Solar rockets cut off radio communications during hurricanes in the Caribbean

The bad weather on Earth and the solar flares that coincided in September 2017 caused radio power outages that lasted several hours, according to a new study published in Space Weather magazine. These power outages, which occurred on September 6 and 10, hampered critical emergency response efforts against the hurricanes sweeping the Earth.

On September 6, hurricanes Irma, Katia and José advanced in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean. Simultaneously, a clbad X-2.2 and X-9.3 main clbad solar flare is produced at 150 million kilometers from our planet.

That day, radio communications were decreasing for most of the planet. morning and afternoon. In particular, French civil aviation reported the loss of communication with a cargo plane for 90 minutes. In addition, high frequency radio, used for communications in aviation, navigation and by radio amateurs, as well as in other emergency bands, was no longer available during a period of up to eight hours.

Another large clbad X rocket in the sun that interrupted radio communication for three hours. The interruption occurred when the Caribbean faced the pbadage of José and Irma.

The solar eruptions of September 2017 have been the most powerful since 2005 and are the best documented episodes of solar storm to date.

The collision of earth and space time in September of last year reminded us that solar events can occur at any time and coincide with other emergency situations, warn the authors of l & # 39; study.