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Do you think it's possible for a solar storm to destroy the internet and leave everyone without internet and other technologies?

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Feb 5, 3:01 AM
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If that actually happens, it would be a terrible mess.

Feb 5, 3:09 AM
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yes super solar storm can make global blackout and the recovery will take months or years so a lot of people will die especially during extreme weather months due to global warming too heck hospitals are gonna be the worst affected place, and generators will be useless since like you implied electronics will all be fried so they need to be replace
Feb 5, 3:18 AM
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There actually are some servers in deeply shielded bunkers. You have more to worry about your own computer. One major weak point of the internet is actually a cable at the bottom of the ocean that could become physically severed so solar flares are not the only risk.

I've actually one day witnessed a bunch of solar lights flash during the day at the same time a solar flare hit.
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Feb 5, 3:37 AM
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Reply to deg
yes super solar storm can make global blackout and the recovery will take months or years so a lot of people will die especially during extreme weather months due to global warming too heck hospitals are gonna be the worst affected place, and generators will be useless since like you implied electronics will all be fried so they need to be replace
@deg

This sounds like an apocalyptic scenario.

Feb 5, 3:38 AM
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There actually are some servers in deeply shielded bunkers. You have more to worry about your own computer. One major weak point of the internet is actually a cable at the bottom of the ocean that could become physically severed so solar flares are not the only risk.

I've actually one day witnessed a bunch of solar lights flash during the day at the same time a solar flare hit.
@traed

Are these ocean cables found all over the ocean?

Feb 5, 3:41 AM
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lagom
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@deg

This sounds like an apocalyptic scenario.
@Absurdo_N nah its bad but it will not end humanity
Feb 5, 3:48 AM
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@traed

Are these ocean cables found all over the ocean?
@Absurdo_N
It's a single cable bundle. It wouldnt take down the internet but it would cut off continents from eachother on it.
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Feb 5, 11:08 AM
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Possible? Yes

Likely? No

Desirable? Maybe
*kappa*
Feb 5, 11:12 AM
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That could happen very easily, in fact. You are crazy to think it can't happen.
I have approximately 1 terabyte of anime on my computer.
Feb 5, 12:46 PM
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My-my...
Afther 2028th it is probably not possible...
solar storm
will be not a danger for most internet companyes,
but other shit can fuck-up all the stuff in 5 to 10 minitues wery fast...
Like water floods, you are fucked-up and water is every where...
Feb 6, 2:33 PM

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My-my...
Afther 2028th it is probably not possible...
solar storm
will be not a danger for most internet companyes,
but other shit can fuck-up all the stuff in 5 to 10 minitues wery fast...
Like water floods, you are fucked-up and water is every where...
@ssvmdh

Why 2028? Is this number special?

Feb 6, 11:33 PM
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@ssvmdh

Why 2028? Is this number special?
@Absurdo_N
Absurdo_N said:

Why 2028? Is this number special?

My-my...
Just trust the MAL users in that.
Feb 7, 4:17 AM

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Yea, I agree with @deg. Solar storms (huge ones) are worse than a mere Internet loss. Satellites are affected, which means the military is. Anything related to electricity, especially electromagnetism is in danger. So planes won't take off and communications across long distance will be hard. For a while, life will have to be local, although vans can still do transportation for necessary goods (food, meds) to isolated areas.

I'm sure countries have the necessary stuff for minimal security but bunkers and ocean cables seem like isolated cases to me, they're not networks by themselves. A good reference point in time is the 18th century if you want to imagine how we'll have to live from now, albeit medical advances.
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Feb 8, 6:50 AM

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deg said:
a lot of people will die

99% of those deaths would be suicide because they can't stream cuck porn and rap music anymore
Feb 8, 11:08 AM

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Please no, internet is my life⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Yesterday, 5:34 AM

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I'll be honest, I'm not too sure on this as I haven't checked the facts so I'll say maybe. I know solar storms fuck up a ton of electronics so I can a scenario like the internet getting toasted as a possibility
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Oh, absolutely! Just imagine a solar storm so powerful that it sends us all back to the Stone Age, where the only buffering we knew was waiting for the smoke signals to clear! 😄
We'd have to trade our memes for cave paintings and our tweets for carrier pigeons. But it wouldn't be all bad. We will rediscover the lost art of face-to-face conversation, paying with cash and the thrill of reading an actual book. So, if a solar storm could give our tech a cosmic timeout, it just be the universe's way of telling us to unplug and enjoy the analog life for a bit!
Yesterday, 7:44 AM

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It is possible, but highly unlikely to occur anytime soon.
2 hours ago

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Yea, I agree with @deg. Solar storms (huge ones) are worse than a mere Internet loss. Satellites are affected, which means the military is. Anything related to electricity, especially electromagnetism is in danger. So planes won't take off and communications across long distance will be hard. For a while, life will have to be local, although vans can still do transportation for necessary goods (food, meds) to isolated areas.

I'm sure countries have the necessary stuff for minimal security but bunkers and ocean cables seem like isolated cases to me, they're not networks by themselves. A good reference point in time is the 18th century if you want to imagine how we'll have to live from now, albeit medical advances.
@Eldinis


This is a very frightening scenario;_;

2 hours ago

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It won't happen. Yes i conveniently learned to see the future for this singular specific thread and can confirm it won't happen. You can all rest easy now.

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