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Originally posted by heineken
in the meantime can someone provide answers for the following ?
Are the following effected by the Solar Storms :
pacemaker
Airliners
?
During a major solar flare, you can get a chest X-rays worth of radiation for free.
Originally posted by BSndsMPBlk47
Also, a severe superstorm could theoretically fry our electric grid. Since we'd need a sufficient number of backup transformers to replace the melted ones and get up and running so that new transformers can be made, we'd be in a catch-22 situation. The result is a catastrophic global failure of the "system."
Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe by Michael Brooks
www.newscientist.com...