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Terrifying article about the impact of solar weather on our (electricity-dependent) society: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/04/what-a-major-solar-s

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• taejavu 3y ago
  I've been talking to a friend about this lately, in the context of "prepping". Curious if anyone here knows whether a laptop computer could potentially get fried from a solar storm if it were unplugged? I'm guessing it's just things connected via wires that would be destroyed. If I'm mistaken, would a faraday cage keep the laptop safe?
  • pyinstallwoes 3y ago
    Anything that acts like a circuit is at risk
  • yencabulator 3y ago
    A faraday cage with the right hole size, or a faraday shield of sufficient thickness, should protect it against very intense effects, up to EMPs. Just being disconnected already helps, it comes down to strength of the solar flare vs length of metal piece. I know some military hardware is built with a metal box with holes on the inside of the plastic case -- a faraday cage -- though that probably also serves to minimize RF leaks.