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1 day agoNah, there have been bigger, even bigger ones that have hit Earth. Just not with electricity use so far. There have been big ones in recent history, too, and the grid took it relatively fine.
Wikipedia has a nice concise list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_storms
Particularly strong ones happened in 2003, 2024, and 2025.
I mean, unless one or both of them is rock hard out of frame, to say there’s no straight explanation is some really weird levels of homophobia/toxic masculinity… It’s OK for guys to hug without saying, “no homo”.