If I told you that the Earth came within a hair's breadth of disaster in May 2024, would you believe me? We experienced a global Carrington event and this storm could have been fatal for our culture in a matter of minutes. This time we got off lightly, the G5 event only caused minor regional damage. It was a different story around 200 years ago: When a huge cosmic shower of particles hit the earth back then, fires broke out and people thought that God's punishment had come upon them. Today, we already know a lot more about gigantic solar storms that can attack and destroy power lines and communication systems and we know that the danger is not over yet.