garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoTIL that in 2012 a large solar storm nearly missed Earth by a margin of nine days. If it hit, it could have caused damages to a cost of around $2.6 trillion.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1147
arrow-up1139external-linkTIL that in 2012 a large solar storm nearly missed Earth by a margin of nine days. If it hit, it could have caused damages to a cost of around $2.6 trillion.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoWould we? I remember reading Ted Koppel’s book Lights Out a few years ago, but I’d assume that utilities, grid operators, and governments have been making efforts to improve grid resilience
minus-squarescarecrow365@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago laughs in Texas *
minus-squareSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGod bless the Eastern Interconnection lol
minus-squareRhaedas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoBeing proactive for risks that are small for the near term is expensive, and not very profitable for the shareholders.
Would we? I remember reading Ted Koppel’s book Lights Out a few years ago, but I’d assume that utilities, grid operators, and governments have been making efforts to improve grid resilience
God bless the Eastern Interconnection lol
Being proactive for risks that are small for the near term is expensive, and not very profitable for the shareholders.