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Solar storm could strike Earth Thursday: What you need to know



 
 
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Old February 16th 18, 01:16 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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I keep my USB drives in a metal box, just in case.
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Old February 18th 18, 01:50 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Default Solar storm could strike Earth Thursday: What you need to know

On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 12:56:46 AM UTC+8, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 16/2/2018 21:16, pedro1492@lyco wrote:
I keep my USB drives in a metal box, just in case.


Unless you are living in the ISS on the orbit up there, I think the
chance of damaging our electronics at sea level should be low... well, I
can't say for sure though.


The last super solar flares were in the 19th century, when only electromagnetic
tech was around. One day, there will be another that ****s **** up.
 




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