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To: null and void

There was a solar storm back in the mid to late 1800’s that fused telegraph devices...a similar storm today would do far more damage and it’s only a matter of time.


23 posted on 05/05/2012 8:12:49 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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There was a solar storm back in the mid to late 1800’s that fused telegraph devices...a similar storm today would do far more damage and it’s only a matter of time.

The Carrington Super Flare. It enabled telegraph operators to send messages on telegraph wires with the batteries disconnected.
53 posted on 05/05/2012 9:22:18 PM PDT by aruanan
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“There was a solar storm back in the mid to late 1800’s that fused telegraph devices...a similar storm today would do far more damage and it’s only a matter of time.”

But, we’ll still be able to use the Internet, right?

We’ll still be able to post on Free Republic, right?


76 posted on 05/07/2012 8:24:20 AM PDT by hummingbird (I am Breitbart.)
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