Federal Emergency Preparedness
Recent government emergency drills have shown that agencies need to be much better prepared for these storms. The first-ever federal space weather emergency drill in May 2024 indicated problems with coordination and communication between different government departments. According to the official report, “Space weather is a complex subject, and its potential impacts are not well understood outside of NOAA and NASA.” The drill showed that parties without space weather expertise struggled to translate the scientific information and determine the impacts on Earth.