How Prepared Are We For A Carrington Level Solar Storm?

Space weather and solar storms pose an increasing threat to our modern technological world but what are we doing about it.
In this video, we look at what we have found out about how the coronal mass ejections affect not only our tech but the earth itself and how we can use the latest data from solar observatories and geoelectrical mapping to mitigate even a Carrington level event in the future.

Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito

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[FlyWithMe_]

Respect to the cameraman for taking all these close shots of the sun, despite all the heat and solar winds.

[Cres]

Pretty much any question beginning with "are we ready for", the answer is a resounding hell no!

[theCodyReeder]

Better get cracking, 2020 ain’t over yet.

[peterross]

As someone who works in the hydroelectric industry, I can tell you right now that we are NOT prepared. At all.
The electrical grid is so fragile, it may as well be made of cut glass.

[RadenWA]

Earth : Struggling with Corona
Sun's Corona : You ain't seen nothing yet

[taofledermaus]

Based on all the places I have worked and all the people I have worked with, we are not prepared and it will be a matter of how competent we are at dealing with the aftermath.

[peniku]

Note to self: when I see an aurora here in Germany we're in trouble.

[kolbyadams]

A CME is all I need for a bingo on my 2020 Bingo card... never wanted to lose this much in my life

[BlackheartCharlie]

I'm confident that our big power companies and grid operators in the US will be investing whatever is necessary to prepare for a Carrington-level event. One good example of how they plan ahead is the recent cold-weather event in Texas and how well the grid was prepared for that. Ummm, never mind.

[joshglover]

So you're tellin' me, a Carrington level solar storm would mean no more double ads on Youtube? 🤔 I'm a glass half full kind of guy! 🤣🤣🤣

[flinchfu]

Humanity: "We have the technology to conquer nature itse-"
*SLAP*
Universe: "Sit down."

[gorzzz]

I can remember the 1989 live 30 Km south of Byron Bay on the North Coast of NSW...and the sky to the south was a bright red colour...I thought it was cane fires, but when I went out, there were none, just thes red glow in the unreal

[Zakalwe-]

I’m calling it: Curios Droid is now the only British spiritual successor to Horizon and QED still broadcasting. Terrestrial UK television science programming is all but dead now.

[JudithBisson]

I really like your teaching. You’re engaging, eloquent and you’re descriptive nature keeps us wanting more.

[fintux]

When the Sun sneezes heavily towards us, could you say the Earth gets a bad case of corona..?

[CaptHollister]

I remember the big 1989 CME because it happened on my daughter's birthday. It brought down the entire electrical grid for the province of Québec (1.5 million square kilometers), with my hometown, Montréal, being the largest urban center hit. Weirdly, though it always gets cited as an example of what CMEs can do, few people who lived through it actually remember much about it. It happened during the night and power was restored in the early afternoon. End of story

[andrewpearson]

I could listen to Paul talk all day long. I have a large interest in physics and find this page so informative and interesting. The way he puts very complicated subjects into layman’s terms is absolutely fantastic.

[egooidios]

Well if something like this is ever to happen, 2020 is the year!

[puremaledark]

Im certain that i have learned more from this channel than all of grade school and college. Love it

[TheWolf]

I seriously think that, with how important electricity is, protection from CMEs should have the highest possible priority all around the globe!