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:
“Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is o’er the mountain-waves,
Her home is on the deep.”
—Thomas Campbell (1774–1844)