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Years ago I was concerned about this and made a plan with my wife for what to do if she was at work. But now we have a bunch of kids in different schools and h

Years ago I was concerned about this and made a plan with my wife for what to do if she was at work. But now we have a bunch of kids in different schools and haven't updated our plan. Does anyone have a plan for what happens if we have a really bad event?

fuzzer371 9mo ago
Keep a couple days water and food on hand, go up to the pub, have a pint, and wait for this all to blow over.
- JoshTriplett 9mo ago
  With how much modern cars rely on electronics, I would not try to drive during such an event.
  - lxgr 9mo ago
    Solar flares are only dangerous to very long conductors.
    - luxuryballs 9mo ago
      so cancel the limo?
  - whyleyc 9mo ago
    It’s ok - The Winchester is within walking distance.
    - jrgd 9mo ago
      Omg i watched this yesterday!
  - throwaway81523 9mo ago
    That's a safety feature. It prevents you from drinking and driving if you go to a pub during a solar flare. :)
  - jrgd 9mo ago
    No one would drive to the pub anyway. Better walking back home…
    - JoshTriplett 9mo ago
      Valid. I think I have such an ingrained different set of assumptions (a pub being just another kind of place for food, and "going to" anything involving a form of transportation) that that didn't even occur to me.
Tepix 9mo ago
Buy a bit of extra food and water.
- y1n0 9mo ago
  And toilet paper! Rolls and rolls of toilet paper!
hnuser123456 9mo ago
A really bad event would be that long-distance transmission lines act like antennas and pick up millions of volts and blow up all the transformers. I don't know how much you can plan for that other than "if it happens, try to get home", and then all the usual prepper stuff.
swader999 9mo ago
First rule of fight club...
rootusrootus 9mo ago
For a really bad event that managed to blow a lot of transformers (presumably due to grid operators not seeing it coming) ... well, take up farming.
myself248 9mo ago
Pray for clear skies and go out and watch the beautiful aurora, silly! Depending on the kids' ages, you can teach them quite a lot about the Earth's magnetic field and why the aurora concentrates at the poles, how the high-energy particles light up the sky (it's a lot like a neon light), and how the atmosphere shields us from any danger despite the spectacular show.
internet_points 9mo ago
Disconnect your telegraph batteries and run on aurora power only
esskay 9mo ago
Feel a bit sensationalistic. It happens, it's not rare, and we've always got on with life perfectly fine.

fuzzer371 9mo ago

Keep a couple days water and food on hand, go up to the pub, have a pint, and wait for this all to blow over.

JoshTriplett 9mo ago
With how much modern cars rely on electronics, I would not try to drive during such an event.
- lxgr 9mo ago
  Solar flares are only dangerous to very long conductors.
  - luxuryballs 9mo ago
    so cancel the limo?
- whyleyc 9mo ago
  It’s ok - The Winchester is within walking distance.
  - jrgd 9mo ago
    Omg i watched this yesterday!
- throwaway81523 9mo ago
  That's a safety feature. It prevents you from drinking and driving if you go to a pub during a solar flare. :)
- jrgd 9mo ago
  No one would drive to the pub anyway. Better walking back home…
  - JoshTriplett 9mo ago
    Valid. I think I have such an ingrained different set of assumptions (a pub being just another kind of place for food, and "going to" anything involving a form of transportation) that that didn't even occur to me.

Tepix 9mo ago

Buy a bit of extra food and water.

y1n0 9mo ago
And toilet paper! Rolls and rolls of toilet paper!

hnuser123456 9mo ago

A really bad event would be that long-distance transmission lines act like antennas and pick up millions of volts and blow up all the transformers. I don't know how much you can plan for that other than "if it happens, try to get home", and then all the usual prepper stuff.

swader999 9mo ago

First rule of fight club...

rootusrootus 9mo ago

For a really bad event that managed to blow a lot of transformers (presumably due to grid operators not seeing it coming) ... well, take up farming.

myself248 9mo ago

Pray for clear skies and go out and watch the beautiful aurora, silly! Depending on the kids' ages, you can teach them quite a lot about the Earth's magnetic field and why the aurora concentrates at the poles, how the high-energy particles light up the sky (it's a lot like a neon light), and how the atmosphere shields us from any danger despite the spectacular show.

internet_points 9mo ago

Disconnect your telegraph batteries and run on aurora power only

esskay 9mo ago

Feel a bit sensationalistic. It happens, it's not rare, and we've always got on with life perfectly fine.