The most powerful solar storm ever recorded was the one that occurred on November 4, 2003. At first it was classified as an , they could not measure that flare during the peak of the eruption, that is, the GOES did not have detectors capable of measuring something so powerful, currently researchers think that the flare was of level x40 and attention, because there are more powerful ones and also more dangerous would be monster level.
It is believed that the most powerful flare of the last 500 years occurred around August 28, 1859, it was the Carrington event, the flare ejected a coronal mass election that impacted the Earth's magnetic field and the effects of the solar storm that it caused were felt between September 1 and 2, the solar storm destroyed the electrical telegraph networks. Although it sounds impressive, we must remember that we are talking about the mid-19th century and that at that time there were hardly any electronic equipment and these had security structures. very very primitive, more impressive is that the northern lights could be seen as far south as Costa Rica and northern Colombia.
And we have another reference to the enormous Power of that event and that is that it left traces in the Greenland ice in the form of nitrates and beryllium 10.
There is an interesting question, can this Carrington-type event cause chaos in our civilization, so currently dependent on electronics, electrical networks and space satellites, the answer is yes, but for many years scientists have been demanding that governments improve and strengthen technology and strategic systems that depend on electrical networks and also telecommunications networks, that is, there are security measures, actions can be taken to avoid this type of catastrophe.
Since the 19th century we have evolved technologically, now there are alternatives, there are security means, there are plans to be able to face this type of event but of course they have to be implemented, governments have to make an effort to be able to apply all those plans, all that technology and all that modernization that allows us to overcome this type of events.
So nations that have done their homework should get through a Carrington-type event without too many problems, but those nations that haven't done their homework should still have outdated and primitive power grids with no safety systems and no duplication of key elements to enable them. activate in case of failure of the main element because then in those nations the citizens will have to return to the 19th century for a season.
Scientists have been warning about this for years, so the question would be, do you know how your government has dealt with this issue, have your rulers done their homework.
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