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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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[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The breakers at transformers in each neighborhood would surely trip before frying a house I would think.

They go whenever a tree comes down near our street anyway.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

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

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