What was the "Carrington Event"?

the pic was handy 😊

September 6, 2017 Early this morning (Sept. 6), the sun released two powerful solar flares — the second was the most powerful in more than a decade. At 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 GMT), an X-class solar flare — the most powerful sun-storm category — blasted from a large sunspot on the sun's surface. That flare was the strongest since 2015, at X2.2, but it was dwarfed just 3 hours later, at 8:02 a.m. EDT (1202 GMT), by an X9.3 flare, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The last X9 flare occurred in 2006 (coming in at X9.0). According to SWPC, the flares resulted in radio blackouts: high-frequency radio experienced a "wide area of blackouts, loss of contact for up to an hour over [the] sunlit side of Earth," and low frequency communication, used in navigation, was degraded for an hour.

Jhonti, I was also thinking that, but would probably be pretty disastrous today with all the electronics we depend on!

kimsharkey625. WOW I NEVER KNEW THIS. THIS IS Y I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH. IT'S NOT JUST A GAME TO

Picture gave the idea of the answer

Thanks for the picture. It gave me the idea❤

Jo, refer to the illustration picture it helps

anyone noticed how many flares & earthquakes Earth's experiencing now?

That is not a caring-turn/caring-ton

Picture for the win!

Loved the final event of "Dynasty".... LOL 😆 😄 😀

This picture discribe every thing 😋😋

is there really a chance this will happen again? maybe the answer is yes.

No way would I get this right so I picked Dynasty....hence didn't get it right. ha

Player brandy pup, yup, we are, just a matter of time before we get stormed

haha.. final episode of Dynasty..cracked me up!

UnopposedYogi27101, it would have been interesting to see its effects, maybe an aurora in the equator

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Jo, I missed this ? also. picked 3rd answer thinking it seemed more sophisticated. Duh!

UnopposedYogi27101, that’s when the earth was supposed to end December 21, 2012

FibrousGauntlet5, amazing. are we sitting ducks?

Jo, ditto here~