Side note: it seem to me that the impact of the Carrington Event has been vastly overstated. Readers here would probably assume that was on purpose and part of the existential strategy of tension to which we are all subject.
Really, take a look at that section of the wiki. There is no mention of any damage, only descriptions of the bright and spectacular auroras, and that telegraph operators ran their connection for two hours without battery power.
Fear-mongers and the fearful will wave their hands around about what "could happen" in our modern technological age, but then that's what fear-mongers and the fearful do, isn't it?
The realistic threat, if any, is that "They" will one day see fit to cut off your electricity, Internet, and cell, then scream, "cArRiNgToN eVeNt!" Almost everyone would fall for such a ruse.
I can attest you are right about the lack of information surrounding it. I think iv only found 1 book and a handful of papers about it. Although i have a differing opinion on why there is this lack of info, I must say you do have a good point.
Side note: it seem to me that the impact of the Carrington Event has been vastly overstated. Readers here would probably assume that was on purpose and part of the existential strategy of tension to which we are all subject.
Really, take a look at that section of the wiki. There is no mention of any damage, only descriptions of the bright and spectacular auroras, and that telegraph operators ran their connection for two hours without battery power.
Fear-mongers and the fearful will wave their hands around about what "could happen" in our modern technological age, but then that's what fear-mongers and the fearful do, isn't it?
The realistic threat, if any, is that "They" will one day see fit to cut off your electricity, Internet, and cell, then scream, "cArRiNgToN eVeNt!" Almost everyone would fall for such a ruse.
I can attest you are right about the lack of information surrounding it. I think iv only found 1 book and a handful of papers about it. Although i have a differing opinion on why there is this lack of info, I must say you do have a good point.