Re: Appeals Court Upholds New York _Gas Stove Ban_ That Chuck Schumer Insisted Wasn_t Even Happening

squillage snipped-for-privacy@aba.et wrote:

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> > > > So how are those electric cars and stoves doing in Commieville, > > > > NY?
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> > > > Con Edison Shuts Off Power to 10,000 Customers in Queens as
> > > > Temps Soar Over 100 Degrees
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> > > You are missing something with your alleged humor. What are the
> > > ICE cars doing? Gas pumps won't work either so they are no > > > better off.
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> > > I read over the mid section and northeast, 830,000 people have > > > power out.
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> > Due to...wait for it...
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> > Power Grid Failures Sweep Across the Eastern USA as Solar Activity > > Spikes...
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> A solar storm caused the heat wave???

The grid failures were solar caused.

X1 grade flare.

AI Overview

Solar storms cause electrical grid problems when charged particles from coronal mass ejections (CMEs) hit Earth, compressing the magnetic field and inducing geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) in long-distance power lines. These direct-current surges can saturate transformers, overheat critical equipment, and trip protective relays, potentially leading to cascading regional blackouts.The vulnerability of electrical infrastructure centers on a few specific mechanisms and historical precedents:Transformer Saturation: GICs force high-voltage transformers to operate outside their normal magnetic states. This creates significant harmonic distortions and causes transformers to draw excessive reactive power from the grid, triggering widespread voltage drops.Historical Failures: The most famous instance occurred in March 1989, when a severe geomagnetic storm caused a catastrophic voltage collapse in Canada, leaving the entire province of Quebec without power for about nine hours.System Cascades: When too much reactive power is absorbed or multiple transformers disconnect to protect themselves, the remaining system can easily overload, resulting in localized or widespread power outages.

The brave new physics you learn every day from innernet
> loonies...

They also set off earthquakes.

Abstract Solar activity, as indicated by sunspots, radio noise and geomagnetic indices, plays a significant but by no means exclusive role in the triggering of earthquakes. Maximum quake frequency occurs at times of moderately high and fluctuating solar activity. Terrestrial solar flare effects which are the actual coupling mechanisms which trigger quakes appear to be either abrupt accelerations in the earth's angular velocity or surges of telluric currents in the earth's crust. The graphs presented in this paper permit probabilistic forecasting of earthquakes, and when used in conjunction with local indicators may provide a significant tool for specific earthquake prediction.

<helpless follow-up defeated>

Try harder in future.

A solar storm impact that arrived earlier in the day has begun to strengthen as two back-to-back solar flares (M6.7 and M6.3) hit directly over the Americas during a brutal heat wave already pushing power grids to the limit. Aurora viewing is possible in high-latitude regions tonight, and power grid failures are as well.

UPDATE: The solar storm has strengthened (21 nT) and flipped to a negative polarity (-15 nT), meaning geomagnetic activity is set to increase rapidly and bring us into a proper geomagnetic storm. Additionally checking the outage map, the power outages are spreading and now 1 million customers are without power. Michigan is 500,000 customers without power, or 10%. New Jersey in particular just lost power to 230,000 customers, or about 5.5%.