little adventure into your life: go hiking by the light of the moon and gaze at the wonder of this planet when bathed in the unadulterated glow of our galaxy of stars. I will guarantee it will be an experience that will forever change how you "look" at this world.

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

Your friend just likes hearing you tell him everything !

[@pleiadian4378]

Solar storms are a 'clear and present danger' for our civilization's power grid AND we don't have backup equipment(E.g. transformers) to handle another Carrington event. It's not a question of "If" but "When" a CME from a solar storm will hit the Earth. Michio Kaku also brought up this vulnerability several years ago so I'm glad you're discussing this as well. So Physics Girl, maybe get in touch with the Electromagnetic Pulse Task Force and impress upon them the seriousness vulnerability we have. Your genius in science is needed in our dark age world of ignorance and misinformation.

[@Geeksmithing]

Thanks for all the effort that you and your team put into these videos! They're always a delight to watch.

[@only1baloney]

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[@only1baloney]

tesla also had a secret space program he envisioned, and that vision was ignored by everyone. woooooooooo! NUTTERS KNOW MORE THAN THE BEST OF YOU! but i know exactly what he had going on, cuz i to know the power of em fields. ( WAS RANTING LIKE A LUNATIC LONG BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE, 36 YEARS worth of it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWTm3eEma6bn5I ||||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM ||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W9qKaYbZuAbcU lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law | lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law

[@jpierce2l33t]

It's the way she gets so excited explaining things to people for me. Love it!

[@only1baloney]

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[@darkracer1252]

someone has a crush

[@only1baloney]

tesla also had a secret space program he envisioned, and that vision was ignored by everyone. but i know exactly what he had going on, cuz i to know the power of em fields. ( WAS RANTING LIKE A LUNATIC LONG BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE, 36 YEARS worth of it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWTm3eEma6bn5I ||||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM ||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W9qKaYbZuAbcU lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law | lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law

[@only1baloney]

REMEMBER OUR OZONE? DEPLETED OZONE = NO GOOD TIME. NOTICE THE EARTHQUAKES NOW GO DRAW A PATTERN WITH THE LARGEST ONES as the earth ORBITTED THE "SUPER WAVE SUN these last 3 weeks", see what your FUTURE HOLDS. tesla also had a secret space program he envisioned, and that vision was ignored by everyone. woooooooooo! NUTTERS KNOW MORE THAN THE BEST OF YOU! but i know exactly what he had going on, cuz i to know the power of em fields. ( WAS RANTING LIKE A LUNATIC LONG BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE, 36 YEARS worth of it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWTm3eEma6bn5I ||||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM ||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W9qKaYbZuAbcU lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law | lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law

[@DoronTirkel]

Over the past few years, I've been consistently witnessing these spectacular events. Very interesting, thank you! Doron, 4X4XM

[@darreldarrenman3334]

Theres a game called the Long Dark that explores the aftermath of a solar flare, where technology is fried and youre stranded on an isolated landmass. The game is this lonely single player experience where you can see the aurora on some nights and the atmosphere is amazing. To think that something similar could feeh-za-blii happen is a bizarre idea, incredible and horrific Edit: thx for letting me know sorry I didn’t realize I spelled the word wrong

[@Nick51100]

I was just about to mention that game. Great campaign and great overall survival game.

[@autohmae]

As I understand it's pretty easy to prevent this: unplug all devices, shutdown all power plants, etc. It would not be an easy fun time, but it shouldn't lead to these huge problems. We have early warning systems to know when it's coming to us.

[@Blynat]

@@autohmae That's the thing with large networks of cables and near connections being hit with tons of extra power. Many of the circuits will be closed without touching due to higher energy in the atmosphere. This will cause shorts and ground outs randomly. Not everything in the world is USB or standard plug. Something are build as a form of a network from the start. Many things would need to be replaced before it happens not just unplugged. You can save some your devices like that but if the grid fries then your iPhone "still working" wont matter if the infrastructure in down or on fire.

