Has our government prepared us for this??!!-----The Carrington Event was a wake-up call, reminding us of the power and unpredictability of space weather."

The whole event lasted five minutes. But what followed about 17 hours later was even more remarkable. - The Secrets Of The Universe

• On the morning of September 1, 1859, English astronomer Richard Carrington was sketching sunspots through dark filters. 

Around 11 am, he saw a sudden flash of intense white light from the area of the sunspots. 

The whole event lasted five minutes. 

But what followed about 17 hours later was even more remarkable.

• The Earth's magnetic field trembled as a massive solar storm hit our planet. 
• This wasn't just any storm; it was a geomagnetic storm so strong that telegraph systems across Europe and North America went haywire.

This event, now known as the Carrington event, was the most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history...

If an event of this magnitude were to occur today, it could have devastating effects on global communications, power grids, and satellites.