Scientists have long assumed that there’s an upper limit to the intensity of the solar winds that reach Earth. New research suggests there’s not—and the implications are alarming.
I’m actually not laughing I do wish to choose to believe that human civilization can survive a carrington esque event
iirc the lying machine said something about recent satellite launches maybe a couple years ago? to help set up an early warning system in case there’s a solar flare that’s Gonna Do That and iirc it said something like it would give government organizations and power operators at least a few minutes to turn off and disconnect critical equipment, plus other stuff
based on the state of the Texas power grid it’s 100% cope but sometimes a little self delusion is necessary to stave off existential dread so I didn’t interrogate those claims
I’m actually not laughing I do wish to choose to believe that human civilization can survive a carrington esque event
iirc the lying machine said something about recent satellite launches maybe a couple years ago? to help set up an early warning system in case there’s a solar flare that’s Gonna Do That and iirc it said something like it would give government organizations and power operators at least a few minutes to turn off and disconnect critical equipment, plus other stuff
based on the state of the Texas power grid it’s 100% cope but sometimes a little self delusion is necessary to stave off existential dread so I didn’t interrogate those claims
i’m referring to the lying machine; it carries the same lies that westerners like to repeat to each other.