The Geomagnetic Storm of 1989

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Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2012

It blacked out all of Quebec, but a larger storm could have more catastrophic effects. Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/a-perfect-storm-of-planetary...

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  • Sudden current surges is why fuses were invented . . .

  • @TedRobotBuilder Don't put too much stock in this, but I THINK what happened was that the magnetic 'storm' caused excess amounts of current to be built up in the grid, the wires etc. This excess current was then essentially fed to the transformer at the nuc plant which overloaded it and generated a crap-ton (slightly more than a metric-ton) of heat.

  • He wasn't too clear on what made the transformer melt/fail. Was it the storm or the overload from the blackout?

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