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kalkulat@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a CatastropheEnglish3·9 days agoAs an amateur radio operator, The high bands get wiped first! 80, 160, not so much (no ionosphere? ground wave still works. Easy to throw up a long wire … afterward). Hams (esp. ARES) will become VERY IMPORTANT for a LONG time when it happens. Field Day is a good way to prep for aftermath. (Gear can go into metal containers to escape parts damage until afterward.) Portable generators (best without a lot of electronics on them) will be needed to re-charge the batteries!
kalkulat@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a CatastropheEnglish71·9 days agoThere are A LOT of BIG countries with big electric grids in the world today. Which countries GRIDS get hit the worst depends on which side of the Earth is facing the ‘hit’. Could the West (US, Brazil) or Europe or the East (China, India).
Partly, yep. Seems like every time I try to pin down an AI on a detail of a question worth asking - a math question, or a date in history, it’ll confidently reply with the first answer it finds … right or wrong.