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Here in Stockholm, Sweden had some power flickering and UPS triggering at home and several friend's place a few minutes ago.

Shame it's going to be always bright outside tonight :(

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I've seen the flickering as well, but surely it's not CME-related?

After all, it's already evening.

It takes a while for a solar storm to reach earth. It travels slower than light. But I don't know what caused the flickering in Stockholm.

Ah, yes, I know this of course, and I somehow temporarily imagined some kind of madness where the earth's sunny side is permanently pointing towards the sun.

It happened while the G4-G5 onset triggered, on the initial hit timing wise for local time.

Other people in the wider area saw similar issues, but mostly were local. Usually power is very stable.

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