Are you doing anything for the solar events this weekend?
 

I unplugged a few things in anticipation of the solar events tonight but have no idea if this even necessary so far south.

Unplugged stuff with computer chips and will do the same with this tablet later tonight. Also toggled some of the power circuits to off.

I live here in the Villages but have met a lot of people who one down from Michigan, Montana, Toronto and others places north.

The solar event isn't going to last one evening it will happen during daylight too. The Aurora Borealis isn't visible during daylight hours.

I haven't seen any official announcements suggesting that anybody do anything of the sort. have you? If so, where?

Not my field of expertise, but I would think that solar activity that would affect your computer and electrical panel would also shut down your car, appliances, and more importantly the power grid. I guess we'll find out in our experiment---your "stuff' is shut down, mine will remain on.

Agree
Nothing to see here. Usually there is some big hype (like the eclipse) all over the cycles. Business as usual.

I just watched the news where people saw the aurora all the way down in south florida last night.

Granddaughter sent us pics from our house in MI. She live streamed to her uncle that lived in Fairbanks. He was Pretty impressed with the show, from MI.

His stream from SC wasn’t as bright but very visible.
Youngest in Louisville, had some views, but cloud cover and didn’t travel far enough from city lights

I think that I'll have another cup of coffee and a berry muffin. 😴

Amazing Northern Lights display in UK last night, right down to South coast.
Extremely rare occurrence in Southern Britain.

Sounds cool. South Florida had some Northern Lights but this was by the coast. We need to be away from the city lights to see anything.

I remember Y2K, a big nothing burger !

Makes me want to party like it's 1999. Got a lion in my pocket, and, sorry but he's fast asleep.

Nothing to do. The strongest part happened 2 days ago. Adverse effects, mostly communications via radio, are already waning. Yes, the auroras will be visible further south than normal for a few more days, but there's no need to worry about power grid, appliances, etc. Those are just scare stories by news readers.

Find actual details at Space Weather by SolarHam

'bobeaston' is mostly correct. The initial solar flare (flares in this case) are electromagnetic radiation that travel the 93 million miles from the Sun to Earth in about 8 and 1/3 minutes causing additional ionization and enhanced absorption of the electromagnetic (EM) waves in the ionosphere leading to partial or even total radio fade-outs on the Sun facing side of Earth. It takes 2-3 days for the particulate matter to travel the distance to the Earth's magnetosphere to affect it (if there is a mass ejection directed to Earth) and cause the visual phenomena we see as the Aurora which can also cause electrical disruptions on the ground.

This was a defining storm as it had characteristics of the one that caused all the electrical disruptions of the great solar event of September 1, 1859 called 'the Carrington event'.

The Carrington Event: History's greatest solar storm | Space

Did not see any reports of problems like then happening now thank goodness.

Here is another site for space weather info. Look for the graphic showing the Auroral circle.

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

BTW, you can still see the sunspot that caused all this activity. Get out your eclipse glasses and take a look before it rotates out of sight. It is shown on the SpaceWeather.com page. It is huge, you cannot miss it.

Good thing the world spent billions of dollars fixing software and replacing outdated computers to avoid the disaster that would have happened otherwise.

Experienced them when stationed At RAF Chicksands. We just transferred Morse to San Vito. Provided some down time.