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

There was a TV show based in part on a similar concept in the form of Dark Angel.

[@snowob]

phesably lmao that spelling 🤣

[@Fregmazors]

My internet has been out for a week. It just got repaired, and this is the first video I chose to watch. Totally worth it! Love this channel. Of course, this is probably a precursor to the event that kills the internet for the next decade.

[@Phasma6969]

It won't kill the internet, it will kill the active and passive switching components of the power grid. It likely won't damage the medium of transmission. Internet is primarily via fibre optic anyway.

[@legendaryfunny3568]

idk why but ive got the weird feeling that not only the internet but most electronics will be wiper out and i should start preparing by using my stuff less coz i really don't need it. I'm probably crazy but there's this weird feeling that all this stuff isn't really natural and something out there is pulling the strings to stop us from advancing technology too much

[@KingstonTiger]

@@legendaryfunny3568 Huh? Chill dude... All these events also happened thousand of times in the past also.. What are you even smoking 🤣 . But this remind all of us that "we" are insignificant compared to the Universe. We are just a spark of dust laying on it's surface.

[@Ilurk247]

@@legendaryfunny3568 Supposedly that's what happened at the Tower of Babel. People knew you couldn't build a building that high and at a certain altitude you freeze or can't breath. I don't think it was an observatory either, the remnants of the building would be massive and still exist somewhere. I think they were trying to build a flying machine like the UFO's we see today and it had to be stopped. There is a story about something happening in 2025 based on what a guy who said he was involved with the Philadelphia Experiment and went forward in time, in the year 2025 he saw a map of the US and it had a river going through the middle of it from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. California and Florida were underwater. Only time will tell.

[@krishp1104]

@@KingstonTiger bro thinks the sun is plotting againts us 💀

[@user-ci6kv4qz4z]

I hope we can play GTA 6 atleast

[@samedwards6683]

Thanks so much for creating and sharing this educational and entertaining video. Great job. Hope that each day you are feeling better than the day before.🙏

[@bobt2414]

"It seems very like nature to move in waves." So well put. Everyone has their eyes on the peaks, but this video reminded me of my wonder, as a young man, over the world drawing scientific attention to the valleys, by declaring an International YEAR of the QUIET SUN. Those calm words resonated with magic and remain with me still.

[@madeline569]

That's such a cool idea! Maybe in the year of the quiet sun the collective human race can also agree not to go to war on each other haha a girl can dream 😕

[@YodaWhat]

If we don't pay attention and convert to a DC power grid, we may have a DECADE of Quiet Earth.

[@bobt2414]

@@YodaWhat The way things are going we may have more than a decade of Quiet Earth without the aid of a star with indigestion. Even DC generators involve electro-mechanical machines but with ludicrously expensive distribution circuits. You would know this if you paid less attention to that fraud Edison and more to those geniuses Westinghouse and Tesla.

[@YodaWhat]

@@bobt2414 I know all about Edison and Tesla, but YOU have not kept up with the times. HVDC has 'been a thing' for decades, but it was limited to links for point-to-point flow of bulk power, so *it was not a grid.* But now we have the technology to do an actual DC grid for all the long and medium wire lengths, leaving only the "last mile" as AC power, and such wires are not long enough to get much induced DC from a geomagnetic storm. Therefore, the "last mile" will not be damaged.

[@bobt2414]

@@YodaWhat I stand corrected. As you may have guessed, my knowledge of very high voltage DC super grids is, very roughly, nil. I retired 20 years ago to far distant shores. But I stand by my views regarding local (domestic/industrial) transmission.

[@eggosliny1962]

When I was little my dad told me that the Aurora Borealis was all the souls of the Dead leaving the planet and The Souls of those about to be born entering and intern that was the physical representation of it I honestly believed it probably close about 11 or 12 but when I realized it wasn't the case I was saddened by it because that sounds like an awesome explanation true or not

[@kthomp5on]

I like your Dad’s explanation, having lost my mum years ago when I was a teenager, I find his interpretation very heartwarming 😊

[@eggosliny1962]

@@kthomp5on Thank you I very much appreciate it. I lost my dad a few years back anytime I see the Aurora it reminds me of him.

