Carrington Event (EMP)

[wedge556]

Something worth looking at since it's posted in a more conventional newspaper. I've read about the Carriington Event before. The implications 'today' would be pretty amazing even at a half scale event.

As the sun awakens, the power grid stands vulnerable - The Washington Post

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[trainsktg]

Yes, considering that the 1859 event caused telegraph machines to spontaneously catch fire...imagine what that would do to nearly every printed circuit in existence.

Keith

 

[Thebastidge]

Most of the reading Ihave done seems to indicate we're headin ginto a solar minimum, not an "awakening". I'm more concerned about Maunder Minimum than Carrington Event. Carrington Even might cause disruption for a short period of time. A Maunder Minimum will probably cause long term shifts in agriculture and poopulation. Back in the 1600s, people didn't have much capacility of mass migration. Today, it's trivially easy.