A map of the aurora forecast for tomorrow night, made by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. There's a giant red oval that covers all of canada, and extends well into the northern US. I've never seen an aurora forecast this intense before.

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   Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 22:07:13 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

   Every chance I've had to interact with satellite operators in conferences, I've asked them about their plans for dealing with solar storms (I'm particularly worried about Starlink, which requires dozens of maneuvers per day to avoid collisions. What if a large fraction shuts down for a few hours?!)

   The universal response to my inquiries has been "Don't worry about that, it'll be fine!"

   I guess we're going to find out very soon. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/