It has been a concern by those who take science seriously, that there are cosmic events, such as mass ejections of radiation from the sun from solar storms, that could fry the techno-industrial society instantly and lead within weeks to the death of up to 90 percent of the population, according to US government, and CIA estimate, according to the late Dr Peter Pry, Executive Director, Task Force on National and Homeland Security. A Carrington Event like this occurred in 1859, and set telegraph lines on fire.
It just so happened that the Earth narrowly missed another solar eruption on March 12, 2023, that would have ended the world as we know it. This was mentioned by NASA, but here is the only reference I have found in the conservative press about it, from the American Thinker.com. If mainstream society goes off line there is the potential of 450 nuclear reactors going into meltdown after backup diesel runs out and this is far worse than nuclear bombs going off; each one is a Chernobyl.
