Recently, everyone has been enthusiastically sharing stories about a solar storm causing spectacular aurora borealis, which was even visible in Texas. The solar storm was so powerful that it posed a significant threat to communication satellites and high-voltage power grids in high-latitude countries. Telecommunications and power companies were on high alert for this storm. Fortunately, nothing happened. The largest recorded solar storm in history is called the "Carrington Event," which occurred in 1859 and caused severe damage to the telegraph system. This year, 2024, is 165 years after 1859. 165 happens to be a multiple of 11. Every 11 years, the sun, this patriarch, inexplicably throws a tantrum, unleashing powerful gusts of wind that send tremors through Earth and all the creatures that temporarily inhabit it.

(2025-06-14)