The Carrington Event: Earth's Electronic Apocalypse

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Source/Further reading:
History, the Carrington Event: www.history.com/news/a-perfec...
Scientific American, studies warn of cataclysmic solar storms: www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
NASA, 2012 superstorm near-miss: science.nasa.gov/science-news...
NASA Spaceflight, Carrington Event warning: www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/...
BBC Solar Storms explained: www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...
Cosmos, are Carrington-sized events more common than previously thought? cosmosmagazine.com/space/bewa...
Possible other Carrington-sized events: spaceweatherarchive.com/2020/...
History of telegraph communication: www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time...
Texas Storm death toll: www.npr.org/2021/03/26/981594...

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[@Jaime13R]

Ok wtf my power was out for about 45 minutes, it came back on and what’s the first thing in my subscriptions?? The carrington event 🤣😂

[@mrburn6119]

good video until the end - how foolish to think that a geomagnetic Event would NOT cause the collapse of civilization. making telegraph poles is relatively easy, making transformers - when you have NO electricity is even easier? sarcasm LOOK- On a serious note - This is the reason the uk wiring regs changed (recently) to a non combustible consumer unit and recommend a ecd (earth current discharge) .when a GM storm hits ( the energy from the storm (and our own planet)) will still travel along these lines, blowing the transformers, and causing fires in domestic properties. IF you dig deep enough then you will find that the uk power grid is replacing SOME of its transformers, so that when a GM storm hits they will NOT turn off the power and let these new transformers 'ride' the storm, sadly these transformers do have a limit. The x ray and gamma radiation would erase data on devices unless it was effectively shielded (most are not). Our magnetic field has WEAKENED 15% since carrington. How very naïve to think that the loss of power, communication, work, money, shops, the way food is made available, on an ENTIRE CONTINENT (at the least) - would not lead to the collapse of the civilization - very, very naïve. CME hits this minute - how much food do you have? how much WATER (electricity is needed to filter and pump water)?, how much money to buy food (as long as the shops open/has food) now multiply this by your WHOLE continent. Finally who said 2012 was the end of the world? the Mayan's? or the 2 professors who put a date on it? Really good propaganda when the Mayan's said that Coming into the age of Aquarius the planet would suffer fire as it has suffered before in the past (fire/water/ice). And very finally - perhaps you should research what happened in the 18 months prior to nasa being formed (hint: it has to do with, lost radio transmission, the sun, and evidence of VERY severe (cataclysmic) solar activity), TO make the glass they found on the moon needs so much heat (official version) that it would in fact vaporise the moon, but if you subject moon dust to plasma then you get the EXACT same glass - no heat (as done in the national physic lab). The world in peril - White, the meeting at the pentagon.

[@thesuccessfulone]

2:37 Perfect

[@TeeGar]

I'm guessing the proceeds go towards your hair club for men membership

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Just a thought, but we can EM shield electronics we want to protect, so can we do the same EM shielding for both the internet hubs, transformers, other machines, and the wires themselves?

[@garyhendrick4391]

"So long as our leaders are willing to listen to scientists, we should be ok" We are screwed

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Oh they listen. But they also listen to how little voters give a crap about things like this unless they happen and how resistant people are to paying for prevention of things they don't understand.

[@cattibingo]

@@somethinglikethat2176 "how dare you increase tax by a few percent in order to avoid future disaster"

[@killman369547]

@@cattibingo It would be fine if the taxes actually went to what they're meant to go to instead of corrupt politicians' pockets. Maybe that's why people don't like high taxes, because they know what it really goes to.

[@hartunstart]

They spend too much time listening climate scientists. They don't have time to listen real scientists.

[@garyhendrick4391]

@@hartunstart Lol.

[@crispyandspicy6813]

Everybody gangsta till the Sun says "That's enough internet for you"

[@jacob4920]

@Infinus Ultima The good news will be the untimely death of Twitter. Which I think would universally make the world a better place...

[@woodonfire7406]

@@jacob4920 bad news KZbin will be no more

[@MilkoOfficialChannel]

🤣🤣🤣

[@abt815]

@Infinus Ultima people might be the worst part about that.

[@grahambird2208]

Games that you don't need internet for will get popular again

[@justalurkr]

Knowing there are actions we can take to mitigate the damage is good. Knowing those actions require a level of cooperation and willingness to sacrifice short term profits is terrifying.

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

It's stupid and concerning that those in charge of society only think profit even if it harms those who hold them up.

[@scibanana3542]

_Star spangled banner plays_

[@JeepCherokeeful]

Governments could and should protect us from this…not the evil capitalists

[@amransom26]

We’re so f**ked... “As long as our leaders listen to scientists” I actually laughed out loud on that part.

[@joshstueber1828]

I don't think they even know science is a thing. Have you seen the amount of people now (2 years later after your comment), thinks space is fake and a possible scare tactic?

[@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313]

At least this apocalypse will wipe my internet history for me while I die

[@mammuchan8923]

But the Ads will go on forever 😳

[@Swoop187OG187]

Solar flares cant kill people, lol - just unprotected electronics..

