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CME Impacts Based on the Ground — Under the Transmission Lines

Knowing specific situational information can help predict impacts.

This is only one study, but it is revealing and it shows, once again, the value add that comes from science. Check out Protecting the national electrical grid from space weather.

The good news is that you can possibly target specific portions of the electrical grid for protection from a coronal mass ejection (CME) event, saving time, money and effort to get better results. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.