Do
you know what you would do if we were hit by a Geomagnetic Storm that knocked
out the entire southeastern U.S. Power grid?
The local emergency management
office is in the process of working on that scenario right now and will take
part in a Statewide Geomagnetic Storm exercise later this year.
Powerful geomagnetic
storms are rare but they do happen.
In 1989 one of the storms disrupted
electric power distribution throughout most of Quebec province
and caused aurorae which could be seen as far south as Texas.
The local planning scenario
will be a geomagnetic storm significant enough to take out the entire Florida and for that matter the entire southeastern U.S.
Power grid for an extended period of time as much as 30 days.
The emergency management office
has scheduled two webinars for February 13th and 27th to
educate people on what a geomagnetic storm is a how it might affect us.
On March 13th there will
be a four-hour exercise conducted at the EOC to allow local stakeholder to develop some
response options and plans.
The main reason for this
exercise is to come up with a plan for a long period of no power and
communications.
If you would like to take
part in the exercise, you need to contact the Emergency Management office at
the Apalachicola airport.
You can reach the office
at 653-8977.
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