The Solar 'Katrina' Storm That Could Take Our Power Grid Out For Years

Lawrence E. Joseph: The Solar 'Katrina' Storm That Could Take Our Power Grid Out For Years: "'Historically large storms have a potential to cause power grid blackouts and transformer damage of unprecedented proportions. An event that could incapacitate the network for a long time could be one of the largest natural disasters we could face,' he declares. A bluff, friendly man, half science nerd, half overgrown farm boy, Kappenman insists that solar EMP blasts the size of those that occurred in 1859 (before society was electrified) and 1921(before the power grid had developed to the point where it played any significant role) would today result in large-scale blackouts lasting for months or years."