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Watch: Massive Fireball Roars Through Suburban Power Lines, Blows Out Electricity

- Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan

From my understanding, Siemens AG is the go-to corporation for large distribution transformers.
They are manufactured to order and it can take 12-24 months depending on size.
Now imagine hundreds, perhaps thousands being ordered after a direct hit from a massive CME.

What to do?
Electric utility companies would have no option but to relocate operational transformers to central core areas.
Over a few months, high priority commercial and government facilities would get re-electrified. Residential areas - not gonna happen this week and next year doesn't look so good either.
Of course this is dependent upon the generation facilities being operational.

Now the bad news.
Where is the money gonna come from to buy the replacements?
You can bet on no deposit, no order accepted.
Another thing you can bet on. The replacements will be distributed based upon the central planner's concept of prioritization.
Oh and all your electrical stuff? Not gonna have any salvage value to speak of if it was plugged in.
Think lightening strike. The extremely high voltage combined with massive amperage will jump across switch and breaker contacts.
A rough rule of thumb for spark-over between needle contacts is 1KV per mm.
Those hand-held stun guns of supposedly 500KV are marketing hype. Ohms Law is not negotiable.

The higher the complexity, the greater the hazard of catastrophic failure.
You really didn't think this coming "smart grid" was just about power management did you?

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