eli5 If solar flares basically EMP electrical infrastructure, why can’t we turn it off before it hits?

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Like how you can fry your electronics if they’re plugged in when the power comes back on from an outage, why can’t we “unplug” everything so to speak?

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We do, but it isn’t 100% effective. Solar flares and storms can induce currents in electronics even if they’ve unplugged/powered down and which can still cause damage.

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