l0k1 on Nostr: A lot of the internet, namely optical cable runs and undersea cables will keep ...
A lot of the internet, namely optical cable runs and undersea cables will keep running. Some of them are accidentally or intentionally shrouded in a faraday cage, or are entirely underground/water. Those will survive. The restoration of functionality will likely take weeks but a lot of the network will likely return to full function within months. All the parts of the transport network that don't involve expensive computer control systems that were ungrounded and unshielded will be able to resume.
Yes, we would be in a bad situation. Half the satellites in the sky would drop dead, at least, and fall out of orbit. Tightly controlled logistics systems would come unraveled. There would be civil unrest and much of it would be offline.
This is part of the reason why it is essential some people start thinking about the idea of building caches of essential data that are shielded against a Carrington event.
Yes, we would be in a bad situation. Half the satellites in the sky would drop dead, at least, and fall out of orbit. Tightly controlled logistics systems would come unraveled. There would be civil unrest and much of it would be offline.
This is part of the reason why it is essential some people start thinking about the idea of building caches of essential data that are shielded against a Carrington event.