The USGS says that recent severe solar flares are causing electric currents 100 times the normal rate to flow through the ground in Missouri right now.
I am a fan of electricity. Like you probably do, I use a lot of electricity, yet I also fear electricity because of the whole electrocution possibilities thing. That's one reason I'm a bit nervous about news that a super high-voltage wire is being built over Missouri and Illinois right now.
Paint me skeptical. A new report claims that Missouri and other states are 'running out of power' and that rolling blackouts are inevitable. I've done some digging into data and the idea isn't as crazy as you might think.