[@jadetucker8681]

@@eggosliny1962 its like the movie brother bear :D

[@eggosliny1962]

@@jadetucker8681 so I went and watched Brother Bear last night I see the resemblance I kind of enjoyed the movie as well thank you

[@KimberlyWard-Evans717]

This mini conversation was heartwarming. Love Brother Bear. Blessings and Maranatha

[@my89scottsdale67]

The irony of an electric car contest on a video talking about the electronic apocalypse possibly coming next year

[@tantalisinglabrat]

What a great video. Physics without bring too over the top physicsy, all presented so that idiots like me can understand. Thank you for your effort. Truly appreciate it. Love from 🇿🇦

[@Herr_Vorragender]

As a guy working in IT, I'm looking forward to this! 2 weeks forced off work. 2 weeks forced digital detox. 2 weeks absolute zero messages. Whoop whoop!

[@junaidfarooqui1993]

Are you sure if it'll be only 2 weeks?

[@tomlxyz]

What about emergency services?

[@CarsMeetsBikes]

conversely, everyone will be coming to you because they are experiencing tech problems after the solar storm, so you'll be experiencing the exact opposite

[@joshuahendrickson8694]

Finally I can find the time to relax and play D&D with my IT buddies.

[@jwn741]

lol @ 2weeks

[@justinmcgough3958]

pretty crazy. Very scary to think how no one seems to talk about it and no preparations are made for it.

[@davelordy]

How did you prepare for the last 3 or 4 of these ?

[@justinmcgough3958]

@@davelordy Well small solar flares are rarely an issue and tend to have little to no effect on us on earth although they can mess up satellites. But I'm talking about preparing for those potentially massive solar flares that the video is talking about. Only thing I've seen that can protect your stuff in that case would be Faraday Cages and an early warning system to get people to unplug and turn off any electronics they have in an attempt to save them.

[@Roxxyie]

@@Kopie0830 to the sun?

[@trueetiquette]

@@Kopie0830 and this ever accomplished anything?

[@trueetiquette]

@@Kopie0830 Funnily enough, I've experienced clinical death. There was nothing, sorry for potential disappointment.

[@chriscruciat2469]

If it does happens we should pray it takes place in the summer because the power grid would take months to repair. those of us in cold places would freeze in the winter

[@BeansEnjoyer911]

What an absolutely great video! Amazing format, no need for huge production.

[@lucifchristo]

2025 might be giving us more time than we actually have considering over the past five months there have been innumerable solar activity events that were completely unpredicted and NASA seems rather confused in regards to. I on the other hand give us about a year-and-a-half at most give or take

[@jademiller8497]

A year and a half until what?

[@YurikoHD]

@@jademiller8497 Did you not watch the video? D: The entire video has been about solar storms with 2025 being repeated numerous times.

[@jademiller8497]

@@YurikoHD yeah ik, bit solar storms happen all the time, do you mean a year and a half till one that can wipe us out?

[@dank_wolfe2600]

@@jademiller8497 It wouldn't wipe us out lol, she said it wouldn't affect our bodies

[@futuza]

2025 is just the peak of the cycle and when it is most likely to happen, however there's no guarantee it would happen then, it could occur right now (there's just a lower chance of that occurring).

[@AK-ii3li]

I wish my teachers were this good at explaining things. Edit: since it seems I started a war I wanted to clarify I never said all the teachers in the world and clearly said MY TEACHERS.

[@AK-ii3li]

@Chosen Remix They are literally payed to teach us and in hopes of us learning some moral values and manners in the process. All I learned from my teacher was that if I want good grades in exam I just need to join the said teachers coaching and whenever you don't get good grades they will insult you in front of the class.

