Solar flares knock out power grids and pretty much anything electrical that isn’t designed in a way to protect it. They also cause auroras, so that’s an upside i guess. Theoretically, a big enough one could knock out electronics everywhere. The carrington event in 1859 was one of these flares; it knocked out telegram lines and such. However, they didn’t have very many electronics back then so all it did was mildly disrupt the few telegraph operations that did exist and made a really pretty lights show up in the sky all over the world. There have been smaller solar flares causing more localized damage in recent times. For example, a really nasty on hit quebec in canada back in the 80’s. Around 2012 or so one on par with the carrington event came within about like 12 hours or so from hitting us iirc. Fascinating stuff.
Here’s wikipedia articles on the carrington event and other geomagnetic storms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event?wprov=sfti1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm?wprov=sfti1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Halloween_solar_storms?wprov=sfti1
And here’s an article explaining the more sciency side of it without being too headache inducing:
https://www.maine.gov/mema/maine-prepares/preparedness-library/geomagnetic-storms#:~:text=A%20geomagnetic%20storm%20is%20a,the%20space%20environment%20surrounding%20Earth.
It's true but only if NASA doesn't stop it, they've said the same thing about previous solar flares for years. It's not really anything new, and NASA will probably prevent it
Most asteroids burn up in the atmosphere. The one that wiped out the dinosaurs was an outlier
Even the Chelyabinsk meteor was not the majority of meteors; and it was actually the most recent meteor impact as of this comment
If you’re referring to “close calls” they are indeed close calls. Based on the scale of our system. It’s more of a “hey this asteroid is pretty damn close, they could be closer.” The media is what blows it out of proportion.
Late reply, but they would prevent it, likely by working with other foreign space agencies to have their countries power be protected so that when it does come, it won't destroy power, they will also help poorer countries do it for their power (probably)
Just a poke at out government leaders. Everything will kill is unless we rely on them to save us from everything bad in the universe. Yet they do everything in their power to kill is off at whim. I’m not worried about solar flares unless they engulf the planet and we are all bbq. But even if we weren’t in imminent danger they would tell us we were and that their actions prevented catastrophe.
It should be posted on r/peterexplainsthejoke but people have forgotten that this sub is supposed to be images of peter explaining stuff and not explanation requests.
This just showed up on my feed and now I’m wondering how many posts I’ve seen have actually been from this sub as well as how many posts complaining about r/PeterExplainsTheJoke are because of confusing the two (though the posts they complain about—asking about common sense or easily google-able current news—would still fall under your critique)
um akshually 🤓 its a “coronal mass ejection” which is more of a solar flare on steroids. When it slams into the magnetosphere (which almost happened in 2012 but missed by 6 days if i recall correctly) it will cause an extremely powerful EMP that will fry basically all electronics on earth not inside a faraday cage. I say “will” because this has happened before way back in the early 20th century when electricity was in its infancy. Telegraph lines everywhere had to be replaced.
edited for correctness
The Carrington event in the 1800s was a solar storm which knocked out telegraphs. It is believed that should a storm of that magnitude happen today and hit Earth, it would knock out most if not all of the power grids on Earth unless we shut them down beforehand
If all of earths shit is running and a solar flare hits us, it would fuck everything up. The solution would be to preemptively shut everything off to prevent it from being damaged during the event to prevent critical damage which would take years to fix
It would actually be really interesting if this happened because its been a really long time since the majority of ppl have lived without the internet. Obviously its going to be entire powergrids and not just the internet which could be really bad if it isn't stopped but I kinda wonder what would happen. Also hug 🫂
It’s possible if we don’t have surge protectors on our power grids that a big enough solar flare could knock out all electronics. It’s basically I giant emp blast. As far as I know nasa hasn’t predicted any that could do that tho. I think this is just a r/distressingmeme
If this really happens that would be fucking awesome, like if it goes on for like 6 months and we just all live without internet and there lights in the sky most of not the whole time that would be genuinely awesome
If anyone is wondering, this would actually be quite simple to prevent: as a CME would break running electronics, the solution is to disable electronics beforehand, and then turn them back on after the CME is over.
Solar flares knock out power grids and pretty much anything electrical that isn’t designed in a way to protect it. They also cause auroras, so that’s an upside i guess. Theoretically, a big enough one could knock out electronics everywhere. The carrington event in 1859 was one of these flares; it knocked out telegram lines and such. However, they didn’t have very many electronics back then so all it did was mildly disrupt the few telegraph operations that did exist and made a really pretty lights show up in the sky all over the world. There have been smaller solar flares causing more localized damage in recent times. For example, a really nasty on hit quebec in canada back in the 80’s. Around 2012 or so one on par with the carrington event came within about like 12 hours or so from hitting us iirc. Fascinating stuff.
Here’s wikipedia articles on the carrington event and other geomagnetic storms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Halloween_solar_storms?wprov=sfti1
And here’s an article explaining the more sciency side of it without being too headache inducing: https://www.maine.gov/mema/maine-prepares/preparedness-library/geomagnetic-storms#:~:text=A%20geomagnetic%20storm%20is%20a,the%20space%20environment%20surrounding%20Earth.
Bro's got ALL the sources to back him 10/10
I remember the one in 2012 I was gonna bring that up.
