I asked Google AI: What happens to waymo driverless cars during a geostorm?
Google AI said: “During a geomagnetic storm, Waymo vehicles are programmed to pull over and safely stop, as the company prioritizes the safety of its passengers and other road users over continuing the trip. While Waymo has extensive weather testing experience and systems to handle conditions like heavy rain and snow, a geomagnetic storm presents a unique challenge by potentially disrupting the vehicle’s GPS and other navigation systems, which are crucial for its safe operation. The cars are equipped with technology to detect extreme weather, and their primary response is to stop and wait for the conditions to improve before resuming their journey.
Sensor limitations: Geomagnetic storms, unlike other weather events like rain or snow, don’t directly obscure a car’s cameras, lidar, or radar. However, they can interfere with the GPS system’s ability to pinpoint the vehicle’s location accurately.
Safety protocols: Waymo vehicles are designed to detect and react to extreme weather events that could compromise the safety of their operation. In a geomagnetic storm, this would include automatically pulling over to a safe location and stopping the vehicle until the storm has passed.
Trained response: While Waymo vehicles are trained for various weather conditions, they may not be able to navigate through a severe geomagnetic storm as they could with heavy rain or snow. The company’s primary response is to stop and wait for the storm to pass.” [bolding is mine]
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I noticed this response was considerably different from the first response I elicited from Google AI regarding this question. It looked to me as if Google AI had possibly moved quite swiftly into ‘data massaging’ mode and sculpted the changeup … possibly so as to lull our minds to possible upcoming dangers on the California highways?
I checked the WordPress code of the new Google AI response and found an impressive maze of code. Huh! Maybe those of you who are adept at code can proclaim the ‘yay or nay’ of my perhaps unfounded ‘data massaging’ hunch?
Here is the above question with code …
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As it devolved, this was about a Lymow One Robotic Lawnmower that uses GPS/RTK. During the Veterans Day Geostorm the lawnmower went off course and started eating a flowerbed.
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So I asked Google AI: What happens with RTK [real-time kinetic positioning] during a geostorm?
Google AI said: “During a geostorm, RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) systems experience significant signal degradation, which can cause them to lose centimeter-level accuracy and drop from a “FIX” to a “FLOAT” state or an even less accurate mode. This happens because the storm causes large, rapid fluctuations in the ionosphere, which disrupt the GPS signals RTK relies on. These disturbances can lead to errors, delays, or temporary loss of signal lock, making precise positioning unreliable or impossible.” [bolding is mine]
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I asked Google AI: What uses RTK?
Google AI said: “RTK is used in applications that require high-precision, real-time positioning, such as precision agriculture, surveying and mapping, construction and excavation, and autonomous vehicles like drones and self-driving cars The technology is also used in mining for locating underground utilities and in cinematography for stable drone shots.” [bolding is mine]
CONCLUSION
So then tractors, surveying and mapping instruments, construction and excavation equipment, and driverless drones and cars that use RTK might … like the LyMow lawnmower, go off course during a geostorm.
And Waymo driverless vehicles might pull to the side of the highway and stop during a severe geostorm.
Now we know.
God bless you all And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days!
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Written and published on 14 November 2025; revised on 17 February 2026
Image; “Nobility,” adapted from Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay … Pixabay License
Image; “Nobility,” adapted from Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay … Pixabay License
To turn off the background music that runs when this page starts, click once or twice on the arrow on the audio bar at the bottom of the page …
Dear Ones,
I asked Google AI: From what is the word Alice derived? Google AI said:
“The word Alice is derived from the Old French name Aalis, which is a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis. The original German name means ‘noble’ and ‘exalted’, making Alice essentially mean ‘of noble kind’ or ‘noble-natured’.
Old High German: The name traces back to Adalheidis, a compound of two elements: aþala (‘noble’) and haidu (‘kind’ or ‘appearance’).
Old French: In Old French, the name became Aalis, a diminutive form of Adelais.
Norman Conquest: The name entered the English language through the Norman Conquest in the 12th century and gained popularity after that.”
I LEARNED ABOUT THE MEANING OF MY FIRST NAME EARLY IN LIFE by looking it up in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary [which was the favorite of all my books when I was young] under the category “A Pronouncing Vocabulary of Common English Given Names.”
RIGHT AFTER THAT category is the most excellent “Vocabulary of Rhymes.” And then – the rules of Spelling, Plurals, Punctuation, Compounds, and Italicization. And then [now outmoded] – Lists of Colleges and Universities in the United States and Canada!
This edition can still be found in used book stores from time to time.
I FIGURED, SINCE MY FIRST NAME MEANS ‘NOBLE’, that I ought to do my best to live up to that name. And so, I do my best to think noble thoughts, and to treat other people nobly, and to do noble things in the world.
At my website “Awakening with Planet Earth’ I strive to speak nobly, and to help other Lightworkers uplift the world.
For awhile, back in the day, I studied with the American Sikhs. Because of the meaning of my first name, I was taken with their notion that women are noble. I loved the song we sang about that, which Sat Kirin Kaur Khalsa sings quite beautifully here …
I know the notion of living nobly doesn’t get much press these days. I do feel, for myself, that while we are blessed with human form, we might go for the highest principles and live these truths.
