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To: DuncanWaring
Telegraph offices caught fire. They were the only thing connected to long spans of wire. Fast forward to the current day. Every home is connected to the electrical grid. A Carrington event style of flare that runs 2 days would surely set most homes and businesses on fire. It's not just your electronic toys that will cook.
64 posted on 11/05/2013 11:51:03 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Had not fully thought that one through.

Would disconnecting your house via the main breaker prevent that?


68 posted on 11/06/2013 5:04:21 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Myrddin

By “prevent that” I meant “prevent the house from burning”.


72 posted on 11/06/2013 6:21:08 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Myrddin

Your area doesn’t require the use of ‘breaker boxes’ for home electrical installation yet?


76 posted on 11/06/2013 7:39:12 AM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Myrddin
A Carrington event style of flare that runs 2 days would surely set most homes and businesses on fire

Wouldn't our main breaker box prevent that by tripping the breaker or would the surge be so fast and overwhelming an immediate fire breaks out?

86 posted on 11/06/2013 9:35:04 AM PST by Gritty (Progressives see themselves as saints, opponents as Satanists; that justifies anything-D. Horowitz)
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