This was the WORST Geomagnetic storm to ever hit the Earth; the terrifying truth is here

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Ever since the notoriously active solar region AR2975 came in line with Earth, we have been facing multiple geomagnetic storms here. Just the previous week, Earth had, on average, been hit by one solar storm per day. These solar storms were due to non-stop solar flares setting off on the Sun. Among the solar flares that erupted, one was an X-class solar flare that caused a temporary shortwave radio blackout on Earth. Yet, the majority of us link geomagnetic storms with something benign like the fantastic patterned lights called auroras. But at a higher intensity, the same geomagnetic storms can become nightmarish. Just take the example of the worst geomagnetic storm to ever hit the Earth: The Carrington Event! There were worst ones than this, but they were too long ago in the annals of history and were not recorded the way that the Carrington event was. It happened when the technology was in the nascent stage and humanity was just coming to grips with the telegraph and electricity.

The strongest geomagnetic storm ever to hit the Earth was on September 1 and 2, 1859, a time where technology was still in its early stage. The greatest communication system for humans was the telegraph and the entire world relied upon it for receiving information quickly. However, as the geomagnetic storm struck our planet, the entire global telegraph network failed. It was not just limited to that. The telegraph operators reported receiving electric shocks upon touching the instruments, telegraph paper spontaneously caught fire and some equipment started working without being connected to any power source! The event is now known as the Carrington Event and is the worst recorded instance of a solar storm hitting Earth that was recorded by