Qualla: The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again https://qualla.com/carrington-event en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again https://qualla.com/carrington-event The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again: Introduction https://qualla.com/carrington-event/ On September 1-2, 1859, the most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history struck Earth. British astronomer Richard Carrington had observed an enormous solar flare the day before - the first solar flare ever observed. When the resulting coronal mass ejection reached Earth, it created auroras visible as far south as the Caribbean and Hawaii. Telegraph systems failed worldwide. Some telegraph operators received shocks. Some telegraph paper caught fire. This was the Carrington Event, and if a storm of equal magnitude struck today - with our dependence on satellites, power grids, and electronics - the results could be catastrophic.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/g/carrington-event-wk/gcpg-the-carrington-event-the-solar-storm-that-could-ha-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again: The Observation https://qualla.com/carrington-event/ On the morning of September 1, 1859, British amateur astronomer Richard Carrington was sketching sunspots through his telescope when he witnessed something unprecedented: a brilliant white flash erupting from the sun. Another observer, Richard Hodgson, independently witnessed the...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/g/carrington-event-wk/gcpg-the-carrington-event-the-solar-storm-that-could-ha-the-observation.mp3 0:06 2 full The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again: The Storm https://qualla.com/carrington-event/ On September 2, the coronal mass ejection - a billion tons of solar plasma - struck Earth's magnetosphere. The geomagnetic storm that resulted was unprecedented in intensity. The aurora borealis, normally visible only at high latitudes, was seen as far south as Colombia, Hawaii, ...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/g/carrington-event-wk/gcpg-the-carrington-event-the-solar-storm-that-could-ha-the-storm.mp3 0:06 3 full The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again: The Telegraph https://qualla.com/carrington-event/ The storm's most dramatic effects were on the telegraph system - the internet of the 19th century. The induced currents from the geomagnetic storm caused telegraph systems worldwide to fail. Operators received electric shocks. Telegraph pylons threw sparks. In some cases, telegra...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/g/carrington-event-wk/gcpg-the-carrington-event-the-solar-storm-that-could-ha-the-telegraph.mp3 0:06 4 full The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again: The Danger https://qualla.com/carrington-event/ A Carrington-level event today would be catastrophic. Our civilization depends on technologies that didn't exist in 1859: satellites, power grids, computers, GPS. A severe geomagnetic storm could destroy satellites, damage transformers, disrupt navigation, and cause widespread bl...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/g/carrington-event-wk/gcpg-the-carrington-event-the-solar-storm-that-could-ha-the-danger.mp3 0:06 5 full The Carrington Event: The Solar Storm That Could Happen Again: The Probability https://qualla.com/carrington-event/ Scientists estimate that Carrington-level events occur roughly once every 150 years. A near-miss occurred in July 2012, when a massive coronal mass ejection passed through Earth's orbit - missing our planet by about a week. Had it struck Earth, it would have caused damage compara...

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