Archived Can Americas Power Grid Survive an Electromagnetic Attack? (ztechnews.ml)
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[–] ilikeskittles ago
I fear the CME more than anything. Carl Sagan said in one of his last interviews that "We've built a society dependent on technology that very few people understand." Let that sink in. What will society do if all this shit stops working at once?
[–] TheBuddha ago
There's going to be some strife, but we will survive. I'd not want to be in a city when it happens - and it will happen. There is a 100% chance that it will happen. It's what stars like ours do and we are terrifyingly close to it. Humans are a bit like cockroaches, so we will survive. I don't have enough information to predict population losses, but it's going to get ugly for a while.
If I know it's coming, I'll just disconnect from the grid and turn the solar panels over and put the brakes on the turbines before flipping the breaker and killing the power to everything.
[–] Pawn ago
The whole purpose of the noaa space weather prediction center is to give you an early warning over CME. If a big one were to be on its way you would know about it, everyone would know about it.
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
[–] ilikeskittles ago
Sounds like you're prepared! I hope we get some warning (we should); So we can take as much offline as possible.