“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
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?
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We could party like it’s 1899!
Or instead go bonkers as society devolves:
The Carrington Event