[Pessimist]

Here’s a good example of BS hype:

“The 1859 Carrington event, were it to happen today, could be even more destructive than a nuclear weapon, frying power grids worldwide.”

Notice the statements here, then go to the link and read about the event.

Sparking, induced current. No mention of the wires being “fried” though. And realize that they didn’t even know about twisting pairs of wires to reject induction yet. They basically hung out a continent wide antennna, and this was all that happened.

[NELSON111]

Once again you are incorrect. The smaller storm of 2003 caused severe damage to the grid. Millions of people were without power across Canada, the northeast US and Europe. The term "fried" is so generic. Now...the transformers...they were fried.

The Carrington event was much stronger than the 2003 Halloween Storms and would cause much more damage to the grid.