[@canaan5337]

@@Swoop187OG187 unprotected Electronics failing at the wrong time can be fatal. Like if all the electrical systems that keep airplanes and helicopters in the air fail it would be fatal to the people in the helicopters and the airplanes and the people under them when and where they crash.

[@rcknbob1]

@@Swoop187OG187 How about pacemakers, insulin pumps,etc.? Admittedly, not a large number of people - but how many fatal traffic accidents due to micro-controllers going out in cars and traffic control systems?

[@Swoop187OG187]

@@rcknbob1 All of those essential electronics are insulated so they're not at risk of failing in the event of a EMP/CME... The only electronics that are at risk of failing are consumer products, and only because it doesn't make economic sense to go the extra mile and have these cheap products shielded - for example; like a TV, video game council, some computers etc.. But all essential electronics are shielded in the event that we do have a massive EMP/CME.. Look, this is obviously an interesting phenomena but not one that should frighten anyone, lol... There are plenty other alien objects in space that have the potential to wipe humanity into oblivion.. You know what's scary? the fact that somewhere out there in the void of space are numerous rocks tens of miles in diameter and others the size of cities which are all on track to hit the Earth one day - and it's not even a matter of "if" it's "when" - now that is terrifying.. But at the very least we can do something about that easily - but what we can't do easily is stop a "super-volcano" from erupting - now the next time that happens it's going to be a dark day for humanity. Then you have these fools talking about climate change, lol.. SMH.. Climate change is an inconvenience which no one will notice - not a threat to humanity like a super-volcano or a space rock the size of NYC aimed right at the Earth, lol... Of course there are quasars too which would essentially vaporize the planet ..... I suppose my point is that there is a lot of scary shit out there that is far more dangerous to humanity than an EMP/CME and it's not a question of if these terrible events are going to happen it's when these terrible events are going to happen.. Of course the odds of any of these events happening in our lifetime or even close to it is slim to nearly impossible - unfortunately tho some future society will absolutely have to deal with these terrible natural events and hopefully they will have the technology to do something about them..

[@Blanchy10]

I was working in summer at Perisher, a ski resort in Sothern NSW Australia about 2000 when we were warned about solar flairs. One afternoon, after work we were having a beer above the parked machinery and a 6x6b Mercedes truck started up. Looked around and all of us workers were present but no-one near the truck. I went down found the truck was locked, had to go and get the key unlock it, turn it on and then off to get it to shut down. Mechanics would not believe me the next day but I think the static electricity had tripped a relay in the starter system. Was very weird. Late that night saw Aurora Australis for the one and only time.

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

Wow

[@MTG69]

The 6x6b Mercedes Truck is probably a transformer. If Shia LaBeouf shows up, good luck. If Megan Fox shows up, call me.

[@sigmundfreud7903]

If there’s people who scare you about AI, just remember gargantuan EMPs from our Sun can deliver a helluva shakedown.

[@christinearmington]

From the sun?

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

This is why it is also important to install generators to our homes without actually plugging them in so they don't fry, too, and to keep lots of gas for said generators.

[@jamesbedford7327]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 Petrol/Gasoline will go bad if you store it for long periods

[@HeleSha]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 It needs to be in a proper solid and sealed Faraday cage. It will likely not survive. Even then..... it might not. Remember.... The telegraph machines worked after they'd been disconnected from power!!!!

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Hahahahahaha

[@diGritz1]

One of the more interesting effects was that after unplugging the batteries that power the telegraph. Operators found they could still send and receive without power. It was due to the huge amount of charged particles in the lines.

[@LordMcKrakenVonLittleBits]

It's things like this that put into perspective how delicate our lives are. In a day we can go from technology dependant to full on medieval.

[@SupersuMC]

Medieval? No, no, we're going back to the Stone Age! ;-)

[@christinearmington]

If only I had a horse . . . 🤨

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

More like stone age. Medieval would be far more modern than humanity could be, without the phones & internet & angry birds.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I hope not as ignorant as in those ages. And I hope no one brands me as a heathen that needs rehabilitation.

[@MarcusCollins69]

@@ginnyjollykidd if we get set back We aren't coming back Materials now require we excavate and stuff which we won't be able to do It's all or nothing now

[@operator0]

Simon thinks the government will warn us ahead of time of an event like this. Bless his heart.

[@mrburn6119]

they have had since 1956, so yep agree with you

[@Junkinsally]

The dense public wouldn’t believe it if they were told!

[@kegsofvomitspit]

You think “the government” is some kind of homogeneous hive-mind. Bless your stunted brain.

[@mrburn6119]

@@kegsofvomitspit IT is, a hive mind , a hive mind that does not give a feck about 'common' people.

[@mrburn6119]

@@Junkinsally The trouble is that if the men in white coats all made a mainstream media declaration then the public would believe it- the result complete panic and chaos- EXACTLY the reason that we have not Officially been told

[@blackblurable]

“Will happen within our lifetime.” Not if I die first!

[@penismightier9278]

Thank you for specifying Claw Vega. As opposed to Dictator Vega.

[@hildemel]

Almost had it this year!

[@ro4eva]

A 'Carrington Event' completely ending Twitter, Facebook, and so forth (most social media) is something I would absolutely celebrate.

