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Originally Posted by Dave
Like... In TX?
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Probably not. Latest forecasts predict the strength of the geomagnetic storm associated with this CME will likely only reach
G1,
possibly as high as G2 (on a scale of 5). The latter is expected to cause aurorae to appear as far south as New York and Idaho; it would likely take a strong G4 or G5 storm to push it all the way down to Texas (and by that point, we'd probably be preoccupied with other things, like
the potential collapse of the national power grid {pdf link}).