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Will this have any meaningful interference on electronics?

• panarky 5y ago
  Possible power grid fluctuations, especially at higher latitudes. Possible issues with spacecraft. High-frequency radio at high latitudes could fade. Aurora could be visible as far south as New York, Wisconsin and Washington state in the US. (FTFA)
  • grepfru_it 5y ago
    The majority of this one is going to miss us to the north, there will be some cool auroras but M1.6 is not enough to really cause any tangible effects.
• digitallyfree 5y ago
  I wonder if modern power grids and communication systems have been built to be more resillient against large solar storms. There was one in 1989 that knocked out the Quebec power grid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm).