<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 14:53, Chris Bruner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbruner@quadro.net">cbruner@quadro.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I just had an interesting question posed to me. If  there were a huge solar flare, it would look like a large EMP attack, possibly lasting weeks.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How big are you thinking? Solar flares disrupt things somewhat more often than you would think.</div>
<div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm#Disrupted_systems">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm#Disrupted_systems</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Power grid in 1989 in Quebec:</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Communications in 2011 in China:</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-huge-solar-flare-radio-satellite.html">http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-huge-solar-flare-radio-satellite.html</a></div>
<div><br></div></div>-- <br>Chris Irwin<br><<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>><br>