“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
Note: “Would Be a Catastrophe” even back when the agencies involved in mitigating the disaster still existed.
Oy. I really don’t want to see what happens when we’re faced with an actual challenge. This is… yikes.
I would get a case of beer and go to the library and read until the internet was back on. You can’t stop my escapism that easily.
I think it might take a little longer to get everything back up and running than you’re anticipating. Also what library haven’t they all closed down now?
https://youtu.be/Azew9RHYneE
It’s all right, Trump will redirect the solar flare by drawing a new line on a chart. Plasma is very accommodating as everybody is well aware.
Can’t we just rake the sun?
CMEs are not solar flares.
We could party like it’s 1899!
Or instead go bonkers as society devolves:
The Carrington Event