you need to discharge that energy somehow

NASA is a joke

jAXA is the real deal.

you would turn into a lightening rod WAY before a flare arrived

I need to do some lightening

"could cause widespread power blackouts, disabling everything that plugs into a wall socket."

so again

grid damage

My gf says she's worried I'll crush her

but individual people wouldve been unaffected

a flare is like a tide... it's not just for an instant, it can last as long as the North lights; so what, 1hr?

and they said that one was espcially strong

when the first part of the flare hit, your shield would be toast

NIGSA

yeah sending the civilized world into the dark ages would definitely leave individuals "unaffected"

>dark ages

It’d affect anything hit but metal casing would deflect some of it act as shielding idk about things being plugged into the wall why would they get hurt

jesus lol

we didnt have much electricity in the 1800s

and it ws hardly the "dark ages"

? anything without copper shielding would be fried

especially strong during that solar season with earth's shield at full

@Lucienne d'Anwyl It would cause cancer in mass but wouldn't outright kill people

Probably

it's 20% weaker now

no

As far as we know

Yes

strong doses of radiation

arent likely to cause cancer

long periods of low doses

are likely to cause cancer

at 50% well... don't go outside for too long

They're both likely to cause cancer

one is vastly more likely to cause cancer

if you can get over the radiation sickness youre usually good

The Ukraine would like a word with you

Cancer is just damaged cells regrowing wrong and going out of control @Lucienne d'Anwyl

@Samaritan™ the people who died in ukraine died of rad sickness

not cancer

strong rads will just kill you