ELI5- Why did the solar storm that caused all the aurora borealis not cause any damage to our electrical systems?

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I thought large solar eruptions or solar storms (not sure proper terminology for most recent event) were expected to cause a fair amount of damage to electrical grids, communication services, and GPS, but I haven’t seen any reports of that. Why?

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It screwed upthe network card on my home PC… I mean it screwed it or the card just randomly and coincidentally went out about 25 mins after the lights were visible in my area. Had to reboot the machine to bring it back up and this motherboard was only a few months old.

I’ve got wireless Internet here. Not sure if that matters.

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