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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:37:23 UTC Robert McNees

   Lol, absolutely not. A Carrington-type event would have an enormous impact, but this app with its alarmist bullet points is not going to help you “safeguard your home.”

   • Incognitim (incognitim@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 02:47:33 UTC Incognitim

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     @mcnees
     pfft- I'm going with the scientifically-proven, tried & true method of wrapping *everything* in tin foil.

   • Brian Wolven (brianwolven@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 02:53:42 UTC Brian Wolven

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     @mcnees Yep, the biggest threat from a Carrington-type event down on the ground would be destruction of the huge industrial-scale transformers on which our power grid relies, owing to geomagnetically induced ground currents. Those transformers are in short supply, and have production times on the order of a year, IIRC. Take enough of them out, and the lights won’t be coming back on in some places for a looooong time. It won’t matter whether your home electronics and appliances are damaged.