[@soumikroy6683]

They are, you weren't attentive. Stop complaining about teachers and start listening. Everyone loves to watch these videos but if we are asked to give exams on every educational video we watch on KZbin, we will probably start complaining about these too. We love entertainment and not hard core study and blaming teachers is the easiest thing to do.

[@AK-ii3li]

I tried then I failed . Wanna know how students who were bad at studying passed the exam. They were studying from their coaching and the teacher indirectly kept telling them what they need to learn and what's definitely coming in exam. Wana know how I know becoz they were my friends and told me this themselves.

[@soumikroy6683]

@@AK-ii3li u r just a victim of corruption then. Nothing else. Complain to the authorities rather than crying in the KZbin comments section

[@AK-ii3li]

@@soumikroy6683 well can't say anything about the victim part cause that's true. But if you think the authority is going to do what it is supposed to then you might be living in a far better off country than mine.

[@randompersonh]

i first saw this video 9 months ago, but my comment mysteriously disappeared. thanks so much for visiting us and our amazing views here in fairbanks, (and alaska in general) now i'm even more scared of the sun lol. :) edit: a few months after this video was posted, we had a storm and some of the neighborhood's power went out. could've just been the thunder storm but i got pretty spooked.

[@cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547]

When I served in the US Navy we did a small experiment where we had an F18 on the flight line transmitting it’s radar and we stood about 50 feet away and moved a fluorescent bulb in front of the plane and the light lit up just like it would have being plugged in. We were told if the radar has enough power to light a fluorescent bulb then it has more than enough power to cook a sailor. Some of the less intelligent sailors were trying to use the standing in front of the transmitting radars as a form of birth control. Yea… prolly the ones you don’t want reproducing anyway, but it doesn’t work as well as they thought.

[@HampusTman]

I study in a university in the northern parts of Sweden (Umeå) and this is a story from mid January.I had just majorly flunked a university exam, and was feeling rather depressed, so I went for a drive. I was sleep deprived and hadn't eaten, and was having a terrible day. Then while driving (around 6:30pm) I see a shimmering light in the sky. I quickly recognize it's an Aurora, and pull over imediately. Luckily I was next to an open field, and the night sky was clear, so I got an absolutely breathtaking view of it. I have always been fascinated by the Aurora and had always wanted to see one, so this event turned a really horrible day into one of the best ones in my life. Looking forward to seeing more in the winters to come! ^_^

[@Chronosmaster002]

At the risk of being crass, I felt it to be a missed opportunity to call the ejection a “sun fart” since it is solar wind

[@tyu6626]

Since they found that bricks can conduct electricity, will a CME kill ppl

[@Idontfuckingknow553]

💀💀💀😭😭😭omg

[@wordsculpt]

Crassness accomplished.

[@vannarooski8730]

Well.....what a group of them called then? Like a group of crows is called a murder...... A tantrum of farts

[@Davidsavage8008]

Crass my assets.

[@timallen6025]

Beautifully and visually explained thank you . Back in the day school chalk boards were way inferior to convey ideas and concepts in motion

[@hermansims2296]

That was so much more interesting than I thought it would be. Thank you.

[@butterfacepilot]

I was monitoring the storm you saw, live, in a space weather lab. It really kept us waiting, staring at our screens, hoping for a spike in the kp index and solar wind until it arrived much later than we predicted haha. Super cool to see a video about a solar event that I was a part of monitoring! :D

[@deepfakestudio7776]

when is the next one

[@ChronoSquare]

We can't even reliably track when the solar winds reach Earth despite literally monitoring the source of those winds? Woah, dude.

[@koushiroizumi0]

@@ChronoSquare because CME release seems to be rather unstable, unpredictable. You can see them forming up but you can't say precisely if it'll pop now or later..

