Just reading this article http://uk.news.yahoo.com/solar-superstorm-uk-must-brace-threat-042221096.html#JHOiPdI and it made me wonder whether if one of these occured would it render all of the current microchips on earth useless until more were produced?
Super Solar Storm
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I would assume that the metal case (barring windows) would act as a faraday cage and offer some protection for our PCs. Of course this would have it's limits and would afford little protection against magnetism.
Of course we are protected to a great extent by the atmosphere and our planet's magnetic field. Certainly we would see equipment failures at far less than the 1 in 10 quoted for satellites,
The article mentions:
GPS would go down because the satellites are out there in the direct line of fire (protected a little by the magnetic field, but not as much as on our planet's surface). But with redundancy would soon be running again, tho maybe less accurate due to less satellites. The blackouts would be caused by the magnetism inducing massive currents into the grid. Aircraft disruption would be down to the GPS going down and interference to radio and radar.
I think we can be certain that yes it WILL happen, but it's not gonna be as bad as it's made out. Now, back to the map-reading classes
Of course we are protected to a great extent by the atmosphere and our planet's magnetic field. Certainly we would see equipment failures at far less than the 1 in 10 quoted for satellites,
The article mentions:
GPS would go down because the satellites are out there in the direct line of fire (protected a little by the magnetic field, but not as much as on our planet's surface). But with redundancy would soon be running again, tho maybe less accurate due to less satellites. The blackouts would be caused by the magnetism inducing massive currents into the grid. Aircraft disruption would be down to the GPS going down and interference to radio and radar.
I think we can be certain that yes it WILL happen, but it's not gonna be as bad as it's made out. Now, back to the map-reading classes
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Had anyone checked their home insurance home for cover on this 