# Northern Lights Happening Starting Friday Night (May 10)

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**Created:** [May 10, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-lights-happening-starting-friday-night-may-10/1001363 "2024-05-10T13:41:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-lights-happening-starting-friday-night-may-10/1001363/22 "2024-05-11T01:59:04Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> I saw that meteorologist on CNN talking some scary crap happening to the electrical grid and satellites.  
> It won’t show in the sky here.  
> But can we expect outages everywhere? And interruptions to satellite based things? Internet. TV. Cel phones. Airplane travel.  
> Just wondering.

Here’s a thread that just opened about this very subject: [Any reason to be concerned about CME’s this weekend? - #7 by Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-be-concerned-about-cme-s-this-weekend/1001380/7)

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