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It's my understanding that a Carrington event would destroy the bulk of the electrical grid on the side of earth facing the sun at the time. But would be please
by hattmall 2y ago
It's my understanding that a Carrington event would destroy the bulk of the electrical grid on the side of earth facing the sun at the time. But would be pleased to hear how I'm wrong!
- elashri 2y agoIt depends on how much preparation the power grid in different places would have. I think the even will not be catastrophic but will cause a lot of damage and disruption. Mainly because we will lose satellite communication system and GPS systems and there will be at least localized problems with the grid system in different parts of the world.
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- Apocryphon 2y agoHN was hyping a Carrington event four months ago and civilization survived so that later I was able to ask about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40685573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40685573