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[Liljagare]

Feds Issue Warning Earth To Be Pounded By Powerful Solar Storm That Could Wipe Out Internet

WASHINGTON DC - A rare warning has been issued over a solar storm that could affect Earth’s power supplies and knock out the internet. A severe

mitechnews.com

Just a heads up if your internet acts wierd when it hits.

 

[Draugoth]

In order for a solar storm to nuke the internet the aurora would have to be visible in the carribeans

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Spoiler

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[Trunx81]

“Pound me harder, Sun-San”

 

[Liljagare]

In other for a solar storm to nuke the internet the aurora would have to be visible in the carribeans

Which NASA is predicting. KP=9 is the latest news.

It will probably miss us though, but, fun too see the news.

 

[Draugoth]

Which NASA is predicting.

 

[ManaByte]

It’s bullshit:

SpaceWeatherLive.com | Real-time data and plots auroral activity

Real-Time solar activity and auroral activity data website

www.spaceweatherlive.com

 

[8bitpill]

Just going to get really high and soak in those rays.

 

[Liljagare]

It’s bullshit:

SpaceWeatherLive.com | Real-time data and plots auroral activity

Real-Time solar activity and auroral activity data website

www.spaceweatherlive.com

The unpredictable nature of accurately predicting theese things, it will probably miss us, and I will be disappointed. :/

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Next week, eruptions from AR3685 will target our planet directly though.

 

[ReBurn]

Global warming is now affecting the sun

 

[hybrid_birth]

Not my mutha fuckin internet!

I won't survive without my daily porn viewing.

Better download a stash of porn videos while I have a chance.

 

[Fake]

DRM be like

 

[wondermega]

Jokes aside (if such a thing is possible) I have wondered about this before. Knocking out the Internet, on a significant scale, would likely have catastrophic effects at this point, wouldn't it? Aside from the obvious annoyances (people are glued to social media etc) there are so many systems across the board which are dependent on such connectivity. If there was a short "blink" that is one thing - but what about an extended shortage, say an entire day or even a week, across a large part of the world? The longer you go, the more parts of everyday life would be affected. It's fascinating to consider, and I am sure people much smarter than myself have thought long and hard about it before.

 

[jufonuk]

if it happens it happens. I don’t control the internet.

 

[Hudo]

Now let's see how those live-service strategies pan out.

 

[winjer]

Let's just hope we never get something in the scale of a Carrington event.
Because if that happens, we might be forced to stop staring at our phones or even go outside and smell the grass.

 

[Ownage]

Let's just hope we never get something in the scale of a Carrington event.
Because if that happens, we might be forced to stop staring at our phones or even go outside and smell the grass.

Or read a book.

 

[winjer]

Or read a book.

 

[MrMephistoX]

Or read a book.

Getting hooked on Kindle was a mistake! I read a ton of ebooks but haven’t touched a print book in years. The horror…

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Or read a book.

I love to read so there's that

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Visible in the Caribbean is a bit of an exaggeration.

Source: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental

 

[nush]

The longer you go, the more parts of everyday life would be affected. It's fascinating to consider, and I am sure people much smarter than myself have thought long and hard about it before.

Boomers will be OK, they grew up without internet.

 

[Ownage]

I love to read so there's that

I've really gotten into audiobooks lately.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I've really gotten into audiobooks lately.

Not for me

I tried to listen to audiobooks

I prefer physical books

 

[Soodanim]

I've heard of bit flips caused by solar activity causing unintended and unrepeatable things in electronics. Speed runners might get some unique occurrences.

 

[Lord Panda]

Global warming is now affecting the sun

Username checks out.

Also, we need more Sunshine love:

 

[Ownage]

Not for me

I tried to listen to audiobooks

I prefer physical books

When I drive I now listen to audiobooks vs NPR or XM. There are some good readers...and some shit readers.

 

[jufonuk]

Boomers will be OK, they grew up without internet.

.

 

[Musashipan]

Heard that before, many times

 

[West Texas CEO]

I'm Gen XYZ

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[ManaByte]

Heard that before, many times

Panic creates clicks and video views. Clicks and video views create money. Money can be used to buy goods and services.

 

[Laptop1991]

So it's the end of the world again!, that's all the mainstream media keep saying lately lol, constant nuclear war prediction's before now a solar storm, guess we're all screwed.

 

[-BLITZ-]

Or read a book.

Actually I'm reading Carl Sagan - Contact. It fits right in.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Global warming is now affecting the sun

Universal Warming

 

[cash_longfellow]

I'm Gen XYZ

 

[Lunarorbit]

I'd love it if the internet just went down worldwide for a month. Just seeing the panic alone would be worth it. 20 year olds would probably be on suicide watch

 

[Sybrix]

I'd love it if the internet just went down worldwide for a month. Just seeing the panic alone would be worth it. 20 year olds would probably be on suicide watch

Oh man, that would be so sweet.

Don't get me wrong, i love the internet but as a 90s kid, the internet dissapering for a whole month would be hilarious.

 

[Trilobit]

I'd love it if the internet just went down worldwide for a month. Just seeing the panic alone would be worth it. 20 year olds would probably be on suicide watch

Imagine seeing youngsters outside spending time together irl. Imagine them not being hysterical anymore as they're no longer bombarded with social media and news.

But before that they would probably look like this:

 

[sono]

Do I need lead underwear to protect

 

[AJUMP23]

Y2K is coming back.

 

[22:22:22]

HAARP is bored.

 

[Zathalus]

Oh man, that would be so sweet.

Don't get me wrong, i love the internet but as a 90s kid, the internet dissapering for a whole month would be hilarious.

World wide economic collapse doesn't sound that hilarious. Hell it probably won't just be limited to the economy, any event that can knock out the internet for a month would probably lead to a civilization collapse.

 

[22:22:22]

World wide economic collapse doesn't sound that hilarious. Hell it probably won't just be limited to the economy, any event that can knock out the internet for a month would probably lead to a civilization collapse.

 

[MrMephistoX]

Not for me

I tried to listen to audiobooks

I prefer physical books

I love audiobooks but only on road trips or flights where I’m a captive audience: unlike a podcast I have to have almost complete attention or I miss stuff and have to rewind. Love ebooks as said above mostly due to Kindle: I can’t do them on my phone or iPad unless I have no other option because of the immense distraction of social and email notifications.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Internet usage is interesting, periodically it’s gotten higher

 

[Trilobit]

World wide economic collapse doesn't sound that hilarious. Hell it probably won't just be limited to the economy, any event that can knock out the internet for a month would probably lead to a civilization collapse.

It's strange how little talk there is about safeguards against this sort of thing. This is the first time in human history that solar storms could collapse countries due to us being so dependent upon technology. In my country there is a push towards cashless society and no talk about what we'd do if there's a long blackout.

Just a few decades back it was the norm to make orders for your store with paper and pen, but now with computerized just-in-time deliveries I don't know how much a crash course for youngsters in manual ordering would help. Heck, some young people can even barely write without a keyboard.

But I guess the disaster needs to come first with the consequences and afterwards people will start talking about future preparations.

 

[FeralEcho]

Can't wait for all the "don't you have internet" gamers to tell us how they played their always online garbage.