Brad, on the plus side, I hear they play a mean pinball!
I find the quotes easiest to read.
Quote:12th from the left in the top row or 8th from the right. Paper with a blue arrow pointing right is the icon.
The next 7-8 years we will experience more, and violent electrical storms. Space weather has been more intense in this cycle than recent cycles. The possibility of space weather causing a blackout is very real.
Spaceweathernews.com is a good place to learn more about space weather.
The Carrington Event 1859 was a major hit the earth took from a CME. It was so intense that telegraph stations continued to work after being unplugged and the batteries removed.
1989 Parts of the Quebec power grid failed because of a CME.
This year, Spacex satellites fell from the sky after a solar storm hit them.
The issue with things like solar is that the possibility of the solar panels and microchips will be destroyed in a direct hit from a CME.
DECWARE amps should be fine though