Solar storms could kill civilizations. We go about our lives worried about this and that. None if it matters if the sun blows off a big CME and fries everything. The sun has been particularly active lately. There have been some serious bursts but mostly they’ve missed us. It doesn’t help that the earth’s protective magnetic field is weak right now.
A strong CME from the sun could take down all our modern electronics. The more advanced the electronics the more sensitive it is to solar interference. The things that hold society together would fall apart.
It’s good to realize that most guns will work just fine. Some fancy electronic sights might get fried but iron sights work. A situation where the infrastructure fails but the ability to kill each other doesn’t has plenty of potential for disaster.
The less your life depends on high technology the more likely it will continue.
-Sixbears
Good morning 6 Bears, looks like some more wet March snow is coming to visit us later this weekend?
ReplyDeleteLow tech backups do help. But frankly without the teamwork of community things will fail in the worst way soon.
Pre-1860's communities like the Amish today were big on helping each other as they NEEDED that help themselves soon enough.
Many hands needed to harvest that crop so the whole village can eat this winter.
But given the violent nature of takers, first priority is not getting enslaved or robbed-dead before we can get that crop planted.
Haiti is a sterling example of a system supported only by foreign aid because nothing can be built or planted in that violent culture. The Dominican shares the same island, minerals and weather and is one of the richest countries in the Carribean.
Because of automobiles, that culture often decried in cities like Philidelphia will be gracing more rural areas when the lights go out.
Got teams to drop some trees before they visit?
Trees fall over all the time. :)
DeleteWe had a fresh inch of snow on top of ice this morning. Kinda dicey driving for a bit.