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lezginka_kabardinka:
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Psi:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on December 05, 2023, 04:39:29 am ---When a Carrington Event happens again, it is all over folks. You won't be able to buy food, fuel, get your cash out of the bank, get the news. The west will fall into chaos. If is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when. The world will take at least 20 years to recover, and it won't be the same. On the positive side, you won't need to repay your mortgage.

Think about it.

--- End quote ---

I don't think a Carrington level event happening now would be quite that bad, maybe on the same scale as 1x-3x of what COVID was in terms of disruptions to society.
However the Carrington event was just a big'ish one we know about, it's very likely much bigger ones can and do occur less frequently.
1 in 1000 year storm vs 1 in 10,000 vs 1 in 100,000 etc..


It kinda depends how well the government can cope with the rapid law changes needed to stop things spiraling out of control as one failure starts to cause other things to fall like dominos
Smaller countries with governments that can respond quickly to change will be much better off.
Countries with higher levels of government corruption and less public trust in government will be less well off.

johansen:

--- Quote from: Psi on December 18, 2023, 10:18:16 am ---
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on December 05, 2023, 04:39:29 am ---When a Carrington Event happens again, it is all over folks. You won't be able to buy food, fuel, get your cash out of the bank, get the news. The west will fall into chaos. If is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when. The world will take at least 20 years to recover, and it won't be the same. On the positive side, you won't need to repay your mortgage.

Think about it.

--- End quote ---

I don't think a Carrington level event happening now would be quite that bad, maybe on the same scale as 1x-3x of what COVID was in terms of disruptions to society.
However the Carrington event was just a big'ish one we know about, it's very likely much bigger ones can and do occur less frequently.
1 in 1000 year storm vs 1 in 10,000 vs 1 in 100,000 etc..


It kinda depends how well the government can cope with the rapid law changes needed to stop things spiraling out of control as one failure starts to cause other things to fall like dominos
Smaller countries with governments that can respond quickly to change will be much better off.
Countries with higher levels of government corruption and less public trust in government will be less well off.

--- End quote ---

there is enough fiber infrastructure which will not be damaged, to keep the power grid up.

Psi:

--- Quote from: johansen on December 18, 2023, 06:39:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Psi on December 18, 2023, 10:18:16 am ---
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on December 05, 2023, 04:39:29 am ---When a Carrington Event happens again, it is all over folks. You won't be able to buy food, fuel, get your cash out of the bank, get the news. The west will fall into chaos. If is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when. The world will take at least 20 years to recover, and it won't be the same. On the positive side, you won't need to repay your mortgage.

Think about it.

--- End quote ---

I don't think a Carrington level event happening now would be quite that bad, maybe on the same scale as 1x-3x of what COVID was in terms of disruptions to society.
However the Carrington event was just a big'ish one we know about, it's very likely much bigger ones can and do occur less frequently.
1 in 1000 year storm vs 1 in 10,000 vs 1 in 100,000 etc..


It kinda depends how well the government can cope with the rapid law changes needed to stop things spiraling out of control as one failure starts to cause other things to fall like dominos
Smaller countries with governments that can respond quickly to change will be much better off.
Countries with higher levels of government corruption and less public trust in government will be less well off.

--- End quote ---

there is enough fiber infrastructure which will not be damaged, to keep the power grid up.

--- End quote ---

Not really sure what you mean by that.

 

vad:
The issue is exaggerated. It takes several days for charged particles to journey from the Sun to Earth, offering sufficient warning to disconnect critical infrastructure, including generators, transformers, and critical loads, from transmission lines.

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