Did you read the report from the National Academy of Science that I listed above?
Here are some pictures of transformers damaged by a solar event:
http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/documents/Bill_Murtagh_SpWx.pdf
This paper might help you understand the concern...
I think I understand your comment a bit better after re-reading it.
My concern isn't with the utility companies and their actions, it is with the reports and/or the attendees at the conferences documented by the reports. The scope of their investigation into the issue is not complete if they...
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The least understood aspect of this threat is the permanent damage to power grid assets and how that will impede the restoration process. Transformer damage is the most likely outcome, although other key assets on the grid are also at risk. In particular...
They may have an interest in maintaining the entire grid, but that does not mean that they are taking the necessary steps to prepare for a severe solar storm on the level of the Carrington Event.
The report from the National Academy Workshop on the Societal and Economic Impacts of Severe Space...
Considering the fact that the operation of nuclear power plants DEPENDS on an ongoing and functioning source of electrical power, I would think that the two realms are critically interdependent and a rational discussion of the nuclear engineering realm cannot ignore the effect that the...
This is Truly AWESOME! I can't tell you how sincerely I appreciate the obvious amount of time and effort that you went to help me out. Thank you. THANK YOU!
Now I'm going to study these links and forward this response to the person who sent me the link.
PLEASE if you won't post the link for others to weigh in - outline the main points he is trying to make and help me learn how to refute them to the lay person (and I am also a lay person) who sent me the link.
Why did you delete it?
I am very sincere in wanting to understand how he is...
Hello,
I was recently sent this link: [crackpot link deleted] and found it to be extremely sensational.
It is my habit to always attempt to "fact check" anything that is forwarded to me (especially the more "hyped up" and/or "sensationalized" information).
I am sorry that I have no...
Thanks for that information too. What do you see as the most off-base or "alarmistic" portions of the message?
Do you think that the analysis of what has happened so far accurate?
Thank you for these links Andy - they are exactly what I've been looking for. An analysis of what has happened, what needs to be done, what to look for, and how to respond - all in Layman's terms.
THANKS again!
I have been trying to read what I can of this 500+ page thread to understand what is happening at the Fukushima power plant. Most of the discussions are over my head, but I can follow the gist of the important points.
Would anyone be willing to take a stab at describing (in layman's terms)...