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Media Release: The BOM issues a warning for a G4 geomagnetic storm (media.bom.gov.au)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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8PM (right now) +/- 10 hours

Better call the tiberium harvester back in.

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[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 6 points 6 months ago

The Bureau. Get stuffed! Some transient ceo having a wet dream about leading the FBI. It'll always be the BOM!

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Corrected, thankyou. I blindly took the page title.

[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Haha! Sorry, i wasn't aiming the vitriol at you. I'd assumed that was the page title used. All my vitriol is aimed at the BOMs leadership :)

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Little do you know that I'm secretly in charge of the ~~Bureua~~ ~~Bureua~~ Bureau. I believe https should be a premium feature that valuable customers will pay for.

[-] gumnut@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago

Does this apply on the dark side of Earth? I.e. during night time?

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

My wife and I were wondering the very same thing

[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Ahhhh that would be why my covid vaccine been telling to take up arms for Bill Gates

[-] bestusername@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Explains why my Wifi speaker keeps dropping off my network tonight.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 4 points 6 months ago

No, it doesn't. It would stop satellites from communicating with Earth on those frequencies due to having the ionosphere in the way, but it would not stop ground-based equipment from communicating with other ground-based equipment on those frequencies.

[-] bestusername@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago

Did I really need a sarcasm tag?

[-] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Do geo storms affect up into the GHz where wifi sits? I can only find material talking about the ionisphere and frequencies up to HF :|

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No, they don't. They would stop satellites from communicating with Earth on those frequencies through the ionosphere, but they wouldn't stop ground equipment from communicating with each other on those frequencies.

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