The thing that EMP would hurt the most would be transmission systems.
For a longer term example of it, there was a geomagnetic storm called the Carrington event in 1859 that caused a number of interesting effects including aurora so powerful miners started making breakfast assuming it was morning, and induced electricity so strong telegraph stations caught on fire. Some telegraph operators were able to use their stations without connecting the battery, the induced emf was so great.
It's assumed that most electrical infrastructure would be destroyed if a Carrington event level solar storm hit our planet today. Even if it wasn't all destroyed, enough damage to the grid at this point I think there'd be some serious questions as to how much we could recover in a lifetime.
For a longer term example of it, there was a geomagnetic storm called the Carrington event in 1859 that caused a number of interesting effects including aurora so powerful miners started making breakfast assuming it was morning, and induced electricity so strong telegraph stations caught on fire. Some telegraph operators were able to use their stations without connecting the battery, the induced emf was so great.
It's assumed that most electrical infrastructure would be destroyed if a Carrington event level solar storm hit our planet today. Even if it wasn't all destroyed, enough damage to the grid at this point I think there'd be some serious questions as to how much we could recover in a lifetime.
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