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Re:The Carrington Event of 1859 and the Potential for a “Miy... by pixl97 on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:27PM (#37472471)
If its disconnected from a grid and grounded it shouldn't be an issue... and if the pulse is that powerful to deal with it being grounded it's very likely we've lost most of the atmosphere at that point making the entire subject moot.
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Re:The Carrington Event of 1859 and the Potential for a “Miy... by dghughes on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @06:59AM (#37479225)
If it's disconnected from the grid why would we be concerned about it? The question as I understand is about protecting active in-use equipment.
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