My understanding is that the prime risk of a solar flare is to the grid. It would be unlikely (impossible?) for a solar flare to leave the grid and just take out the internet. The article mentions the threat to the grid deeper in the article but implies the threat is mainly to the internet. 🤷‍♂️

Yes, I’m worried about this too. It’s fragile. There are a few key choke points. Probably wouldn’t take it completely offline, but make it severely congested. I think it’s more likely for them to blame anonymous hackers (and not a solar flare). Then they’ll claim we need to sign in with a government ID to access the internet so hackers can never secretly take it down again.