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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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[-] DrakeAlbrecht@lemm.ee 140 points 2 days ago

Note: "Would Be a Catastrophe" even back when the agencies involved in mitigating the disaster still existed.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 32 points 2 days ago

Oy. I really don't want to see what happens when we're faced with an actual challenge. This is... yikes.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

We could party like it's 1899!

Or instead go bonkers as society devolves:

The Carrington Event

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