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I guess this refers to a solar storm predicted to go on in 2023, which does great damage to the earth's atmosphere like a spike. [[User:ClassicalGames|ClassicalGames]] ([[User talk:ClassicalGames|talk]]) 06:07, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 
I guess this refers to a solar storm predicted to go on in 2023, which does great damage to the earth's atmosphere like a spike. [[User:ClassicalGames|ClassicalGames]] ([[User talk:ClassicalGames|talk]]) 06:07, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
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:{{Actual citation needed}} ...are you going by solar maxima? The weak 2014 one, and the 9-14 years we can generally get between them, makes 2023 off at the ''earliest'' of expectations... Perhaps 2025 is more likely.
 
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:And we get maybe a few days warning of "a solar storm" (CME) that might happen to come our way. Carrington Events are rare, though, and even when 3+ CMEs a day happen (slightly after sunspot maximum, and up from the low frequency of one every five days), we're such a small target that it's still more or less the same amount of total dumb-luck (15-20x a fraction of a chance with a far greater (negative) order to it). [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.153|172.70.86.153]] 20:42, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 

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