As I understand it solar flares can damage electronics. In fact some flares in the recent past have damaged some of our and other nations satellites. Those in “the know” suppose to be able to verdict when any increase of solar flare activity may occur. They have expressed concerns that if we were subject to a massive series of flares it could “fry” electronics in most everything. AM radios are very susceptible to flare activity. Remember years ago we would hear nothing but static when there was a lot of flare activity. For the younger group, AM was the only radio years ago. 50 years before the iPod.