The Carrington Event (Encore)
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What Can We Do About a Carrington Level Event?
In 1859 the only wires we had were telegraph wires Today we have wires everywhere for computers and electricity. A Carrington level event actually occurred in 2012, but it missed the earth by about nine days As it stands another Carrington type event has the potential to totally cripple the modern world. It would be a giant worldwide power surge that could take down most satellites electrical grids and communication networks On the electrical grid it could blow out transformers almost everywhere And it would take years to build back the grid after something this massive. There is nothing you can do to stop a coronal mass ejection so what can we do about it?
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