Teslas round up

the long version

"An 1859 solar event known as The Carrington Event knocked out the telegraph system. Soon, attention was diverted to another communication problem, The Civil War. In 2005, a march from the sea, Hurricane Katrina, stopped the music in New Orleans. This book concerns a Coronal Mass Ejection causing ubiquitous devastation expediently increased by the level of electronic sophistication. Unlike Katrina, no Houston could rescue refugees. Indeed, the larger cities would be most at risk ..." Amazon.com.