So the grid stayed on. Equipment saw prolonged exposure to this event. And months later, over a period of months, 12 transformers were lost due to that event. Then it was true that in 2012 there was a corona discharge or a solar flare, whatever we want to call it, that was pretty massive. Dr. Garwin, can you comment on that? No. Okay. Some of these things are not really on an appropriate scale because activity on the sun is not necessarily reflected in a geomagnetic event on the Earth. (04:33–04:43)
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