geomagnetic storms?

Is anyone looking at the natural hazard of Geomagnetic Storms? A member of our team brought up this storm from 1859. It caused fires by creating electric currents in telegraph wires. Just wondering if any other sites are looking at this.

www.britannica.com/.../geomagnetic-storm-of-1859

Jeremy Hauger 5 months ago

It depends. Columbia did a study about 10 years ago about geo storm susceptibility and found that our location is ideal to supress the effects. So, we are not including it as vulnerability.
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Jeremy Hauger 5 months ago

It depends. Columbia did a study about 10 years ago about geo storm susceptibility and found that our location is ideal to supress the effects. So, we are not including it as vulnerability.
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Jeremy Hauger 5 months ago in reply to Jeremy Hauger

Geography matters a lot for this event. If you are on or near large graphite areas, you should be worried. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, not a big deal.
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Stephen Pratt 5 months ago in reply to Jeremy Hauger

That's good information. Thanks!
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