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The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe (gizmodo.com)
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"The exercise was held from May 8 to 9, 2024, at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and at a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) site in Denver, Colorado."

Article refers to a PDF of the report it's based on:

https://www.jhuapl.edu/sites/default/files/2025-04/Space-Weather-TTX-Report-Summary-v3-FINAL.pdf

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

The voltages involved are more likely to cause the transformers to explode rather than just tripping the breakers.

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