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

Says it on youtube…honestly if you don’t have social media it doesn’t really matter

[@pd1jdw630]

There will always be ham radio.

[@nightruler666]

They'll get bailed out

[@janetwhite7786]

@@pd1jdw630 For the half dozen ppl who still have sets.

[@your-username-here2308]

Says the Person who uses KZbin.

[@everyoneash]

If covid has taught us anything...we are so screwed if a Carrington event happens again

[@Giganfan2k1]

Half the world would be unprepared. The other half would go into the shop to make improvised EMPs.

[@Giganfan2k1]

But hey someone finally got rid of that 5G tower menace.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

With every scientific advance, new evidence to show that we’re totally screwed!!

[@wolfthorn1]

House of cards. When the right card is pulled. We never put a lot of effort into fortifying our infrastructure.

[@barrydysert2974]

When 😿

[@jimgurtner]

I recommend the book “One Second After” by William R. Forstchen. It portrays what would happen if the power went out in the US for a year or more. He makes a strong argument, through a dramatized story, how 80% or more of American citizens would be dead in the first year.

[@RainbowManification]

If it’s only confined to the US. There would be a mass exodus to other countries

[@jimgurtner]

@@RainbowManification With no electricity, there would be no fuel for transportation.

[@jimgurtner]

@Commander Rockwell Awesome idea! I have to look into that!

[@rarelycold6618]

Yeah, but those pesky city people would be gone

[@twinkydinosaur]

why is it always just about Americans dude

[@chrislong3938]

NOAA in Boulder Colorado holds daily space weather meetings every morning. It's kinda cool to see them go through each potential hazard!

[@doggedout]

Plot twist: The Sun actually monitors all communications on earth, hears Simon call it "a dick", decides to fart in his general direction.

[@terryarmbruster9719]

Isn't that a prison love call?

[@888johnmac]

could be worse .. it might say his mother smells of elderberries

[@llamasugar5478]

😂

[@jamescoop8979]

CHARGE!

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

Well, then we will know he got sunburnt.

[@NajwaLaylah]

I hope the League of Knowledgeable Bald Men is working on averting this looming disaster.

[@shxtgigs4662]

I would watch that movie for sure

[@TheKazragore]

Somebody alert Vsauce Michael.

[@306champion]

Najwa, he's not bald, he's got a strip around the outside but missing a bit up the middle, the rest is shaved because of vanity.

[@reddune6185]

Unfortunately it's not like a meteor, the only thing that you can do is get way underground or in a cave and have plenty of supplies and a plan.. 😏

[@TheDalaiLamaCon]

It's Kylie Minogue under all that brillo.

[@RogueHippie13]

“Could it happen again?” If the result would be bad, then the answer is absolutely “yes”

[@000netko]

Now I can add solar storms to the list of things you made me afraid of on a daily basis, along with earthquakes, nuclear fallout, supervolcanoes, weirdly shaped interstellar rocks, islands filled with bird poop, cannibal river islands and anthrax

[@drevil3606]

Spiders ??

[@LikeTheBirb]

Can't forget about sinkholes

[@TheQueenRulesAll]

Don't forget the viruses in melting permafrost we have not been exposed to for thousands of years.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Add BSE and other neurodegenerative diseases.

[@RadenWA]

Why would you be afraid of bird poop island on a daily basis 🤔

[@AirShark95]

One thing to note is that our magnetic fields are about 10% weaker than during the Carrington Event. Our primary defense is being lost and it will make the effects be felt even more severely on Earth.

[@mrburn6119]

15% if not more EONF

[@dennischristensen5892]

and its still weakening!

[@reddune6185]

It doesn't help that they sell solar flares as the Carrington event is the worst it could be. The next big one can be many times more magnitude than that.

[@AirShark95]

@@reddune6185 Stars like the Sun have been observed putting out colosal flares, far larger than the Carrington Event. It could be that these events are rare and happen in timescales of many millenia, but you are right. It seems thay Carrington Events are not the strongest erruption our sun could produce, we just don't really know yet given how little time we have had to study our Sun.

[@donise8406]

Yes we all know the Sky is Falling

[@1themaster1]

What about pacemakers? I can imagine that such a magnetic storm would be a life-threatening horror show for cardiac disease patients.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Or anyone else with an electronic organ part. Or just hospitals in general.

[@malcansdell5778]

You may just die a few days earlier. So no big deal.

[@gw10758]

A pacemaker would likely be fried during such an event also. Sorry.

[@scottyford4224]

Winter storm this year was the craziest , coldest experience of my life. Live in ft Worth. The loss of power and water for a week was something i dont ever want to go thru again.

[@luvthetux]

FYI, if such a thing happened now a days... remember to fill your bathtub up. The tub holds many gallons of water to use in any emergency really. It never occurred to me in 2019. We had a wind storm snapping power poles, and our power was out for a week. Towards the end of that week for 1 day we had no water either, since there was no power for the pumps to get it to us. Fortunately we are downhill from the pump so gravity fed it to us some, if not, we would have been without water sooner.

