CME Myths: Consumer Electronics Destroyed

There is a lot of confusion about what a CME can and cannot do. No matter how strong, CMEs don’t damage consumer electronics, but if strong enough, they can destroy the power grid.

Sources for this video include:

The Early-Time (E1) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-320) (http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2019/ph241/rogers1/docs/meta-r-320.pdf)

The Late-Time (E3) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-321) (https://www.futurescience.com/emp/ferc_Meta-R-321.pdf)

EMP & CME Effects: A Guide for Apocalypse Fiction Authors & Preppers (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCG766TV/)