The Carrington Event: Earth's Electronic Apocalypse

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Source/Further reading:

History, the Carrington Event: https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event 

Scientific American, studies warn of cataclysmic solar storms: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-studies-warn-of-cataclysmic-solar-superstorms/ 

National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110302-solar-flares-sun-storms-earth-danger-carrington-event-science 

NASA, 2012 superstorm near-miss: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm 

NASA Spaceflight, Carrington Event warning: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/carrington-event-warning/ 

BBC Solar Storms explained: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46260959 

Cosmos, are Carrington-sized events more common than previously thought? https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/beware-solar-storms-scientists-warn/ 

Possible other Carrington-sized events: https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2020/08/30/a-warning-from-history-the-carrington-event-was-not-unique/ 

History of telegraph communication: https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1830-1860/ 

Texas Storm death toll: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/981594093/texas-death-toll-in-februarys-winter-storm-nearly-doubles-to-111

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