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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 46 points 1 day ago (4 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?

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

There are A LOT of BIG countries with big electric grids in the world today. Which countries GRIDS get hit the worst depends on which side of the Earth is facing the 'hit'. Could the West (US, Brazil) or Europe or the East (China, India).

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 20 hours ago

I remember a Tumblr (maybe) post with a similar concept, but about Australia and the Mad Max series.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If it wasn’t for the stupid Darrel Dixon show, my head canon of the walking dead only affecting America would still stand.

They literally just walk, and it would be pretty obvious that everyone is infected after the first year or so of people dying from the flu and shit. Any country with competent leadership could have squashed the zombies in a couple months.

I’ve always thought that if I’m in a zombie apocalypse im just gonna carry super soakers filled with hydrogen peroxide

[–] jpablo68@infosec.pub 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

After experiencing the covid-19 outbreak I am now fully convinced that a zombie apocalypse is feasible, there would be people denying the existence of the zombie virus, just going to the infected an getting bitten because they wanted a pizza or something, that and people just drenching themselves in bleach or something because they heard that keep the zombies away from some dude online. Stuff like that.

[–] LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Stuck having to go to work in a zombie apocalypse because you're an "essential worker".

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that the case in the 28 X later series? Like England fell to a zombie apocalypse but the rest of the world is doing fine?

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 6 points 20 hours ago

Wellllll the implications of the ending of 28 weeks later is that the rest of the world had a reprieve but are fucked eventually...

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours 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 5 points 1 day 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 20 hours ago

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

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

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