Well excuuuuuse me...
The reason I bring it up isn't that it is just an X2.2 - But it's the fact that these predictions are only predictions. It's hard to tell what a Coronal Mass Ejection will do, if the Earth will move toward it in such a way to effect it, and also we can't know until it hits a satellite when it's more or less 45 minutes away from Earth.
That X2.2 could be upgraded at any time. Also I thought it was coincidental that there was planned down time of the equipment with some outages between APR 18-20th. So I figured that IF there were going to be a time where a CME or Flare of sorts was going to get by unnoticed for what it could do, that was a window of opportunity.
But yes, you're right all the cables are safe. However, that was never the issue with the infrastructure. The thing you're worried about is if there is enough of a geomagnetic effect that will cause enough electrons to get excited by the changing of magnetic fields (which a change in magnetic energy = change in electrical energy) then we see circuit boards short and have issues since most circuit boards are only separated by a few micro-nano meters separation. It's not entirely inconceivable that the fiber lines and other physical utility lines would be unaffected it's literally everything else that we would be worried about and those system control our infrastructure.
Think of it this way, this is the potential to natures EMP and restart button on society. It can happen at almost any time and you'd be helpless to do much about it.
Well excuuuuuse me... The reason I bring it up isn't that it is just an X2.2 - But it's the fact that these predictions are only predictions. It's hard to tell what a Coronal Mass Ejection will do, if the Earth will move toward it in such a way to effect it, and also we can't know until it hits a satellite when it's more or less 45 minutes away from Earth.
That X2.2 could be upgraded at any time. Also I thought it was coincidental that there was planned down time of the equipment with some outages between APR 18-20th. So I figured that IF there were going to be a time where a CME or Flare of sorts was going to get by unnoticed for what it could do, that was a window of opportunity.
But yes, you're right all the cables are safe. However, that was never the issue with the infrastructure. The thing you're worried about is if there is enough of a geomagnetic effect that will cause enough electrons to get excited by the changing of magnetic fields (which a change in magnetic energy = change in electrical energy) then we see circuit boards short and have issues since most circuit boards are only separated by a few micro-nano meters separation. It's not entirely inconceivable that the fiber lines and other physical utility lines would be unaffected it's literally everything else that we would be worried about and those system control our infrastructure.
Think of it this way, this is the potential to natures EMP and restart button on society. It can happen at almost any time and you'd be helpless to do much about it.