The emission of magnetic radiation from the sun can paralyze the operation of power plants, pagers and cell phones for long hours. can cause satellites and the services they provide to be disabled
Satellites, power plants, pagers and the most important of all cell phones, may stop working tonight due to the emission of magnetic radiation from the sun. Space weather forecasters say that the emission of magnetic radiation was detected on Wednesday morning and is expected to reach Earth today around 22:00 (Israel time). The effects of the radiation may last between 12 and 18 hours.
It was announced in CNN that officials in the American Space Environment Agency have warned in recent days a number of industries that may be affected by the emission of radiation. Electric companies usually avoid overload situations during electromagnetic storms to avoid collapse. The airlines are also warned of this type of event due to the fear that the radiation may damage some of the navigation systems in the planes.
Satellites in space are usually the most severely affected by radiation emissions from the sun. Larry Combs, a man at the space agency, explains that "satellites 'live and breathe' in space and are therefore the most vulnerable to solar activity. "They (satellites) affect our banking systems, television and cell phones." Coombs points out that some satellite operators will put them into "sleep" mode at the peak of radiation emission to prevent damage to them. According to him, the radiation may put a satellite out of use and cause it irreversible damage.
Solar activity is rated in intensity from one to five and in the present case the activity was estimated at level three, medium. The magnetic storms can also cause spectacular phenomena that cause the appearance of "northern lights" in areas that normally do not get to see them. In the current storm the glow may be seen in some areas of the USA.
