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Backup to DVD. Get a wood stove.

• neuronic 8y ago
  What are you gonna use to restore the DVD backup after a modern Carrington-type event?
  • titzer 8y ago
    A laptop stored in a Faraday cage and a diesel/solar generator should do the trick. Although getting food and water will probably be a more immediate concern :)
    • tohnjitor 8y ago
      Hope your solar system doesn't have any control boards. ;)
      • rbritton 8y ago
        Solar charge controllers are one of the least expensive parts in the system, so anyone serious about preparing for that kind of scenario should just have a spare. Whether the panels themselves would be affected I'm unsure of.
    • saiya-jin 8y ago
      If you store laptop in Faraday cage, why not include HDDs with the data too? Laptop also has HDD (and BIOS etc.), either it all works or all is fried
• madaxe_again 8y ago
  If you’ve ever stuck a dvd in the microwave, you’ll know this is a non-starter. Flux of the magnitude we’re talking about would cause arcing within the substrate, destroying it. Back up to paper.
  • pjc50 8y ago
    > Flux of the magnitude we’re talking about How high exactly? At the surface of the earth? I mean, if it's microwave level energy, that would imply it was harmful to humans? (Conversely, the non-harmfulness of the Carrington Event to life should be good evidence against the people worried about phone masts...)
  • lenticular 8y ago
    That's not true. Only long conductors are affected significantly by these events.