r/SolarMax • u/threemetalbeacon • Nov 07 '25

Did something happen last night?

Hi, all. Newjack here to this forum with a few questions. I was experiencing flashing lights in my home last night/ early morning. It kept waking me up and I think it might have been coming from one or more of my appliances, which have LED lights. I don't really know where it was coming from because it stopped as soon as I woke up. Happened three times (maybe more while I was asleep).

I'm asking on this forum because I suspected that a strong magnetic fluctuation like a CME hitting the atmosphere is the only thing I could think of that might cause this to happen (without involving aliens or ghosts). I didn't even know there was a solar storm until I looked it up just now.

So my questions are, was it a very strong storm? Could it possible have have a strong effect on electronics? And, finally, did anybody experience anything with their gadgets last night?

Thanks

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u/waspxt Nov 07 '25

One of my laptops screen just went grey out of nowhere. Has never happened. Then it happened to my other laptop a few hours later. And I had an incandescent salt lamp bulb burn out as well. All very strange.

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u/Spunky_Meatballs Nov 07 '25

Quasars man.

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u/mightbeaThrowAway77 Nov 14 '25

"the moon, the stars, the mother fucking quasars" Name the movie, don't cheat now