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© The ConversationA large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet
By David Wallace STARKVILLE, Miss©2022 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Wobot
Be prepared to live without power
englisc aspyrgend
Be prepared to live without food, water, transport, communication, hospitals, in fact civilisation!
Society would collapse, the author has understated its impact.
He is right we should be protecting our systems and designing them to be resistant but like so much it will be kicked down the road as politicians can’t see any benefit to their reelection prospects from it.
Tom San
Be prepared to be unable to charge your Tesla.
Mickelicious
Similar can presumably be achieved with electromagnetic pulse weapons.
inkochi
つちょう passbooks are useful
Cash is good
Gold is ‘golden’
And cryptocurrencies would not exist both actually and hypothetically
The Avenger
This is one of the reasons why everyone should get started in ham radio. If the power and internet goes out, people can still communicate through battery run amateur radio.
Hervé L'Eisa
And no mention of the 2012 near miss.
starpunk
That one spanned from Quebec City almost to Columbus, Ohio.