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"Uncharted territory as G6 geomagnetic storm likely to plunge Earth into full electrical darkness this Wednesday, scientists warn
NOAA and other agencies worldwide are warning about an impending geomagnetic storm, which has since been nicknamed as the New Carrington Event, in allusion to the historical event that took place in 1859. Observation data has shown an unprecedented skyrocketing of Planetary K indices in the latest 48 hours, with a tendency to reach a level higher than G5, currently the highest possible class for geomagnetic storms. Scientists are rushing to try and understand what caused the surge as well as possible mitigations before all scientific apparata go dark. While the storm is unlikely to cause any harms to life on Earth, the human world as we know it may be replaced by a new Stone Age. Electric systems worldwide have already faced surges since Sunday, with widespread fire across transmission lines. Entire data centers, including Cloudflare and Google, went dark and took swathes of the Internet down. Some specialists are optimistic that our current technology is resilient enough to survive the storm, despite the ongoing surges.
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We'd still be able to mine and forge metal so more like a second Iron Age