If we ever have a Solar flare like the one described in this article, a lot of the things we use today will stop working. Some temporarily during the disturbance and others will be fried such as parts of the electrical power distribution system. It won't be the end of civilization but it will be expensive. This url is 100 characters long including the new line character so if your mailer breaks it in to two lines, remember to join the lines:
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