Apocalypse Then: Carrington Events, giant solar storms that destroy the power grid
April 1st, 2009 link to (permalink)
New Scientist describes a "Carrington Event", a large blast of plasma from the sun that, after hitting the Earth's atmosphere, blows out the power grid and most of our electronics:IT IS midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colourful...
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