Almost inevitable at some point in time."
As we have learned from the Global Warming hoax, NASA is not a reliable source of information. The statement from them is speculation, not factual, even though it's written as facts. The Carrington Event mostly disrupted telegraph lines and equipment.
In that era, these were very low current (battery powered) devices with long wires connecting them. There was little use of proper grounding in the system. The long wires acted as great antennas for the electromagnetic radiation, and the low current devices couldn't handle the result. Todays electric grids with the grounding and high current capacities, can often withstand direct lightning hits, and their well distributed grounding systems simply drain off the excess charge. It's not at all clear that the dire warnings from NASA have any more credibility then their dire warnings about "Climate Change".
Note that their dire warnings about "Global Warming" have already ended as the temperature record no longer supports NASA dire 'warming' threats of the past. Virtually no one can doubt that the climate changes, so that's a safe statement (as I am typing while sitting on a glacial moraine that was covered by a mile ice of just a few short centuries ago).
Yeah and...
We have these things called breakers now.
Might have to reset a few of em.
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Well, you get my vote for laughably ignorant post of the day. The stresses a Carrington class CME would induce in a large power grid are almost entirely dissimilar to lightning caused problems. For the most part, the lightning protection you mention would be ineffective or destroyed — it is simply not designed for the task. Some of the shutdown protections might help, but, if a major CME is coming, the best bet is to shut down and disconnect as much of the grid from other parts of the grid as possible, as long as needed. Lightning itself is (very) local and occurs in split-seconds, milliseconds, or less: It is nothing like a CME.
Lightning protection for a big CME is like clearing your driveway of any nails to prevent your tires from being overinflated.
There’s a study that was done that went into the damage. AFAIK it was not a hoax type, give me the grant money, I’ll write what you want study. It’s worthwhile looking it up and reading it. There will be damage,