Solar superstorms could cause extended Internet outages

[Paulsie]

Well we should be ok for a while, considering we are approaching grand solar minimum, with zero sunspots predicted for 2023-25 (or thereabouts)

 

[Petec]

Next headline in 2 years... "Earth covered in Magnetic Sun Splooge!"

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I'm running a VPN so it should be fine. If some cable breaks close by I will just change my VPN location to a better location.

 

[Heisenborg]

Bottom of the barrel is being scraped now

 

[saturnz]

This story gets recycled every 2 years.

came here to say this

 

[freematrix]

New MyBB editor continuing the legacy of **** articles. This is not journalism but rather click-bait.

 

[boboudts]

What does this mean for cryptocurrency?

All your coins will melt!

 

[Gordon_R]

New MyBB editor continuing the legacy of **** articles. This is not journalism but rather click-bait.

If you look carefully, the article was written by someone else. An editor is always under pressure to publish copy and support advertisers...

 

[WollieVerstege]

If you see the Aurora Borealis in the Southern Hemisphere, that would be a real surprise! We are more likely to see the Aurora Australis.

As I am in the Netherlands at the moment it would be a real surprise if I see the Aurora Australis
Even if I was in SA, it would have to be one mother of a solar storm for the Aurora Australis to be visible from SA. We are to far North.