[@PRNOBTCH]

Oh yeah, because stagnated water is a great thing.We're really trying to go back in time and create bacterial infections aren't we

[@302racing3]

How many song references do you want in your chapter titles? Simon: *yes*

[@phelyan]

How many War of the Worlds references do you want in the script? Simon: very yes

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

And make them all Beatle songs!! Especially Mr. Blue Sky. But that's an ELO so.. DO IT!!!!!

[@brianmartindale2221]

Simon: "Hello darkness my old friend ..." Maybe we get some sounds of silence from some folks, eh? Did Donald Trump recently get hit by a solar flare?

[@fixman88]

@@SkywalkerSamadhi Here Comes The Sun is also the name of a song by Bill Wurtz (with a really neat 3D animation he did to go with it).

[@joshuadannaker7794]

* waiting for the sun is a Doors song ..I would've been smitten if they opted to fit Velvet Underground's song Who Loves the Sun.

[@tommysheehan2136]

Astrophysics student here. Can confirm, our sun is a dick-definitely a Napoleon complex

[@springbok4015]

Thankfully our Sun is no small fellow.

[@hosmerhomeboy]

It's because it's small and alone. Jealous of all it's more magnificent, sociable compatriots.

[@ernestolombardo5811]

Nope, that would be red dwarf stars. With a wafer-thin buffer between their fusion core and the surface, these tiniest of stars spew out CarringtonX1000 on a regular basis.

[@tommysheehan2136]

@@ernestolombardo5811 our sun is very average in size and brightness but Napoleon was about average height and power too, so I stand by my joke lmao

[@killman369547]

Well, i prefer a sun that is a bit of a dick to a sun that is the cosmic equivalent of Hannibal Lecter.

[@LittleDergon]

I studied CMEs and their effects on our magnetic field for my university degree so this video was right up my alley! 😁

[@tammyvanwinkle8870]

So, did you study cyclical micronova? I've been a daily viewer of YT Suspicious Observers. Top Notch solar new and science.

[@LittleDergon]

@@tammyvanwinkle8870 I studied the CME effects on two layers of our atmosphere to try to prove there was a connection between the two due to the CME despite there being another atmospheric layer between them that didn't react to CMEs. It was for my final dissertation which is why it ended up weirdly specific 😅

[@tammyvanwinkle8870]

@@LittleDergon That's amazing. Thanks for sharing. Love and respect 🌻🌹🦋🙏🏻

[@ronstriz594]

Dude your stellar. The way you explain the way you communicate info is off the charts. Super duper well done ✅

[@bradhobbs6196]

Simon: It could cost $2.6 Trillion Dollars! US Congress: Rookie numbers. Hold our beers.

[@jwenting]

AOC: WOW, the sun just caused my Green New Deal to come through and I didn't even have to vote for it!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

@U WinTV CME's have nothing to do with Climate Change. Whether it is real or not does not influence CME frequency or severity.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

@U WinTV There really aren't many true "deniers", but there are many who question the politics of it, the corruption associated with it, and a fat former wannabe president poncing around the world being enriched by it. I actually don't care much either way, both sides are puerile and thuggish.

[@jwenting]

@U WinTV yes, it's great fun making fun of idiots who think the climate never changed before humans started driving cars.

[@maplenook]

Us won’t last that long

[@thcdreams654]

As a dude living in New England I hope you didn't jinx us. If you did I'm coming for your cereal.

[@GerSanRiv]

That magic spoon sounds good.

[@imouse3246]

@@GerSanRiv Good and pricey.

[@Scottocaster6668]

"Cereal Killer" 😆

[@imouse3246]

@@Scottocaster6668 Jack the Eater.

[@NoadiArt]

Right? I lived through the Ice Storm of 1998 and I'd rather skip anything like that again, that long without power was awful

[@robsgirl7778]

Well being from Texas, and making it through the power grid failure this past February, I thing we have a pretty good idea of what that next Carrington event would feel like

[@soil-play]

Except that the actual electrical infrastructure would be destroyed and need to be remanufactured/replaced....

[@MrT------5743]

You also probably still had communications, TV, Phone etc to know what is happening. The next Carrington event, you will be without everything, food, water, communications, power, money, fuel, transportation etc.

[@WingManFang1]

16:38 at the point when you reference the Freeze Disaster here in Texas earlier this year I had a PTSD flashback. It was my birthday when the snow started to fall and the ice started to form...my request for time off at one job was denied and I guess nature decided I was taking time off anyways...I saw people in the streets unable to get home or find shelter in some cases, cars got stuck or even crashed due to ignorance or fear, and people strait up died because of the ignorance of our power companies and the local government not providing the power they are not allowed to deny us. I almost froze at my second job with a tiny portable heater to pass from hands to feet every few minutes, and at home I had to wear Double layers of clothes and gloves under several layers of blankets, and we had to eat junk food unless we could make it to a restaurant that stayed open on a generator or the grid by the hospitals, and we had to get enough food to last days. It was a nightmare...

[@Dalenra3013]

People are more likely to hide in a basement during a tornado, than a hurricane. Hurricanes give enough warning for folks to get out of Dodge, tornadoes- not so much. :/ Either way, great video! The Carrington Event has terrified me since I first learned about it.

[@BBulletin]

Before COVID, I wouldn't have been worried about us being ready.

