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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
I remember reading about that one, it caused telegraph machines to explode and injure some operators
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
Oddly enough.. It actually caused some Telegraph machines to run without power as it essentially gives the earth's crust an electric current.
I heard on the Skeptics Guide Podcast (from Phil Plait) that we can only produce about 100 Transformers/ year currently. If hundreds of thousands of them were blown out it would take a long time to get power back.