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 was a big storm but still not big enough to do that. Though there were issues with a number of radio systems here on earth.

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