[@ChronoSquare]

@@koushiroizumi0 So we don't always have satellites turned to monitor the Sun? I thought we would, or at least when CMEs are anticipated, so we could look for the moment of and react accordingly

[@mikeoxmall69420]

​@@ChronoSquare well, we can't predict Earth's weather too well either, and we live on it. Imagine taking Earth weather, scaling it up a million times, adding much more heat, and turning the electromagnetic effects up to 11? That's sun weather

[@azpcox]

Physics Girl has to cycle through camera operators so that when she asks them questions like, “What do you know about so and so?” their blank stares give US the opportunity to learn and you teach! #SmarterLeviEveryDay

[@vk2ig]

I read that as "their blank stares gives the USA the opportunity to learn" ... goodness knows, if the KZbin comments are anything to go by, it needs that opportunity to learn.

[@paulberry2884]

It's lucky for us she's not dating an astrophysicist, we wouldn't learn anything.

[@only1baloney]

tesla also had a secret space program he envisioned, and that vision was ignored by everyone. woooooooooo! NUTTERS KNOW MORE THAN THE BEST OF YOU! but i know exactly what he had going on, cuz i to know the power of em fields. ( WAS RANTING LIKE A LUNATIC LONG BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE, 36 YEARS worth of it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWTm3eEma6bn5I ||||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrTeXyOZZ5qbrM ||||||||||||||||||||| kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6W9qKaYbZuAbcU lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law | lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law || lenz's law

[@only1baloney]

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[@sarahanonymous1036]

Whelp, we've been seeing them as far down as Hawaii. Something devastating is going to happen some time next yr. And i cant begin to imagine the chaos that will follow. Be blessed. By whatever forces may exist.

[@splyced45]

Why do u say that? U certain

[@joeboyer7180]

I love this woman. ❤🌹 I love her mind. I love her humor. Even though I know of everything she talks about, I know much more. I love listening to her. I can fix the major problems in Tesla vehicles, and the world's energy problems that would be safe from solar flares. If interested, just ask.

[@caelskanes5728]

I was just watching KZbin videos and I came across this video here and it completely made me realize how crazy the sun is and sometimes how lucky we are. And how important it is for us to be prepared to do certain things in order for us to survive. This video was really helpful and it really caught my attention.

[@Bossy369]

The human race will not live forever

[@madeinheaven7286]

Do what? 🤣 Were all gonna be dead

[@bluefox5331]

@@madeinheaven7286 If I understood the video, no unless you're a computer? XD But it would be very different to live for a good while, and hopefully we would be able to prevent all the electrical things from causing fires.

[@richardrubin1763]

Nature quickly reminds us who is and always will be in control. Humanity is a temporary Era in the big picture of the evolution of the universe. A blip really. Dinosaurs came and went. We will as well. Our " knowledge " will only delay the inevitable....human extinction.

[@eddiebear34]

I watched a documentary with scientists in it who don't blame humans for climate change, they say the sun is the biggest culprit. That we do almost nothing. I can't remember the name of it now and tbh, it's probably banned for going against the grain. Anyway, some of them were saying that when the sun is very active, like it's going to be until 2025. We had big solar flares this year and low and behold... some of the hottest summer on record. As usual we are getting the blame for eating steak or driving a car. I think it's crazy to think the sun wouldn't be the thing controlling climate :)

[@gpocat4518]

In the 90's, I was able to see the Aurora in Detroit, where I grew up. Very cool. It was also very good for HF propagation, as a Ham radio operator, world wide communication on the higher HF bands were just rockin' even at night when typically communications diminishes. I do hope we get those radio conditions again.

[@fiddysat]

cq dx bouncing off the skip

[@lawneymalbrough4309]

We also saw it here in south louisiana. Right near the gulf coast.

[@richardgrier8968]

I saw it in Kennebunk ME in ‘78 or ‘79. Trippy.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@richardgrier8968 Science-Denial is literrally on the Rise but people like Professor Dave or Sci Man Dan fight-back.

[@swatson1190]

I saw the Aurora borealis here in Southwest Arkansas a few days ago. I first thought there was lightning but but there was no thunder or clouds. Plus, it was blue and green. Our lightning is normally pink.

