A Carrington event like the one in the 1850′s would be disastrous today. “One Second After” was a great book on the subject.
Yawn
Nope. Agent K said it best.
“There’s always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!”