I'm thinking about solar storms: a mental exercise

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I know that if a solar storm of the magnitude of the one that hit the earth in the late 1900s (1859 IIRC) hit us today, our global power grid would probably be nearly destroyed, and may require as long as a decade to fully recover. With that possibility in mind, what effect would such a solar storm have on a home with its own solar power system, one that’s capable of fully powering the home off the grid. Does anyone have any expertise in this area, and what should people living off the grid expect following a major solar storm? I’m just wondering,

Ernie

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Can someone explain the physics of that?

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Here is a graph of sunspot numbers

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The 11 year cycle is clearly evident, but I can not see anything special in 1859?
I know sunspot numbers are not exactly solar storm activity, but they are related, I think?

Yes I found this
" More sunspots mean increased solar activity, when great blooms of radiation known as solar flares or bursts of solar material known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) shoot off the sun’s surface. "

and here is the proof

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/1120/1/012020/pdf

thet CME events are related to sunspots.

So is 1859 some special exception? It had normal sunspot numbers but a huge CME ( coronal mass ejection)?

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I don’t think so, but I do think we’re missing an important metric - the size of the sun spots during each 11-year peak. I suspect that larger sun spots will inevitably produce larger CMS. Do you agree?

Ernie

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I think so. See if I can find some data.

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I appreciate your involvement. It helps,

Ernie

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