Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) like the Carrington Event of 1859 represent a predictable threat with calculable probability (12% in any decade), yet governments remain unprepared because the abstract nature of the risk and high upfront cost make precautions politically untenable.
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“in 2012 the likelihood of a carrington event in the next decade was calculated to be around 12% and yet despite that high probability we're not particularly prepared”
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