[OKDXA] The Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1921

[Peter Laws N5UWY]

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:42 AM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> This from a friend that, while not a ham, has a lot of interest in
> astrophysics.
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> 73,
>
> Kim N5OP

I'd heard of this primarily because of the RR connection.  Sort of
stumbled across it a few years ago while googling around for stuff on
the Carrington Event.  Read about stuff happening on the NY Central
and realized that that road wasn't yet thing in 1859 and realized that
I was reading about a different event.  Curious to see that the two
events were about equal in intensity.

A pandemic would be a good time for another, similar event to happen.
Perhaps it would kill the Murder Bees or whatever they are.

Interestingly, while power distribution systems would certainly be
borked (google up the 1989 Quebec event) comm lines might fare better
since most are non-metallic these days. Doesn't mean the devices
attached to the fiber wouldn't be affected, but maybe with less of an
"antenna" those devices might do better?

Do gamma ray bursts next!  :-D


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