World told to brace for 'severe geomagnetic storm' today - the first in nearly 20 years - with feds warning power grids,

[haele]

11. They make really nice auroras at night though.

But sudden stress on the grid can lead to brownouts,
Today is the day I'm heading into the office after my next TEAMs meeting. 20 years ago, I used to enjoy solar flare or excessive heat days; everyone but essential workers would be told to take the day off to save power. Work from home if you had a laptop or home network setup; otherwise, save energy before ENRON cut the state off...

But now, the majority of the office power comes from a massive solar panel farm covering all the building rooftops. Other than the main server rooms and some machinery spaces, everything is covered by solar.
So we don't get "brownout"/grid protection days off work during the summer anymore. Damn.

Haele