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05-23-2023, 11:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by Maynard
I think you kind of overdramatized the solar flare effects (or read something that did). It's not a death ray, it is a surge of what is essentially static electricity. Back then they thought a wooden donut was an adequate insulator, and fire-safety wasn't invented yet, so when sparks flew they caused some fires.
Granted that the sudden loss of internet/electronics nowadays would probably result in some kind of mass event, but I think it will look more like Sean of the Dead, not Apocalypse Now. Hordes of milennials trying to discover what else you can do that doesn't use a smartphone (and no YouTube to show you how to do it - talk about a hellscape).
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lmao 
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