Nobility is not just a dream.
It is what we can become
What we can right now be
How we can find sanctuary in a world of pain
How we can heal the All That Is
How we can be the very best
That we can be.
God bless you all And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days!
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Written and published on 13 November 2025
Music by mireain365 from Pixabay – “Healing Light” – Pixabay License
Image: “Cosmic Mind,” adapted from Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay, Pixabay License
Image: “Cosmic Mind,” adapted from Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay, Pixabay License
To turn on the complete “Moon Boots” sound track, click once or twice on the arrow on the audio bar at the bottom of the page …
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Trailer
MORE INFORMATION
VIDEO CREDITS
MUSIC CREDITS
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is the backyard concert “Moon Boots” by Kybe, with comments by me, by the Songbirds, and by a Mourning Dove.
There is a Summary after the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
This video has also been published on WordPress here … [ videopress r6TbSebD ]
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Backyard Concerts: “Moon Boots” Song by Kybe
Comments by Alice B. Clagett and by the Songbirds and the Mourning Dove
Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I have heard a saying that “music soothes the savage heart.”
[Songbird announces concert to it’s friends.]
Alice to Readers: There are so many savage things going on in the world today, I thought I would give it a try with another backyard concert, using the music of Kybe from Pixabay called “Moon Boots.”
This has to do with how the imagination soars past time and space as we lie dreaming. The stars are all around us. And the woes and cares of Earth are far below.
Let’s see what the Songbirds think.
Songbird 1: What?!
Songbird 2: ‘See what the Songbirds think’ … (and etc.)
Alice to Readers: So, here is “Moon Boots” by Kybe … [Plays the music.] …
Songbird 1: Songbirds LIKE HAP-py music!
Songbird is chirping happily.
Alice is repeating the occasional phrase from the lyrics: “Sky! … Way high! … No fear! … Chasing Stars through the atmosphere! Exploring galaxies.” … We can do that! We can have that feeling in our hearts. Cosmic Consciousness! Yeah! … “Reach for the sky.” … That’s us. We’re like that.
[Turns music off.]
Alice to Readers: You get the idea. This is a terrific piece of music.
In the night, when everyone is fearful, we can transform the energy to the Cosmic Consciousness, to the Love of the Heart. We can do that.
We can put on our Moon Boots. We can remember we’re Cosmic Beings. We can roam the galaxy. We have the freedom to be whatever and whoever and wherever we want to be.
Isn’t this a cool piece of music? Really terrific!
Well, I hope you have a chance to listen to the whole soundtrack. It’s very inspiring. It might be great at night, when other people are scared of this and scared of that. We can play that music and we can transform the Darkness to the Light.
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That’s all for now, Dear Ones.
God bless you all,
Keep you safe,
And be with you
Through night and day …
Through time and space …
In every place and every way.
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Ah! Songbirds say … They don’t want to be quoted! …
Songbird 1 to other Songbirds: LISTEN! [quoting me] … We REALLY liked it!
Songbird 1 to Alice: We DO want to be quoted! … THANK you!
Mourning Dove to Alice: Mourning Dove LOVED that Concert!
Songbird 2 to Alice: THANK you! … We REALLY liked it. Yep.
Alice to Readers: They’re very quiet today. I think they liked it … Yep, They did.
VIDEO CREDITS
“Backyard Concerts: Moon Boots Song”
Comments by Alice B. Clagett and by the Songbirds and the Mourning Dove
Filmed on 10 June 2024
and produced on 12 June 2024
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
CC BY-SA 4.0 International
MUSIC CREDITS
Music by Kybe from Pixabay
“Moon Boots” – Pixabay Content License
Filmed on 10 June 2024 and published on 12 June 2024; transcribed and youtube transcription edited on 17 January 2026
The image in this post has been added here … Link: “Tiny Anthologies: Image Markups 21,” by Alice B. Clagett, compiled and published on 23 December 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-FNG ..
MORE INFORMATION
“‘Music soothes the savage heart’ (or breast) is a famous line from William Congreve’s 1697 play ‘The Mourning Bride’, meaning music has the power to calm intense emotions, even aggression, by appealing to our inner selves, much like it can move inanimate objects like rocks or trees; it highlights music’s ability to reduce stress, lift spirits, provide emotional support, and even heal.” –Google AI
VIDEO CREDITS
“Backyard Concerts: Moon Boots Song”
Comments by Alice B. Clagett and by the Songbirds and the Mourning Dove
Filmed on 10 June 2024
and produced on 12 June 2024
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
CC BY-SA 4.0 International
MUSIC CREDITS
Music by Kybe from Pixabay
“Moon Boots” – Pixabay Content License
Image: “X2.8-Flare 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 16 December 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … COMMENTS: Amazing optical display during prelude to X2.8 Flare with multiple CMEs involved.
Image: “X2.8-Flare 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 16 December 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … COMMENTS: Amazing optical display during prelude to X2.8 Flare with multiple CMEs involved.
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Dear Ones,
Here is a fine musical set on Awakening by very talented singer Yan Dobreva in collaboration with Sariel Oranda …