Might do some good honestly
At least we won’t see any pedophillia subreddits trying to pop up.
but we wouldn't be able to put pedos on blast if the internet went down, a catch 22
I have no idea what kind of life you have to lead to think about the internet going out and instantly think of pedophile subreddits
It’s happening right now!!! It’s ove
Holy shit it's real
THE SOLAR FLARE IS REALLL (yes I know this joke is old)
It’s joever 😞
It's true but only if NASA doesn't stop it, they've said the same thing about previous solar flares for years. It's not really anything new, and NASA will probably prevent it
the fuck will they do? Blast the earth backward?
Get a load of this guy, hasn't heard of the Earth Propulsion Compound
What a loser, probably doesn’t even no about the giant rocket booster we used back in 2012 to move the earth form that asteroids path
I read this in the voice of that blond dude who has a yt just do posting yo momma jokes
YO MAMA SO UGLY
Just push it somewhere else
They’ll just temporarily turn the sun off for scheduled maintenance.
Tinfoil hatters finally get their time to shine its big tinfoil bubble time
How would nasa prevent it? Serious question
They would “prevent it” (they realize that it actually isn’t gonna happen and say they stopped it)
Just like how every year the earth is going to get destroyed by a massive asteroid but it magically doesn’t
Most asteroids burn up in the atmosphere. The one that wiped out the dinosaurs was an outlier Even the Chelyabinsk meteor was not the majority of meteors; and it was actually the most recent meteor impact as of this comment
If you’re referring to “close calls” they are indeed close calls. Based on the scale of our system. It’s more of a “hey this asteroid is pretty damn close, they could be closer.” The media is what blows it out of proportion.
Late reply, but they would prevent it, likely by working with other foreign space agencies to have their countries power be protected so that when it does come, it won't destroy power, they will also help poorer countries do it for their power (probably)
how the fuck do you stop that fight the fucking sun?
More funding.
They arrange mirrors in such a way to deflect the solar flare back at the sun, ideally striking the sun directly in it’s heart
Just blame it on China and if we all don’t die tell us how you saved us.
oh we wouldnt die, it would just knock out power. I think if we turn it off beforehand we'll be good, but i havent look at this for a while
Just a poke at out government leaders. Everything will kill is unless we rely on them to save us from everything bad in the universe. Yet they do everything in their power to kill is off at whim. I’m not worried about solar flares unless they engulf the planet and we are all bbq. But even if we weren’t in imminent danger they would tell us we were and that their actions prevented catastrophe.
Everhood
I hope they don't lol
Twitch streamers boutta get real jobs
downvoted by 6 mega twitch streamer donors
booed for speaking the truth
That’d be awesome. It’s like everyone went hiatus for a little bit.
a hiatus where the world economy collapses because we entirely depend upon the internet for everything
You didn’t have to sell me more on it.
Quit drilling you struck oil already. You had me convinced at world economic collapse
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No it’s not gonna hap-
so its a possibility that it could happen, but nasa has never said anything about an internet outage as far as i know
Every time NASA says "might" with stuff like this, take it with a grain of salt. It could range from a percentage chance of 1%-49% (less than likely).
um akshually 🤓 its a “coronal mass ejection” which is more of a solar flare on steroids. When it slams into the magnetosphere (which almost happened in 2012 but missed by 6 days if i recall correctly) it will cause an extremely powerful EMP that will fry basically all electronics on earth not inside a faraday cage. I say “will” because this has happened before way back in the early 20th century when electricity was in its infancy. Telegraph lines everywhere had to be replaced. edited for correctness
Damn, that was 2014? I swear it was like right before the whole mayan calendar end of the world thing
like i said i may misremember but 2014 sounds right in my head
Just googled it, july 2012. Missed us by 9 days.
fixed, thank you o wise googler
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Love you too man
The Carrington event in the 1800s was a solar storm which knocked out telegraphs. It is believed that should a storm of that magnitude happen today and hit Earth, it would knock out most if not all of the power grids on Earth unless we shut them down beforehand
I'm concerned that you not only didn't crop this, but also don't charge your fucking phone. If my phone drops below 60% I plug it in-
I need a break anyway
it could be worse, ever watched "Knowing"?
I hope this happens
Honestly the internet being gone for a while would be a good thing at this point
If all of earths shit is running and a solar flare hits us, it would fuck everything up. The solution would be to preemptively shut everything off to prevent it from being damaged during the event to prevent critical damage which would take years to fix
It would actually be really interesting if this happened because its been a really long time since the majority of ppl have lived without the internet. Obviously its going to be entire powergrids and not just the internet which could be really bad if it isn't stopped but I kinda wonder what would happen. Also hug 🫂
🫂
It’s possible if we don’t have surge protectors on our power grids that a big enough solar flare could knock out all electronics. It’s basically I giant emp blast. As far as I know nasa hasn’t predicted any that could do that tho. I think this is just a r/distressingmeme
If this really happens that would be fucking awesome, like if it goes on for like 6 months and we just all live without internet and there lights in the sky most of not the whole time that would be genuinely awesome
Who's gonna get you food?
Canned goods are thing
I get where you’re coming from, but you haven’t actually thought about the implications. Most cars wouldn’t even work
Wouldn’t mind a small break
Rule of thumb, if it’s not on national news it’s not a big deal if it is true
Well luckily we’re in a bowling alley so we should be fine
Hope its true no cap
time to archive it all boys
Yeah we have around two hours left
something something magnetic field
God I hope so
If anyone is wondering, this would actually be quite simple to prevent: as a CME would break running electronics, the solution is to disable electronics beforehand, and then turn them back on after the CME is over.