March 23, 2009 (Tuesday)
- A report by NASA concludes a plasma ball released from the Sun could cause $2 trillion in damage and kill millions in the developed world from the resulting long term power outage. A geomagnetic storm similar to the Carrington event of 1859 could bring down the electrical grid. (NewScientist)
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“At the earliest ending of winter,
In March, a scrawny cry from outside
Seemed like a sound in his mind.
He knew that he heard it,
A bird’s cry, at daylight or before,
In the early March wind.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)