Am I getting to jaded?

[purplefaithful]

I got a big, nagging suspicion that NY black-out wasn't caused by what they're saying was the problem...I think it's foreign country meddling.


 

[Guest]

'You didn't plug your new iPhone in upside-down, did you?!!?'

'Huh?'

[Guest]

There are plenty of articles out there that address this PF. I don't know if it's jaded or not but with the governmental instability, there are reasons for concern. There have all kinds of security breaches, I don't expect that to stop anytime soon.

[Guest]

Its hot in July,  brown outs and black outs are nothing new in the eastern US metro areas when the weather warms up.

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@JimmyinSD said:
Its hot in July,  brown outs and black outs are nothing new in the eastern US metro areas when the weather warms up.

true  but  the  grid could  be  hacked  by  forgien intrests  or  even  someone   here  dont  know  what  happened   probaly never will

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@Viking1987 said:

@JimmyinSD said:
Its hot in July,  brown outs and black outs are nothing new in the eastern US metro areas when the weather warms up.

true  but  the  grid could  be  hacked  by  forgien intrests  or  even  someone   here  dont  know  what  happened   probaly never will

could have happened,  but isnt it more likely that to many people were running their ACs on an electrical grid that is under built for todays loads?

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I don't think purplefaithful was being serious. Hence the Weird Al tinfoil hat.
Power grid hacks could be a weapon of terrorism. I don't think any major disruption would occur. 
You wanna scare yourself read about mass coronal ejections. The last major one was 1859. One like that today could cripple power grids, communication and all our satellites.
Effectively removing all modern life as we know it in one day. I read the damage could take years to replace and get back to what we now recognize as normal.
Thankfully events this powerful are very rare.

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what...s-ejection

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@JimmyinSD said:

@Viking1987 said:

@JimmyinSD said:
Its hot in July,  brown outs and black outs are nothing new in the eastern US metro areas when the weather warms up.

true  but  the  grid could  be  hacked  by  forgien intrests  or  even  someone   here  dont  know  what  happened   probaly never will

could have happened,  but isnt it more likely that to many people were running their ACs on an electrical grid that is under built for todays loads?

probaly

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@suncoastvike said:
I don't think purplefaithful was being serious. Hence the Weird Al tinfoil hat.
Power grid hacks could be a weapon of terrorism. I don't think any major disruption would occur. 
You wanna scare yourself read about mass coronal ejections. The last major one was 1859. One like that today could cripple power grids, communication and all our satellites.
Effectively removing all modern life as we know it in one day. I read the damage could take years to replace and get back to what we now recognize as normal.
Thankfully events this powerful are very rare.

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what...s-ejection

I think when it happens that unplugging devices and shutting down all electrical grids will be the answer.  It will still be an issue,  but most of the horrors of the article will be avoided.  Medical facilities and mass transit would be my biggest concerns with an emergency grid shutdown.

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@JimmyinSD said:

@suncoastvike said:
I don't think purplefaithful was being serious. Hence the Weird Al tinfoil hat.
Power grid hacks could be a weapon of terrorism. I don't think any major disruption would occur. 
You wanna scare yourself read about mass coronal ejections. The last major one was 1859. One like that today could cripple power grids, communication and all our satellites.
Effectively removing all modern life as we know it in one day. I read the damage could take years to replace and get back to what we now recognize as normal.
Thankfully events this powerful are very rare.

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what...s-ejection

I think when it happens that unplugging devices and shutting down all electrical grids will be the answer.  It will still be an issue,  but most of the horrors of the article will be avoided.  Medical facilities and mass transit would be my biggest concerns with an emergency grid shutdown.

Maybe shutting them down will help. I don't know if that would be enough to protect sensitive electronics or satellites. In 1859 telegraph operators were actually electrocuted. I don't think fatally but it doesn't take even that much to cook circuits even if off or even unplugged. Keep in mind this will not be a power surge through the electrical grid but charged particles surrounding the entire planet. If an static electrical spark can arc from a finger and ruin a circuit board. What would this do? 
We do know when the sun is approaching an active stage. However an eruption can't be predicted yet. When it happens this is what I've heard we'll have as a warning.

Coronal mass ejections are explosions in the Sun's corona that spew out solar particles. A lot of material is thrown out into the solar wind. Coronal mass ejection can be dangerous when they hit the Earth. ... ACE can provide a one-hour advance warning of any geomagnetic storms that would affect the Earth.Mar 29, 2010

https://www.windows2universe.org › ...

So we shut down the entire planet in 1 hour? Seems we better start practicing.