Hefty X-8.1 Class Flare yesterday evening. Caused some radio blackouts in South America and the Southern Atlantic. There has been a bunch of CME ejections but NOAA is still not sure where they’re headed. Might be toward Earth but still unknown.

An X8 is not really strong enough to do any significant damage. Could possibly trip a few grid breakers if it hits Earth squarely but even that is just a possibility.

Still this one huge sunspot  threw off 20+ M Class Flares and 4 X Class Flares yesterday. It’s almost guaranteed to keep showing off today. Since it’s just starting to swing across the face of the Sun to face us it bears watching. I suggest checking spaceweather.com periodically during the day to see what it’s going to produce today (Monday).

The Librarian

Ran across another story on just how fragile the national power grid is and thought I’d post it. Folks like these keep on warning the government and the utilities and no one seems to be making even a pretense of dealing with it.

They have, finally, started abandoning the Green Energy Scam and stopping the shut down of Actual power plants using Gas and Coal so the SUPPLY issue at least is being address. There is even a significant push for a renewal of the Nuclear Power Industry though that is measured in decades where as coal and gas plants can be built in a year or two.

But even if they do significantly increase real power generation capability the grid itself won’t handle the increase in demand. Certainly not with all the Data Center Power Black Holes they want to build.

All we can do it hope. But as an instructor once told me “Hope is not a Strategy.”

https://townhall.com/columnists/sarah-montalbano/2026/02/01/grid-monitor-warns-of-blackouts-that-utilities-can-still-prevent-n2670441

The Librarian

Woke up this morning to over a foot of snow outside. Looks like about 13-14 inches on flat surface away from the house.

I am officially Impressed. Cat traipsed all over the porch in 3-4 inch snow looking for a way to get down to go chase and kill things. Instead he’s walking around the house yelling his head off to express his disapproval and demand that someone FIX it.

So not going anywhere anytime soon. If it’s this deep here I can imagine further inland. Now for the Deer and Crows

Stay Safe.

The Librarian