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.
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.
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.
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.
That's good information. Thanks!
That's good information. Thanks!
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