NASA twin STEREO spacecraft observed a spectacular coronal mass ejection launched from the vicinity of decaying sunspot 1176 on April 3rd around 0500 UT. The blast was not Earth directed. Nevertheless, there is a chance that the expanding cloud will deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on or about April 6th. CME movies: STEREO-A, STEREO-B.
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If we get a direct hit from one of these it could possibly knock out our electrical grid. With most of our nuclear plants only having 4 hours of backup cooling power they would most likely go into meltdown. It would be smart to start cooling them now...at least until we get out of solar maximum!