A: A coronal mass ejection plus a volcano.
Tonga interrupted satellite communications on the far side of the planet by producing "bubbles" in the atmosphere called equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs).
Modeling shows that the combination of a large eruption and a CME could really mess up communications, including GPS (learn to read a map people. You never know) and have significant economic impacts.
So let's hope that doesn't happen. Or rather that we can develop forecasts to predict it, as there's no way of preventing it.
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