To protect the equipment from the effects of magnetic storms, you need to turn it off or reduce the load – this will prevent failure. About this “socialbites.ca” said the head of the near-Earth space physics laboratory of the Institute of Earth Physics. O.Yu. Schmidt RAS, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Vyacheslav Pilipenko.
“If it’s a satellite, you can turn off the equipment and the device won’t suffer as much as it used to. If these are terrestrial systems – high latitude transmission lines – grid operators can reduce the load. Now the energy transmission networks have expanded significantly and they are all interconnected. If a catastrophic breach occurs in one place “As magnetic storms develop at high latitudes, only northern countries are affected. These are Scandinavia, Canada, North America and Russia.”
Today, magnetic storms are tracked using special satellites. You can detect an extreme magnetic storm about an hour before it approaches Earth – that’s enough time to prepare.
Read more about where magnetic storms come from and how they can be dangerous – in material “socialbites.ca”.