Daily Update Morning News - 2026-08-31 (Monday)

[Bud]

Good morning everyone!

** This is scheduled thread that is automatically generated daily at 6am US CDT Central Daylight Time / 11am UTC. **

Anyone is free to post the daily summary of current & relevant solar or earth events, publications, etc.

 

[TechnoCaveman]

Good Morning Observers. Let's start with Ben's video

Slow news day. Sun is quiet. Kp index is elevated bu minimal. Solar Rope structure broke free to the north, will miss earlth.
ENLIL spiral and HF radio is quiet. Great picture from an airplane of the solar eclips.
3.3 earthquake in Texas. A 4.4 in California. A 4.4 quake is much larger than a 3.3, but 3.3 is rare for Texas.
Just a warning about the US debt. 200 years to create the first trillion in debt. That is down to 54 days and is accelerating.







Power grid issues a hot weather alert for the Mid Atlantic

Hot Weather Alert Issued for Aug. 31 Through Sept. 2 | PJM Inside Lines

insidelines.pjm.com

Great shot of the eclips from an aiplane.



On 10/21/2025 the US debt was $38,019,813,354,700.26. On 5/18/2026 the US debt was $39,008,999,901,378.68. 54 days later on 8/18/2026 the us Debt crossed 40 trillion at $40,047,425,768,420.22. By Thanksgiving, November 26th, the US debt should be 41 trillion. The Daily interest rate, daily rate is 3 billion dollars a day. Just in interest.

ddd

 

[Stargazer]

Thank you for the summary. I’m in a remote area right now so YouTube isn’t working well for me

 

[TechnoCaveman]

Thank you for the summary. I’m in a remote area right now so YouTube isn’t working well for me

That is good feedback. That Text only is helpful. If all goes well, we will have our first spotless solar day.
BTW three hurricanes out in the pacific. Just storm remnants in the Atlantic. Tropical storm Dolly is suppose to regain life and become a tropical storm again.

 

[TechnoCaveman]

Anthropic at it again. Scanning books and them destroying them.
Not even donating them or giving them to be rebound.
Hope there are no First Editions in there.
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