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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:20:52 JST goatsarah

   • Andrew Ducker

   This is a bit concerning.

   Basically, every few hundred years the earth is hit by a solar flare powerful enough to pretty much destroy all modern tech, and probably give anyone flying in a plane at the time cancer.

   These are much bigger than the Carrington Event, which was the last really big solar flare recorded.

   One day, without warning, the sun will just wipe out tech slate clean.

   And there is apparently nothing we can do about it.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:46:28 JST goatsarah

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     *looks at sun*

     Nice star. Good star. Please don’t kill us. There’s a good star.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:00:13 JST goatsarah

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     • Andrew Ducker
     • Chris Packham

     @chrispackham @andrewducker These are about 60 times bigger than carrington events.

     Also many jetliners can still function as gliders with total loss of electrical systems. It’s just hard work physically.

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     Chris Packham (chrispackham@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:00:19 JST Chris Packham

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     • Andrew Ducker

     @goatsarah @andrewducker

     Pretty sure people flying in aircraft with modern avionics during a Carrington event will have more immediate concerns than cancer

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:01:25 JST goatsarah

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     • it's B! Cavello 🐝
     • Andrew Ducker
     @b_cavello @andrewducker The background does indeed suggest it’s the entire planet. Nowhere is safe.
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     it's B! Cavello 🐝 (b_cavello@mastodon.publicinterest.town)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:01:27 JST it's B! Cavello 🐝

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     • Andrew Ducker

     @andrewducker @goatsarah as I understand it, there are kinda sorta some things we can do, if we’re able to anticipate it, which is why there are a bunch of researchers working on #heliophysics (aka #SolarWeather) to better understand these phenomena. I think the best defense we have is to shut down electrical grids if we anticipate impacts. Also, I think only the side facing the sun gets hit, so it’s not everywhere that’s impacted at once, for better or worse.

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     Susan Lewis (susanlewis@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:16:20 JST Susan Lewis

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     @goatsarah Keep some cash handy, you'll be needing it when all those card payment points go "ping"

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:16:20 JST goatsarah

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     • Susan Lewis
     @SusanLewis I think the total failure of every electrical system on the planet might make that the least of our worries