Failure to harden electrical structures and spent nuclear fuel storage leaves US, global population vulnerable to solar or terrorist induced apocalypse
by Michael Collins, October 14, 2014
"Should a serpentine #CME hit Earth head-on, the consequences would be catastrophic."
@DoomsdaysCW The US electrical infrastructure won’t even bury power lines, making it vulnerable to severe storms, trees and ice accumulation. Protection against solar events is definitely a secondary threat comparatively. Power companies spend billions every year to fix storm damage, shuffling crews across the country and even from Canada. Yet we can’t “afford” to redo the installation underground in critical areas or even add enough capacity where needed sometimes.
@doomscroller It's been on my mind even before this article came out in 2014. The one thing that you hardly ever see depicted in Post-Apocalyptic movies or fiction -- what happens when the nuclear plants run out of backup fuel and melt down...
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