Headlines sound like "The next Carrington event could fry anything with electronics!" But it's not true. The danger is that a CME can interact with the Earth's

Headlines sound like "The next Carrington event could fry anything with electronics!" But it's not true. The danger is that a CME can interact with the Earth's magnetic field to induce a large current in the Earth. Long conductors parallel to the Earth are going to experience an induced current due to coupling with the ground. This is what got the telegraph system in trouble in 1859. We had transcontinental lines and primitive protection. Household scale cables aren't long enough to see a problem.