Strieber warns a major solar storm could cause years-long US power outages

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"The most serious loss would be uh power because there are these huge transformers that we don't have replacements for or we have a few replacements but if they all blew like in the United States we would be with no power for years and if you look at the what that would do it causes a decline in the population of massive proportions."

Asked about the risk of a coronal mass ejection, Strieber says the danger is ongoing and argues the most severe consequence would be mass failure of large electrical transformers. He claims replacements are scarce and suggests a major event could leave parts of the US without power “for years”, with knock-on effects for population survival. The host and guest do not cite current grid-resilience studies, but the scenario aligns with long-standing infrastructure risk debates.