Is it theoretically possible for a vast EMP to knock out much of our electronic gadgetry? Is it possible for a mass solar flare to have the same effect and interfere with our technology? Or is this just a common myth?
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Solar Flares, EMPs and electronics
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Yes EMPs can knock out our electronics. But it has to be a Big EMP 
And yes Solar flares can also cause trouble with everything from satellites to our power grid.
And yes Solar flares can also cause trouble with everything from satellites to our power grid.
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_flare_031028.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5098950.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/23oct_superstorm.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/15/MN50119.DTL
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/apjemp.html
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1984/sep-oct/tamashiro.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5098950.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/23oct_superstorm.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/15/MN50119.DTL
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/apjemp.html
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1984/sep-oct/tamashiro.html
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Would Solar flares knock out everyone on the planet, or just the side facing the sun? I don't think the radiation would pass through the planet. Though i suppose with enough outages, it would affect the whole world indirectly
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That might depend on the size of the Solar Flare.
I really can't answer it though off the top of my head.
Just remember. Solar Flares make our best Atomic weapons look like little caps that are used in cap guns.
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