<story><title>The Carrington Event of 1859 disrupted telegraph lines</title><url>https://daily.jstor.org/the-carrington-event-of-1859-disrupted-telegraph-lines/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>b800h</author><text>If these Miyake events were so spectacular, why do they not appear in the historical record? I appreciate that 774 was in the &amp;quot;dark ages&amp;quot; but something as impressive as the Carrington event would appear in some chronicles, surely?&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Sorry, checked Wikipedia:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Annus Domini (the year of the Lord) 774. This year the Northumbrians banished their king, Alred, from York at Easter-tide; and chose Ethelred, the son of Mull, for their lord, who reigned four winters. This year also appeared in the heavens a red crucifix, after sunset; the Mercians and the men of Kent fought at Otford; and wonderful serpents were seen in the land of the South-Saxons.
    — Anglo-Saxon Chronicle[9]&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Carrington Event of 1859 disrupted telegraph lines</title><url>https://daily.jstor.org/the-carrington-event-of-1859-disrupted-telegraph-lines/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dskrepps</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve wondered for a while. Lots of people seem to think a Carrington Event will simply fry all small electronics and make everything stop working, but from my understanding all it&amp;#x27;ll actually do is cause power surges in long transmission lines and disrupt wireless signals. Apparently telegraph lines sparked and shocked people. So what effect will that actually have now? Will a massive power surge go through my house and destroy everything plugged in, and thus indirectly my desktop computer? Will every house on the grid catch fire, destroying all modern cities? Or will substations and transformers be destroyed but shield homes themselves from catastrophic damage? Will wildfires destroy every forest anywhere near modern infrastructure?</text></comment>