Topic, Grid Watch

Solar storms and EMP

Storm

How a solar storm reaches the grid

Long power lines pick up stray currents from the ground. Big transformers can overheat. The grid control rooms get a warning first.

WATCH

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Solar storms and EMP still threaten the power grid. The Pentagon directed a pilot test to harden one military base against EMP.

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