The real threat is from solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME)..
An example to help would be “can I be blown over by ___” with solar wind, solar flares, and CMEs. You being blown over is a computer being seriously damaged
Solar wind is a light breeze, some times slightly stronger. But not too strong. It’s very unlikely but technically it could.
A solar flare is like a semi passing by, lot of wind that could do something if it’s strong enough (or the truck big enough)
A CME is a large jet engine.
The last great example
Still talked about today is the carrington event. It was a storm so strong that telegraph lines were shocking their operators and had electricity despite being unplugged.
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Technically yes, but in reality, no.
The real threat is from solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME)..
An example to help would be “can I be blown over by ___” with solar wind, solar flares, and CMEs. You being blown over is a computer being seriously damaged
Solar wind is a light breeze, some times slightly stronger. But not too strong. It’s very unlikely but technically it could.
A solar flare is like a semi passing by, lot of wind that could do something if it’s strong enough (or the truck big enough)
A CME is a large jet engine.
The last great example
Still talked about today is the carrington event. It was a storm so strong that telegraph lines were shocking their operators and had electricity despite being unplugged.