[@MoarPye]

Yep, now we have to expect all the Carrington Deniers to deliberately re-network isolated and shielded systems while claiming that it's all fake news; until it actually happens, at which point they'll switch to claiming that it's a Socialist Liberal Plot to take away their Free Speech Twitters. :/

[@farlesbarkley1022]

@Bob Bob It means he is young and didn't realize the nature of the real world

[@kacgb5315]

@@MoarPye ....ok I see obviously trying to right wingers....and yes they ar being banned and their speech taken away, anyway the whole covid stuff majority of right wingers believ it, it's just that they see how the government has taken advantage of it to lock all in their homes and become authoritarian....sooo ya dont have to over think it

[@BBulletin]

@Bob Bob The disorganized response to the pandemic managed to prove that we are even less prepared to respond to catastrophic events than I thought. Instead we dismantled what preparations had been made shortly before needing them. (At least here in the USA, where we claim to be in the lead of everything.)

[@patricktho6546]

you fool ;)

[@sidearmsalpha]

It's crazy how our reliance on modern technology is such a double-edged sword.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 YOU BET !!!

[@TwelveFrames]

Ha! Never in my life would I think that Bealton, VA (where I lived once upon a time) would EVER pop up in a Simon video.

[@Scottocaster6668]

The Sun can hear you Simon. Calling it a "Dick" may not be in our favor 😆.

[@jasondantzler2708]

😊 Funny.

[@mashrien]

Especially not with 2020/2021 being the magnificent clusterfuck they have been. Seems like poking a sleeping bear with a stick

[@Scottocaster6668]

@@mashrien haha, putting his paw in a bowl of warm water.

[@jasondantzler2708]

@@mashrien Or poking the sun with a stick. Which would be useless. Which would you rather poke? A bear, or a star?

[@isee7668]

that was funny

[@_SimpleJack_]

Anything that shuts down social media is okay with me!

[@Sixstringman]

It would be a real chance to weed out the stupidity.

[@Lady-Mara]

Yeeeessssss Is it bad that I really want this to happen? As much as I enjoy KZbin and internet, it would be gruesomely interesting to see this happen. I have preppers in my life, and I'll be able to most likely survive but internet has become mostly cancerous

[@judithann7193]

Really?

[@MegaKat]

Same here, but I worry I'll lose my pictures of my kids. Didn't own a cell phone until I was 30 (now 37), but haven't owned a camera since then, unfortunately.

[@TheLiamis]

Agreed. Humanity would improve rapidly over the 5 years it will take to rebuild the grid.

[@paulkurilecz4209]

"... spewing out material like a child projectile vomiting on a merry go round." Excellent allegory, I applaud your skills sir.

[@LothlorianOG]

For anyone interested, Id recommend a book called "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. While it was written about an EMP attack (which was all the craze when it was written), the issues faced during a blackout are applicable to this sort of event as well.

[@brittanyjennings4236]

Here's the thing though, those of us in the northeastern US are so used to losing power every winter that we all have generators. Whenever a blackout occurs in my neighborhood that's all I can hear is the rumbling of people's generators automatically coming alive. The trouble would then become finding fuel to keep them running for extended periods of time.

[@888johnmac]

most modern generators have some sort of electronic controller , which could be fried same as everything else

[@BluePhoenix1973]

considering gas pumps use electricity and gas goes bad if left exposed to the air for too long...

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

@@888johnmac If the blast lasts long enough for the generators to come online, they take a hit too. If they are disconnected and shut down, and stay untill the weather clears , they could be usable. Gas does run out eventually...

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

This is why it is also important to install generators to our homes without actually plugging them in so they don't fry, too, and to keep lots of gas for said generators.

[@hughjass4838]

Any gas engine has an ignition coil, which is just a small transformer. An emp can fry the ignition and no gas engine would run. No electronics means no modern trucks or cars would run, so no food delivered to stores.

[@jebusfreak9339]

Just smoked two bowls and am now 12 mins in and the anxiety is at a 10 lol

[@purplepimple2610]

Cool pot reference

[@BluePhoenix1973]

ooooppppsss! lol

[@njrasmussen5515]

Don't get too anxious man I understand I'm about to roll me a happy cigarette. No fear be prepared have yourself a backup plan. Canned goods last for years you can never have enough canned goods in your home. The kind of work I do when I go to an empty house that has cand goods doesn't matter the condition I take them roach poop and all I clean them off and store it!

[@cbhaessig]

That’s why you must do research and keep yourself informed. At the end the only one you can trust for the truth is yourself. We live in the era of Deception & the more we know, the more prepared we can be. But as you know MSM are there to keep people dumbed down & totally unaware of all that’s going on

[@matthewkashnig3061]

Good. It's real and nobody is doing nothing about it. Kinda like 2008 crises. Everyone knew but nobody did nada

[@jonjahr3403]

I believe in terms of a Carrington level solar event hitting earth again, Woody Harrelson said it best in the movie 2012 when he asked "Where are they gonna plug in their electric cars then?"

[@anitawi2309]

Thank you, this is exactly what I was thinking. Hmmm, not good. I Wouldn't want to be sitting inside of one of these computers. Yikes😳😳

[@PrezVeto]

It's absolutely crazy that water-pumping equipment and enough generating equipment to power them aren't universally EM-shielded in developed countries.

