It missed us by 9 days

Current solar physics intern here studying CMEs!  I'm actually going to school for space weather as well!   I have to say, great video, and I'm very glad you made it!  This was really factual and better than 99% of the videos I see on YouTube on solar flares and CMEs.  7:32 is such a great idea of what the aurora is "doing," and something I have used to explain the processes in the magnetosphere and energy transfer to newcomers in the field.

One criticism, G1 is really nothing for power grids, and unless you're a satellite operator you probably don't need to worry.  Even G5 is not a big deal, we've hit G5 without major power grid issues before... but the problem is that after G5 there's no way to "categorize" solar storms based on KPI alone, you would have to look at other measurements like DST, AE, etc.  It's like an F5 tornado - you don't know the difference between a strong F5 and a weak F5 just by saying, "it's an F5."  The 1989 storm is a great example of how GICs (ground-induced currents) can cause transformers to become overloaded, burning them out if they're "wet" transformers (older transformers that have water contaminated in the oil, creating boiling water bubbles that shred paper insulation between coils, sparking fires).