File 004 · Grid Down & EMP
What Happens If the Power Grid Goes Down: Hour by Hour
A long blackout fails in a set order: phones, water, fuel, food, medicine. Here is the hour-by-hour timeline from real outages and what to do at each stage.
Grid Down & EMP
From the 2003 Northeast blackout to Texas in 2021, we have real data on how modern life fails without power. These files map what breaks, in what order, and what you can do at each stage.
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File 008 · Grid Down & EMP
What Does an EMP Do? Cars, Electronics, the Grid and People
A high-altitude nuclear EMP can damage electronics and the grid but does not hurt people. Here is what tests and official reports show, and what is hype.
File 013 · Grid Down & EMP
Carrington Event: What a Solar Superstorm Would Do Today
The 1859 Carrington event set telegraph offices on fire. Here is what a repeat would do to the grid today, how likely it is, and what warning we would get.
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