[@3r1414]

This is one of the reasons I live off the grid, literally everything I need I can get for myself without civilization. However not having youtube or disney plus would suck.

[@austenhead5303]

I'm increasingly coming around to your way of thinking. Civilisation is nice, but so fragile these days.

[@wisersamson9000]

You're on KZbin right now, you must not be that far off the grid....

[@ScottysHaze]

@@wisersamson9000 Exactly. Someone should teach that person what "off the grid" means.

[@ajstevens1652]

@@wisersamson9000 Using internet, electricity and a mobile device/desktop 😂

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

This is why it is also important to install generators to our homes without actually plugging them in so they don't fry, too, and to keep lots of gas for said generators.

[@4thbalanceofpower]

Simon making “number loving scientists” sound like an insult 😂

[@sugarnim78]

Imagine being so chronically online the Sun itself decides "that's it, no wifi for you"

[@samanthasays3603]

Excellent video, as always. It shows how dependent we've become on technology and the internet. Bravo for mentioning 2 of my favorite Beatles songs.

[@mehmedduska924]

The anecdote about the Colorado miners cracked me up.

[@michaelmayhem350]

"so long as we have leaders that listen to scientists..." Simon it's very clear you don't live in the USA

[@burnedrat7416]

Lmao, you said "leaders." Which of course do what needs to be done because it needs to be not worrying about being reelected. Idoit.

[@theprogram863]

Simon's line didn't age well. With the release of the Fauci emails under the Freedom of Information Act to news agencies like the Washington Post, it's now emerging that some of what was presented as unassailable scientific fact was not only wrong, but Fauci knew it was wrong at the time. In fact, quite a lot of what a certain "populist who doesn't listen to scientists" said, dismissed as utterly unsupported by evidence if not outright lies at the time, turns out now to have either been true or supported by facts and potentially true but still debatable.

[@MrCooljeppe]

@@theprogram863 with a quick google search, i learned that your claim is bs.

[@utarefson9]

@@MrCooljeppe Care to share your source then?

[@theprogram863]

@@utarefson9 I'm guessing if he really did look anything up, his sources are from before the emails were released. There's a lot of other information coming out as well, so instead of arguing back and forth, let's all just wait 30 days and see. I feel like time's on my side here.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

I'm loving the song-title section headers--Thanks for an interesting video AND the surprise smiles :)

[@elchinator]

Simon, your forgot one very important fact: switching off computers will not help! As with any EMP, the destructive power affects electric leads, as they act like an antenna. The electricity is induced by the magnetic storm and fries the whole computer, even if it is shut down. The only protection is a Farraday Cage, but that won't help most of earth's electronic devices. Based on that, there will be no "coming out on the other side, slightly bothered by the outage"...

[@semperfiguy98]

"there will always be an American waving a gun" ... Best line ever spoken

[@awolfalone2006]

I was about to get defensive when he said that but then I remembered people shoot at hurricanes so...yeah, accurate.

[@rickberrey1642]

‘Murica!!!

[@kyledonahue9315]

God willing ✊😌

[@314jeepsnmopars3]

Truest

[@bamarock929]

Better than waving a white flag

[@JDBlack3347]

Honestly, given how tight our economy runs things like food distribution, food shortages could easily occur as a result of a modern day Carrington

[@QoraxAudio]

Yep and people will start looting other peoples homes within just a week, since humanity is intrinsically evil.

[@Torgonius]

We get that now without one.

[@cavetroll]

A very nice and concise description of the aiming process squire. Your videos really are invaluable!

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

I do love at least 3 of your channels. I'm looking for more. I love your content Simon

[@izzzthewizzz]

Same this man is a virtual gold mine of good content

[@matthewryan647]

Aurora Borealis, at this time of the day, in this part of the country, localised entirely within your kitchen! Can I see it?

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Err No.

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

Seymore! The house is on fire!

[@AspasiaB]

I'll bring the steamed hams!

[@bplup6419]

That's just the electrical grid collapsing mother!

[@randomeh393]

imagine if this had happened 2020. absolute year of hell

[@Kanitoxx]

It might not be good to say, but we are going to be just getting out of the real second wave of Covid and we will get a solar flare that will disrupt everything in 2023-24... I'm absolutely sure about it

[@humbertosantos6229]

@@Kanitoxx Absolutely? What proof do you have to be "Absolutely" sure? What scientist team are you in? Where did you study? What's your background?

[@Kanitoxx]

@@humbertosantos6229 I said it so blatantly to be wrong, hoping that nothing happens hahahaha

[@nicholasvalentine3907]

Maybe it will happen in 2020... damn I'm lost in time again!

[@nicholasvalentine3907]

@@Kanitoxx You're very much a glass half empty sort of chap, yes?

[@glennanderson7795]

This is a fine bit o' stuff! I knew (sort of) about this, but the detail given is so interesting in its presentation and absorbable even in this ancient noggin! Thank you & VBW x

[@robnoxiousplays2385]

The sheer cheek in this script. I love it.

