by nick c » Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:52 pm
In 1859 there was not much electronics to be found, but there was extensive telegraphic communications. But then the Earth was hit by a CME or Solar Flare and it wreaked havoc on the telegraph system. Spectacular auroras normally only seen in latitudes near the poles were seen globally, with reports from Cuba, Hawaii, and many tropical areas.
The 1859 Carrington EventThat night, telegraph communications around the world began to fail; there were reports of sparks showering from telegraph machines, shocking operators and setting papers ablaze. All over the planet, colorful auroras illuminated the nighttime skies, glowing so brightly that birds began to chirp and laborers started their daily chores, believing the sun had begun rising. Some thought the end of the world was at hand, but Carrington’s naked eyes had spotted the true cause for the bizarre happenings: a massive solar flare with the energy of 10 billion atomic bombs. The flare spewed electrified gas and subatomic particles toward Earth, and the resulting geomagnetic storm—dubbed the “Carrington Event”—was the largest on record to have struck the planet.
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TPOD by Peter Mungo Jupp In 1859 there was not much electronics to be found, but there was extensive telegraphic communications. But then the Earth was hit by a CME or Solar Flare and it wreaked havoc on the telegraph system. Spectacular auroras normally only seen in latitudes near the poles were seen globally, with reports from Cuba, Hawaii, and many tropical areas.
[url=https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event]The 1859 Carrington Event[/url][quote]That night, telegraph communications around the world began to fail; there were reports of sparks showering from telegraph machines, shocking operators and setting papers ablaze. All over the planet, colorful auroras illuminated the nighttime skies, glowing so brightly that birds began to chirp and laborers started their daily chores, believing the sun had begun rising. Some thought the end of the world was at hand, but Carrington’s naked eyes had spotted the true cause for the bizarre happenings: a massive solar flare with the energy of 10 billion atomic bombs. The flare spewed electrified gas and subatomic particles toward Earth, and the resulting geomagnetic storm—dubbed the “Carrington Event”—was the largest on record to have struck the planet.[/quote]
Also, a related [url=https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2021/10/28/gold-glamour-and-destruction-3/]TPOD by Peter Mungo Jupp [/url]