Power to the entire province of Quebec was lost on March 13, 1989 when coronal mass ejections from the Sun sent a billion-ton cloud of gas our way which just happened to hit the French speaking part of Canada.
The outage lasted about 12 hours.
Coronal mass ejections William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-3-18
Oh, but things like this have no impact on our climate!
Good point.
I wonder how many little Quebecoises were born nine months later, too.