Solar Storms: The 1989 Blackout

Part 3 of a video series about the importance of Solar Sotrms. In this episode, Astronomer Sten Odenwald looks at one of the major blackouts due to space weather - the 1989 Blackout in Montreal and Quebec.

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[Daliwoooo]

sorry you are WRONG the blackout was Not in 1989 but 1988!...i know i was having contractions that night and had my baby the next day...a Blackout I'll never FORGET!

[JusticeNature]

@Firemerlin86 or possibly anarchy !

[Rokket]

In 1989, Tasmania, Australia, the aurora activity covered the entire sky in every direction, lasting well over 6 hours until the sunrise washed out the display.

[fakecrayonz]

@kyoku1975 ANything can happen if the earths axis gets fucked up.

[kyoku1975]

A solar storm that hits Canada and USA, ok, both countries are next to one another in the northern hemisphere. But only UK other then the two first mentioned ? ijust dont make sens since the radiation waves cant react in splitting, they have to spread out, like a cone shape, narrow part being the source of NRG and large part being wha hits the planet. It makes no sens at all ! Other countries north, south and est of UK should have been hited. Countries like rissia are on same meridian., BS :P

[Firemerlin86]

@docatomics When a thousand year solar storm eventually strikes our delicate technological society we will learn what humanity really is.

[docatomics]

@Firemerlin86 ...yeh that and what hungry cold humans will to each other when this fragile electronic backbone, the spine of technological society is snaped and no longer functions along with absolutely every piece of infastructure that realies on IC tech.

~but hey this was well know before the designs were made manditory, so perhaps this manufactured crisis is how we will test ourselves in survival for life worth; ehy ?

[HapyJac]

@WilliamBensen Howdy;

I love your programs. They are much better than the ones made to scare everyone about 2012. That brings me to the question, "What happened to the program about the solar storm of 2012 you mentioned here? I would really love to see it.

Thanks and see you in 2013

[laslos3]

@WilliamBensen  swweeeet!

[teemuruskeepaa]

Good stuff