The Grid vs. The Next Big Solar Storm

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References:
[1] https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eo...
[2] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news...
[3] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news...
[4] http://www.hydroquebec.com/learning/n...
[5] https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/fea...
[6] https://www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/ScIT/In...
[7] https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
[8] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[9] https://www.nerc.com/comm/PC/Geomagne...
[10] https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/spa...
[11] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/...
[12] https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/text...
[13] https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696140...
[14] https://relays.weebly.com/electromech...
[15] https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record... [16] https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...

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