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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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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (19 children)

You know those stories where the world is reduced to a post-apocalypse after a natural event? What if that's only what happens in the US, and the rest of the world recovers with ease due to extant rescue services?

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

...and simply agrees to never, ever, set foot in North America.

I'm in.

Not sure, though, how this ploy would work out for our fine fellows in South America, Mexico, and Canada, the ones currently belabored with being the closest neighbours to The Wastelands.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sure, though, how this ploy would work out for our fine fellows in South America and Canada, the ones currently belabored with being the closest neighbours...

Fuck Mexico, I guess.

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

My sincere apologies, Mexico is definitely on the good list.

[–] Zanshi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Just uhhh... Build a wall, I guess?

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