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I know you could see the aurora all over the place but did it actually cause any damage anywhere?

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As far as I’m aware, it caused some temporary GPS interruptions but no permanent damage this time.

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I was traveling across the state on those two days, so I was worried about GPS getting weird, but we didn’t have any issues.

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From what I read it affected some farming equipment, I figure it was relatively local interference and not a global thing too.

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lost mobile data for a pinch but its back now

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Apparently it “disrupted” Starlink, but hasn’t permanently destroyed any of their satellites like the CME in 2022 did.

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Wish I could have seen it :(

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Just gonna put this album here.

edit: Well, I’m surprised this got downvoted considering the entire theme of the album is a CME knocking out telecommunications and computer systems on earth leading to a total collapse of human society. Just a fun thing I came across and was reminded of with all the solar flare memes lately.

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