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No. It didn't "already happen". The 1989 event was weak, not strong. Orders of magnitude weaker than say, the 1859 Carrington event.
"In March 1989, a powerful solar flare provoked a geomagnetic storm which subsequently set off a major March 13 power blackout in Canada that left six million...
I'm with you on a man-made EMP.... not super likely.. but a grid ending CME from our sun is an eventual certainty. Not if, but when. We had a pretty close call on 4/23 and the aurora could be seen as far south as parts of Arizona.
We have observed massive CMEs that just happen to be pointed...
People are not affected much by EM. People can take a lot more than it would take to fry your typical computer or coil, or starter winding, or alternator, or the coils in every relay. The real threat in my mind would be food security. Every fridge and freezer would shut off instantly. And after...
Ha.... We had a house in Montana, the entire basement was a faraday cage. They embedded copper wire mesh in the walls all around and in the ceiling/main floor.
Cool, but it was a job to get the wifi down to the Xbox.
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