Like how you can fry your electronics if they’re plugged in when the power comes back on from an outage, why can’t we “unplug” everything so to speak?
In: Planetary Science
There was a large solar storm event back in the days of Telegraph where operators were able to unplug their batteries and turn off all power while still sending clear signals. There was enough power getting energized into the wires themselves connecting the poles to zap operators as they worked.
With a big enough flare or solar storm event it doesn’t matter if we turn the devices off, there might be enough energy in the “air” that it powers the devices and bypasses all the safety features. Like holding a florescent tube light up to a Tesla coil and getting it to glow without touching anything.
With power coming from “everywhere” all at once it’s a grand mal seizure but for electronics.
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