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CME (Solar Storm)

A Carrington-class event and the grid. Real, historical, and worth a sober, non-hysterical plan.

ScopeExistentialCauseNaturalDriven bySystemicImpactMajorLikelihoodRare
CME (Solar Storm)
Why it matters

What CME (Solar Storm) would mean for you

Three numbers decide how important CME (Solar Storm) is to your preparedness planning. Impact and Likelihood are general baselines. Vulnerability depends on how prepared you are for this threat.

ImpactMajor8/9
NegligibleCatastrophic

A Carrington-class storm could cripple the grid for months - a severe, historically real Impact - with transformers and electronics at risk.

LikelihoodRare2/9
RareFrequent

Such events recur on a century-plus scale, so the Likelihood is low but non-zero.

VulnerabilityNot rated
NegligibleCatastrophic

This number is yours. It measures how hard CME (Solar Storm) would actually hit your household given what you already have in place. Rate it in Threat Planning — then all three multiply into your personal threat rating.

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Preparing for CME (Solar Storm)

Concrete moves that lower your Vulnerability. Add any of them and we'll track it as an action on your threat list.

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Prepare as for an extended, wide-area grid outage.
Keep critical needs covered off-grid.
Keep backups of important data offline.
Follow space-weather warnings if you depend on sensitive systems.
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Articles on CME (Solar Storm)

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CME (Solar Storm) where you live.

Long transmission lines are what a geomagnetic storm couples into.

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A national view — this is one of 410+ layers in Area Recon. Open it to zoom to your address, then add the hazards, infrastructure, terrain and resources around you, and read the real numbers for your county.

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Tools for CME (Solar Storm)

Make CME (Solar Storm) part of your plan

Add it to your personal threat list, score it for your own household, or pull the real hazard data for your county.