[@leebuckley7436]

Quite good timing seeing as how we've just had a plasma filament eruption directly facing us and a c class CME to our left in the last 24 hours 👍

[@ilovecoffeev]

Got any links about this? I heard something but can't seem to find when I look for it

[@barrydysert2974]

@@ilovecoffeev go to Suspicious Observers here on utube. He covers space weather 7 days a week around 7am Eastern. Class c CME is small potatoes. Nothing to worry too much about. But then, 🔆 can do unexpected things at any time!:-| 🖖

[@barrydysert2974]

Class c. Pfft. Class m or X however, pray or cross your fingers or both!:-| 🖖

[@leebuckley7436]

Yeah class c is piddly for sure but indicators are that the sun is indeed waking up. SuspiciousObservers is a great channel to follow, been an observer myself for 2 years

[@hosmerhomeboy]

@@ilovecoffeev tamitha skov is another good space weather channel. I'm a big fan of a guy called anton petrov for most of my space based news.

[@BobbyB910]

In the late 90s I remember seeing the northern lights in Texas it’s the only time I’ve ever seen it. I live in Michigan now and still haven’t seen the northern lights

[@avanellehansen4525]

On my bucket list

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

What part of Michigan? I grew up in WI, 10 miles from the UP border and regularly saw them.

[@BobbyB910]

@@VictoriousGardenosaurus flint

[@BobbyB910]

@@VictoriousGardenosaurus but not the ghetto part lol

[@karmasutra4774]

I saw some in the early 2000’s in Georgia one night

[@weywey3318]

Such great content! Keep it up please!

[@boudicaastorm4540]

Lack of tech connection would be psychologically devastating of course, but all I can think about is the people who literally rely on things like life support in hospitals or at home and who would be totally the most in danger in this kind of situation. I hope it's well after 2023, we need a freaking break after these past few years of absolute worldwide hell.

[@JFromLA99]

I apreciate that simon writes titles like Mr. Blue Sky & Waiting For The Sun

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

I'm wondering if it is actually Simon writing them. I don't know how the dude has time to brush his hair, with all the channels he has. I sometimes try to find the which videos he recorded on the same day by matching his shirts.

[@JFromLA99]

@@SkywalkerSamadhi honestly i think the guy just wakes up and pisses excellence

[@thisisntsergio1352]

@@SkywalkerSamadhi I noticed he's on a lot of different channels. Can you help me with a list of as many as you know?

[@samuelmade5776]

Here comes the sun was a quote from one of the last songs of Bill Wurtz

[@benhook1013]

*He has writers

[@bigernmccracken5736]

Analogy Of The Year Award goes to: “Like a queasy kid projectile vomiting off the merry-go-round.”

[@dancingcarapace]

If you want a semi realistic but also fantastical idea of how life after a Geomagnetic event would be, I’d seriously recommend trying out The Long Dark, a survival game where you try to survive after your plane crashes during the First Flare into the northern Canadian island of Great Bear Island.

[@sharlawilliams-hunt2938]

As always, your videos and education topics are AMAZING. Keep up the good work. Dammit. XO

[@Reality_Filter]

Ah yes, nothing like a "steamed ham" for Super Nintendo Chalmers...

[@bogbutter]

Things like this remind me that the sun IS, in fact, a star! My research (about stars in other galaxies) is so different from my day to day life (where the sun exists) that I forget that the sun, like other stars, acts like a dick sometimes

[@mrburn6119]

recurring nova

[@Amarianee]

Lmao, hubby and I were talking about the degradation of society the other day, and I literally referenced this, "it's ok, we're just a bad solar flare away from complete destruction."

[@gamingaccount9255]

your channel deserve more than million subs, you're the best not just science but history and other facts

[@jimmygervaisnet]

Québec, mostly known internationally for Celine Dion, poutine and the '89's blackout.

[@yodorob]

Actually, the 1989 solar storm blackout in Quebec was a less significant event in its history than either the 1987 floods in Montreal from an especially strong thunderstorm or the 1998 ice storm. Though it was quite a significant event in the annals of solar storms!

[@KrisDouglas]

Okay something is going on here. Someone randomly comes up to me yesterday talking about the Carrington event, i then get a video recommendation from Fascinating Horror about it, then today, you post this video... And what is even more strange, a scientist I know mentioned 3 days ago that there are signs of a Carrington Event coming very soon... I'm no tinfoil hat wearer, but... Wuuuuut?

[@barrydysert2974]

We are all waking up to the danger. No tinfoil needed just the truth!:-| 🖖

[@brianmartindale2221]

Signs of Google listening in, more like it. You're on rhythm, man! Word moves faster than a sunspot!

[@BamBoomBots]

Memetic networks.

[@JosiahofSilverton]

Well there was a mild solar storm recently that hit the Earth with a higher than normal amount of radiation. Not enough to cause any damage, but enough to make people start talking about the Carrington event.

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

No one told you your phone is smart? And that it has a microphone? Try this: talk about a random thing, then google it. After typing the first four letters, google gives the suggestion, most of the time correct. Its listening to you, simple as that

[@robertkeable1627]

Interesting stuff. Be well and stay safe.

