Back in 2008 when some submarine cables were cut[1], it had us frantic at work as origin stations had no way to transmit documents to us in the affected countri

Back in 2008 when some submarine cables were cut[1], it had us frantic at work as origin stations had no way to transmit documents to us in the affected countries so we couldn't do our jobs before the freight landed. Until it was rectified they were having to take the physical documents and fly them to a country that did still have a reliable connection and scan them there to transmit to us. Then in 2010 [2] when the volcano in Iceland grounded flights throughout parts of Europe we were similarly like "argh, sorry customers!" Cut a few cables and knock out the 31 GPS satellites and the world would grind to a halt. It's terrifying how dependent we are on technology for virtually ever facet of our lives. Then we rely so much on air travel for delivering persons and freight, modern society is so incredibly fragile. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_submarine_cable_disruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_submarine_cable_disruptio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the_2010_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_th...