Solar storms do not electrocute people. They induce slow electric currents in long conductors — power lines, pipelines and undersea internet cables — which then channel the damage into substations and shore stations. The 1989 Quebec blackout took down a continent's grid in 90 seconds without a single direct strike from the Sun. The post Solar storms don’t shock people directly — they induce electric currents in long metal, meaning power lines, pipelines and undersea internet cables become the ve