[@swatson1190]

In 2000 we had a massive ice storm. We were without power for 38 days. Luckily we live in a rural area that still does things the old ways. Wood stove, well water, and oil lamps. The only thing that was scary to me was the tree exploding all around us. Other than that it was nice.

[@gigglemug777]

Thank you for uploading this video, it was great! When the next big CME hits we're going to party like it's 1899!

[@Akhi_Iyad]

1859*

[@tamararose9398]

I need to thank you for this video. Because of it I shifted my final report in my disaster and emergency management class to CMEs. What a absolute disaster we are headed towards.

[@Nicole-dj3jf]

Ya this is happening we get our light from inner earth the so called sun me see in the sky is only a light scientist know this not only that the firmament protects us from anything thing so there has never been a anything to get passed the firmament not no aliens nothing

[@Nicole-dj3jf]

The northern lights shine off the firmament

[@vibratingstring]

About 17 years ago (judging by kid's ages) we were heading to Cub Scouts and I saw something through the window. Fortunately we were driving on a long dark road next to a salt marsh so I pulled over. "Yep it's the Northern Lights!" We got out of the car and watched, transfixed, for a good hour. Not only the green ones--we had reds and purples. And they went *south* of us--in Connecticut! Around the same year there had been Aurora in the southeast--Carolina or Georgia. Even though I have been to Canada scores of times, this was the *only* time in 6 decades that I had ever seen the Aurora--I have talked to distant ham stations off aurora scatter far more than I have seen them!

[@billh.1940]

It can be a religious experience! It is amazing!

[@Kindness808]

Miss you, Dianna! Hoping you feel better soon!

[@billybatson8657]

I remember living in southwestern PA back around the mid to late 1980's, the aurora could be seen so far south that the sky looked like something out of a science fiction film. It just waved with red and green light for a week or so, it was really creepy, until we discovered that it was the aurora.

[@andybilakshow260]

I seen it then too. (northern michigan) only it was blue / white streaks pulsating across the sky. If my barring's / memory is correct, it traveled sort of west to east

[@curiousme113]

I remember that. In central Alabama we only saw it once but the sky was a terrifying bright red color right at sun down & afterwards. Somehow my bf knew what it was. I guess he'd learned about it in school or on the news. It's very scary at first

[@joedumars376]

No one asked

[@MitsukiDiablew]

@@joedumars376 Just like no one cares about your opinion. See? We can go on forever about this 🙄

[@joedumars376]

@@MitsukiDiablew No one asked

[@L33tSkE3t]

A Carrington Level solar event is one of my biggest fears. Especially with the poles shifting and possibly reaching a point where they would literally switch.

[@kinasai]

Quite soon

[@kantr8346]

sorry i didnt get it, what do you mean by polar switching?

[@OchiiDinUmbraa]

@@kantr8346 theres a theory that during our lifetime the north and south poles of the earth will flip,but it wont happen instantly so for a while, earth magmetic field will be much weaker, leaving us exposed to a solar flare. But since weve never seen the poles flip, we might be wrong.

[@kantr8346]

@@OchiiDinUmbraa I see, do you think that in the past, the poles might also have flipped, like in the glaciar era or near the mesozoic era?

[@L33tSkE3t]

@@kantr8346 So, multiple times throughout Earth's history the poles slowly migrate towards their opposite side (hence why magnetic North is slowly moving further from geological North) at a certain point the poles begin to move increasingly faster until the Earth's magnetosphere flips entirely. If there were to be a strong solar storm during this time (the sun seems to follow an 11ish year cycle) and if there were to also be a solar mass ejection in Earth's direction while the Poles are in their equatorial stage of their flip, it would knocks out all broadband electrical circuitry and electrical grid. This is called a Carrington Level Solar event. It last occurred in 1859 when the magnetosphere was in a slightly weaker state, knocking out all telegram cables on the side of the Earth that was hit. This was just a few months before the solar maximum of 1860. Astronomers observed a huge increase in sun spots and the Aura Borealis was visible extremely far south. It's a complex set of events and phenomena that if occurred in today's technical society would be disasterous, knocking out satellites, power grids, broadband communication infrastructure. If a coronal mass ejection would be thrown towards Earth's direction during a complete equitorial pole switch, it could literally scorch the Earth. The last full pole switch was 780,000 years ago.

