A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is on par with the infamous sunspot that birthed the 1859 Carrington Event — but, for now, it's staying quiet.
Sun spots produce solar flares if the magnetic lines break. Big enough solar flares have enough ionizing radiation to work like an EMP. Knocking out satellites, phones, computers, modern cars, basically anything electronic that isn’t shielded. The chances of that happening are fairly low tho.
If it rivals the Carrington event though, it will likely have catastrophic effects. Pretty sure a bunch of infrastructure nationally could not withstand such an event. Unprotected electronics basically get fried.
Sun spots produce solar flares if the magnetic lines break. Big enough solar flares have enough ionizing radiation to work like an EMP. Knocking out satellites, phones, computers, modern cars, basically anything electronic that isn’t shielded. The chances of that happening are fairly low tho.
If it rivals the Carrington event though, it will likely have catastrophic effects. Pretty sure a bunch of infrastructure nationally could not withstand such an event. Unprotected electronics basically get fried.
Yup, that’s the point. The grid fails, nobody has any communication, most digital records are gone. Good times.