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Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in nearly a decade, but Earth should be safe this time (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Earth will be fine, it's been hit with far worse in the past, even larger than the Carrington Event (see wiki-Miyake Event). The issue is that we weren't around with our technology that happens to not do great under such EM fields back then, but we are now for the next time.