[@LittleDergon]

I'm surprised that you didn't emphasise that larger solar storms are not just powerful but because they are physically bigger, they take longer to pass. So even if we shut down the power grids for the storms duration, we would still be off line for a minimum of a few days

[@Honor_and_Steel]

I live close to Bealeton. Can confirm that people out this way are EXACTLY like this.

[@LordRefa]

I had a positive mind about our chances until 19:57.. Oh God, We are all going to die.

[@fresanegra77]

Please, please insert a Half Life scientist screaming WE'RE DOOMED! here

[@bkwillia78]

Good lord, please save us from the populists.

[@gnadenhofluna3388]

Brilliant as always

[@v0ldy54]

Even scarier, apparently in 774-775 it is suspected that an event that was at least 10 times more powerful than Carrington's one happened based on the worldwide amount of Carbon 14, which spiked extremely fast pretty much everywhere on Earth suggesting atmospheric (and extraterrestrial) origin. Something like that would completely devastate power grids worldwide

[@TheStaticJedi]

You can always count on a Statesider to have a gun somewhere 😂

[@randallsmith3986]

The way it should be

[@TheStaticJedi]

@@randallsmith3986 bad form

[@jamescoop8979]

A Gun?? You mean several guns!

[@quentindaniels7460]

True that. Unfortunately I dropped mine in the lake...

[@jamescoop8979]

@@quentindaniels7460 Same here....boating accident...happens alot here in the States does it not?

[@equimanthorn6185]

What a beautiful way to start off the week. Thank you, Simon.

[@jamesalles139]

what? a new channel?! subscribed.

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

so very uplifting, thanks

[@christina1wilson]

We're doomed. Politicians who listen? Where do you find those?

[@Restilia_ch]

It is precisely the possibility of an event like this hitting us (among other disasters) that led my family to keep a couple weeks worth of water, a whole mess of food, and a generator and fuel to run it for weeks on hand at all times. Hell we just added solar panels to the house so if those don't fry the whole house could be run during the day, which means the fridge and freezer would be just fine to the point we could spare electricity for neighbors.

[@Cec9e13]

Hmmmm. I wonder what WOULD happen to solar panels.

[@jerryvanderwier2310]

I feel you may have greatly minimized a worst case event. Large transformers like the ones that step power at the edge of a nuclear power stations take years to order, build, deliver, and install. Due to their large size and weight they often need the shut down and even the temporary removal of some bridges and roads to transport across the world to its new location. Further, only a few companies in the world build transformers. If a large number of them were knocked out across the world, it would take years just to build the manufactuing plants that would be needed to build replacements. Considering this would be a one-off build demand, prices to build new transformer factories and transformers would exponentially grow as one can't recoup the cost over time. This alone will hamper replacements. The world will need replacements at the time of destruction, and only then; not after that as they last many decades once installed. Economic impacts and electric power service in poorer or more dificult to replace areas will likely be felt for many decades. Add to this the greater demand for and replacement of fossil fuel vehicles with electric vehicles, will impact the transportation of all goods as we move down this evolution in transportation. And this doesn't even touch on the long term loss of traffic lights, food security due to freezer and refrigeration loss, and much more. Deaths from traffic accidents, food losses, heat exhaustion, loss of critical medicines/supplies, loss of water control pump stations, and much more would likely be measured in the millions and would particularly impact first world countries, which rely on very long supply chains and just-in-time deliveries. As of at least 2015, the US was greatly unprepared for this possibility and under the Trump administration it likely has not improved since. The power industry hadn't had any coordinated exercises, guidance, nor requirements to prepare for this eventuality. Additionally, local Public Utility oversight often gets in the way of prudent costly measures to insure this kind of impact as their elected leaders focus on controling immediate electric costs. While it should not be too costly to prepare for in the large scheme of things, it does require a well exercised international response plan and inventory and/or capacity build-up.

[@dianayount2122]

really interesting. never heard of this. thx for covering this phenomena

[@bobbiscub]

To be honest, I was expecting for one of these CMEs to happen December 2020. Lmao

[@Ravenforce3]

Just what I needed on my day off: another source of dread I can't control. Greaaaaaat.

[@FatRescueSwimmer04]

Great Channel!

[@dave-huston-dublin]

Excellent narration.

[@monicasodergren752]

1:12 😲 Shit, Simon, why you gotta scare the crap outta me, lol

[@daviddonohue7365]

Simon always says thanks for watching and I would just like to say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING AWESOME VIDEOS ON ALL YOUR CHANNELS🤙🏽🤙🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@ShikataGaNai100]

Another excellent video.

[@shaunnormancroft]

the scariest thing is a cashless society where all your cash is stored on computers and it all gets wiped out, so yes we definitely are screwed.

[@chrisyanover1777]

Here in Arizona if a Carrington Storm hit during the summer time when temperatures can get as high as 120 f, the death toll could be catastrophic!

[@mdohkar]

As a Brit, you should’ve mentioned the UK and Europe as well, seeing as population density is way way way higher than the US. Plus you have world powers tightly packed next to each other.

[@abbyh8678]

Ha✌️❤️ just came across your site, wow, well done

[@TheCrimsonS4ge]

I never thought that the line "Here comes the sun", could be so menacing.