but but.. what about the big flare in the mid 1800s that fried telegraphs and wires and made wire hoop skirts catch fancy gals dresses on fire.. Oh wait.. :-}
Carrington event!
Would be rather amusing to see our politicians try to worm their way out of explaining why they haven’t prepared for such a beast.
[Too busy focusing on “globull warming” instead of “solar smackdown”. Only one of those events can be effectively prepared for and managed.]