Permanent risk to Electric systems

"The strongest geomagnetic storm on record is the Carrington Event of August-September 1859, named after British astronomer Richard Carrington who witnessed the instigating solar flare with his unaided eye while he was projecting an image of the sun on a white screen. Geomagnetic activity triggered by the explosion electrified telegraph lines, shocking technicians and setting their telegraph papers on fire; Northern Lights spread as far south as Cuba and Hawaii; auroras over the Rocky Mountains were so bright, the glow woke campers who began preparing breakfast because they thought it was morning. Best estimates rank the Carrington Event as 50% or more stronger than the superstorm of May 1921." NASA

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Currently we are in a period of very low solar activity, at some point this will end and we will again start with strong solar flares, when this happens satellites will be the most at risk. Modern sat construction is dumbing down the rad hardening in favour of rad hardened watchdogs that reset circuits that have been effected. This is a false economy as it won't help if a crcuit suffers permanent damage.