I thought large solar eruptions or solar storms (not sure proper terminology for most recent event) were expected to cause a fair amount of damage to electrical grids, communication services, and GPS, but I haven’t seen any reports of that. Why?
In: Planetary Science
no, it was never “expected to” cause any damages or disruptions at all; official reports were that it “might” or “has potential to”…….only the crazies on social media said that it would.
solar storms of this magnitude or greater do carry some risks that are worth talking about; but our technology is also built with protections and redundancies for this exact reason. We knew solar storms like this happen and built infrastructure and spacecraft with a reasonable mitigation strategies
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