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The Carrington event where a solar flare turned telegraph wires into those electromagnetd you build in elementary school. The current from the storm electrified

by jvm___ 4y ago

The Carrington event where a solar flare turned telegraph wires into those electromagnetd you build in elementary school. The current from the storm electrified all the telegraph cables. This would be bad for anything we've built that has a long cable run... https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURWMzE2MjgwNzI4MA/episode/NzdlMzg0ODAtOGE5OS0xMWVkLWI1NmMtOTc2YWM0ZDUyOGEz?ep=14 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGh... Or how 536 was the worst year on record (and no one really knows why) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURWMzE2MjgwNzI4MA/episode/NTNiMjhhMzQtYTA5Yy0xMWVkLTk4YTctODc0MTBhMjVlNDRk?ep=14 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGh...

alister 4y ago
> Or how 536 was the worst year on record Although I didn't listen to the 11 minute podcast, I was curious to know basically what it was about. This is what Wikipedia says about year 536: "In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as 'the worst year to be alive' because of the extreme weather events probably caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to decline and resulting in crop failures and famine for well over a year. Other researchers have noted additional adverse events during the year, including a mysterious fog, possibly due to the volcanic eruption."[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536
- charlieyu1 4y ago
  A single source of quote, and I really doubt we can find anything related in recorded history. The history books of China definitely didn't mention anything significant about year 536.
  - jvm___ 4y ago
    They should, a global darkening of the skies due to an unknown volcano or volcanoes (or something else that spewed massive amounts of dust into the atmosphere).
  - Jorge1o1 4y ago
    There’s a solid amount evidence showing that there was some kind of abnormal volcanic winter in 536. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536 Whether it was “the worst year in history” is probably tough to quantify and prove, though.

by jvm___ 4y ago

alister 4y ago

> Or how 536 was the worst year on record Although I didn't listen to the 11 minute podcast, I was curious to know basically what it was about. This is what Wikipedia says about year 536: "In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as 'the worst year to be alive' because of the extreme weather events probably caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to decline and resulting in crop failures and famine for well over a year. Other researchers have noted additional adverse events during the year, including a mysterious fog, possibly due to the volcanic eruption."[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/536

charlieyu1 4y ago
A single source of quote, and I really doubt we can find anything related in recorded history. The history books of China definitely didn't mention anything significant about year 536.
- jvm___ 4y ago
  They should, a global darkening of the skies due to an unknown volcano or volcanoes (or something else that spewed massive amounts of dust into the atmosphere).
- Jorge1o1 4y ago
  There’s a solid amount evidence showing that there was some kind of abnormal volcanic winter in 536. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536 Whether it was “the worst year in history” is probably tough to quantify and prove, though.