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Originally Posted by raymor
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As far as an actual threat, intense solar flares make cell phone reception worse because radio receivers work on millions of a volt. The power grid runs on thousands of volts. The worst solar flair even wouldn't be detectable on the power grid. Lightening is billions of times stronger. Want to prepare for solar flares? Get a land line phone. Done.
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Dude, every federal agency, every expert on power grids says the opposite. So you know something they don't? And not to mention that in the last 50 years strong solar flares HAVE knocked out power grids all over the earth. So I guess all those news stories and people without power because of solar flares was a big conspiracy or something? Um, Ok