Carrington Events

Sean Mawbry reviews the 1859 Carrington Event , and estimates that such solar electrical disruptions strike the earth every few centuries. He also cites literature documenting even stronger solar events which are deduced to have occurred thousands of years ago.

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Solar Storms and the Electric Grid

David Wallace explains how a solar storm created the 1859 Carrington Event. A similar storm today would cause widespread power and communication failures. Wallace calls for research into hardening the electrical grids and components of the internet, as a long-term electrical outage would be a massive disaster.

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