The Plasma Apocalypse
There are increasing signs that the Earth’s magnetic field is shifting. While this shift could fizzle out, the last great shift that happened in the 19th century did produce some remarkable results. This event, which occurred Sept. 1-2 in 1859, was known as the Carrington Event, named after the British astronomer Richard Carrington who studied it.
During the Carrington Event, a huge solar flare sent a geomagnetic storm barreling toward Earth. Auroras could be seen across the Earth, both in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Instead of being restricted to Alaska or northern Canada, the auroras in the Northern hemisphere stretched southward into Cuba and Mexico.
There was so much light in the night sky that gold miners in mountainous regions reported they could read newspapers outdoors after midnight! Telegraph operators who had shut off power to their lines reported they could still send messages, owing to the geomagnetically induced current.
Here, The Why Files gets into the topic. Could such a storm strip the Earth’s protective shield and awaken the Dead?
