Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
Top comments
Please read my 2016 testimony to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the threat of solar storms: https://www.resilientsocieties.org/uploads/5/4/0/0/54008795/...
Oh, the Carrington Event again. This has been on HN several times. It ought to be on a list of common misconceptions. - This has nothing to do with "EMP". That's a big but brief RF pulse with a rise time around 1ns. This is induced DC in long wires over a period of hours. - The basic effect is that a current is induced in the earth's crust, resulting in a DC voltage between grounds at widely separated points…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 266
- Total comments
- 129
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-19 | Solar storm of 1859 | jacobmarble | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-05-13 | Carrington Event | rett12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-08-23 | Solar storm of 1859 | hawski | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-05-11 | Solar storm of 1859 | obituary_latte | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-11-04 | Solar storm of 1859First breakout | nhkssol | 109 | 45 |
| 2019-04-13 | Solar Storm of 1859 | ycHatesFreeSpch | 4 | 0 |
| 2020-05-04 | Solar Storm of 1859Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | oli5679 | 148 | 84 |