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Re:Ask HN: What countermeasures exist to mitigate solarstorm... by quantumduck on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:28PM (#32018907)
I was thinking about this the other day: a huge solar storm that can wipe out the power grid in continental United States will also wipe out literally every tech company. Google, Apple, Microsoft, social networking companies, none would exist.

On the other hand, companies like Walmart, Costco, Corteva, etc. would still survive and possibly thrive. Amazon would probably end up opening physical stores.

Re:Ask HN: What countermeasures exist to mitigate solarstorm... by wmf on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:39PM (#32019045)
I don't know how well Walmart or other retailers would do without their (centralized?) logistics "cloud".