[@mvptraining89]

We just recently had a Carrington event type flare miss us on March 15th but it's went the other direction

[@dalton6173]

Could massive batteries explode or would that be fine if it is not in use even if it is fully charged?

[@charliesimpson3658]

It's refreshing to see someone so excited about science, and especially teaching science

[@redshuttleredacted6422]

As someone who's pretty knowledgable about societies and history, based on what I've read and watched for some time now, the trajectory of the world in terms of demographics, economy, stability, and overall well-being don't look very rosy. Who knows? It may be unlikely, but such a solar storm with power comparable to the Carrington Event could become a catalyst for a series of chain reactions which could trigger huge economic crises worse than the Great Depression, wars, and worldwide misery, poverty, and suffering due to our overreliance on electricity and digitalization.

[@sagittario5543]

That's what I thought, it would be global chaos

[@mikep509]

1 to 2 years away

[@healinggrounds19]

Why can't it be something good? It's always bad news.

[@HughMansonMD]

Anton Petrov also has mentioned how a Carrington-like event could easily be mistaken as an EMP attack, making it an unintentional catalyst of war between major powers.

[@rickcarrarini5696]

What is the best video on this topic?

[@dogsareawesome9197]

Am i the only one that's extremely worried? Everyones saying jokes or just "her videos are so good!"

[@intens_fx]

Im worried too ya know

[@Cosmic_brownies79]

For the symptoms of being extremely worried peeing your pants & crying? Because if so I think I'm extremely worried to :(

[@DJMKN93]

I'm worried because every government I see lately is corrupt asf & they're the ones in control of everything 🤮

[@karenrevell5354]

Humanity as a collective can change the direction of any object heading to Earth. Getting humanity to agree, now that's another story!! If we all focus on our love of planet Earth and keeping her (and us) safe, it can head in another direction or maybe never releasing at all. If we all run around scared out of our minds, it will be everything they said it would be.

[@alexandramedichi4668]

I heard Solar Flares do affect humans

[@jannd8170]

Her explanation on why the sun has 11 year cycles just explains what happens every 11 years, not *why* is happens every 11 years.

[@me3tthebeat]

we don't know yet

[@tonyferrell9734]

dude if this woman was my science teacher , i would of been a freakin genius ..... i dont even care for space but your passion to explain things in simple terms is another level... (instant sub, SOLID like)... and by the way, your total time for this video, is my birthday 11/17 😁

[@ClearKnowingFeelingHearing]

Hah cool xD

[@MrStuart21]

TYFIZGAL! ;-)

[@drd1924]

That's what Algebra teaches us yo....Breaking something complicated down and showing it in simplest terms

[@supportiranianfreedom4982]

au contraire mon fraire...in English, on the contrary my brother...in your language, nah you'd be the same dumbazz you are today, thinking with your....well you know!??!

[@zoltanposfai3451]

Diana: "You can try to win this electric car. The car of the future!" Also Diana: "When the next one hits, you won't be able to use your electric car..." The 2020s will be a messy decade.

[@jameswilliams7625]

Especially if she continues to film all her videos from an idling car

[@gabemerritt3139]

@@jameswilliams7625 well would you rather them freeze? If you are worried about the environment they hurt it way more by simply driving/flying there.

[@morosis82]

If you have solar you may be able to. Will be interesting for all those people trying to pump fuel with electric pumps however.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

Petrol cars will be affected to, especially modern ones.

[@cjisme3]

Yeah but you won't be able to fuel your car either as the pumps won't work haha. You won't have any way to pay for fuel (Credit Cards) as you most likely don't carry cash.. Edit: I am assuming your area doesn't have gravity fed fuel bowsers still.