Protect our Tech World

From Megar Solar Sun Flare

CARRINGTON EVENT

POLICIES

• To build back better power grid (after being nationalised) so is less vulnerable to solar disruptions. 

• Better space weather forecasting of these solar events, as it takes about 20 hours for damaging emissions of big solar storms to reach earth, gives times for UK nationalised power company to take the transformers offline before the storm strikes, producing local blackouts, but these storms tend to pass after a couple of hours. (Source National Geographic). 

BACKGROUND

In 1859, the British astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed the megaflare of biggest solar storm of solar winds emitted from the sun that reaches earth causing geomagnetic disturbances. 

If such a megaflare happened today, the world’s high-tech infrastructure would grind to a halt. 

Global positioning systems (GPS) would be effected in cell phones, airplanes and motor vehicles. 

Satellite communications would be at risk.

For example, this would effect getting petrol from the petrol pump, as your credit card payment is a satellite transaction. 

So petrol stations need to be able to also keep cash payment. 

The electrical grid could suffer blow out of giant transformers, by power surges caused by solar particles. These could take some time to replace.