# The Flare [The Carrington Event](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event) was the most powerful solar event in history, setting fire to telegraph systems and causing global aurora displays for a week. The Martin Event dwarfed it. A solar flare of unprecedented strength broke across the Earth with barely twelve hours’ warning. Every satellite fell, every communication system collapsed. The electromagnetic web we rely on fell apart. Worse still the flare exacerbated the existing damage to the climate. Extreme weather erupted across the globe, and the storms that ravaged North Carolina didn’t abate for weeks. When they did, Kettlemine, the port of entry for White Barrow L, was all but crushed. White Barrow itself remained, as did the other sites, but only just. The world went dark but the campfires of White Barrow kept burning. Barely. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://olivex-1.gitbook.io/dustland-litepaper/story/dustland-history/the-flare.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.