WHATEVER the scope its a fake. They have been predicting it. That is complete and total bullshit. You can't predict things like that. Its just not possible. Such a CME would have to be huge, and would have to be directed at Earth. You can't predict shit like that. That's like predicting where lightning will strike without a thunderstorm or a lightning rod in the middle of a dirt plain.
It would not "destroy everything." A solar EMP will kill any electronics hooked up to the electrical grid, or the telephone lines, or to TV cables, or to an outside antenna. Think long wires. Any devices you own that are not hooked up to anything will be safe from a solar EMP. Of course, many of those devices will be useless, as the services are connected and will be screwed.
On the other hand, a nuclear EMP will kill portable devices as well as the connected devices.
In any case, people need spares that are disconnected and stored in Faraday cages.
Even if most services are destroyed, surviving devices still have many uses.
So using my desktop pc as an example, if it's plugged into a power board, does it run the risk of being destroyed in such an event? Does a surge protection board help?
Alright thanks, so you take this seriously enough to have another computer or you just happen to? What about HAM radios and stuff, guessing it's pretty common for people with this in mind to have them in case of infrastructure breakdown. Do they need to be in a faraday cage or such as people suggest for certain devices?
An internet destroying flare would kill more than the internet, it would destroy everything.
If only the internet goes off its a fake. I hope it is, another Carrington event would be the end of us.
WHATEVER the scope its a fake. They have been predicting it. That is complete and total bullshit. You can't predict things like that. Its just not possible. Such a CME would have to be huge, and would have to be directed at Earth. You can't predict shit like that. That's like predicting where lightning will strike without a thunderstorm or a lightning rod in the middle of a dirt plain.
It would not "destroy everything." A solar EMP will kill any electronics hooked up to the electrical grid, or the telephone lines, or to TV cables, or to an outside antenna. Think long wires. Any devices you own that are not hooked up to anything will be safe from a solar EMP. Of course, many of those devices will be useless, as the services are connected and will be screwed.
On the other hand, a nuclear EMP will kill portable devices as well as the connected devices.
In any case, people need spares that are disconnected and stored in Faraday cages.
Even if most services are destroyed, surviving devices still have many uses.
So using my desktop pc as an example, if it's plugged into a power board, does it run the risk of being destroyed in such an event? Does a surge protection board help?
A desktop pc plugged in would be toast, even with a surge protector. I have an extra computer, but if there's a warning, unplug everything.
Alright thanks, so you take this seriously enough to have another computer or you just happen to? What about HAM radios and stuff, guessing it's pretty common for people with this in mind to have them in case of infrastructure breakdown. Do they need to be in a faraday cage or such as people suggest for certain devices?