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 🏜️ The Carrington Event of 1859 Disrupted Telegraph Lines. A “Miyake Event” Would Be Far Worse
➥ Jasna Hodžić, daily.jstor.org

「 Power grids would topple immediately, leaving anything reliant on electricity, like lights, electric vehicles, and ventilators, inoperable. Astronauts would undoubtedly receive lethal doses of radiation, and even people on board airplanes could encounter dangerous levels 」

https://daily.jstor.org/the-carrington-event-of-1859-disrupted-telegraph-lines/

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