“A coronal mass ejection,” Jamal corrected. “A CME happens when plasma, which is a super-heated and ionized gas, is expelled from the surface of the Sun. It produces a magnetic shockwave that extends billions of miles into space. If Earth is in the path of that shockwave, our electrical systems become overloaded. It mainly affects the power grid by destroying transformers and long power lines. In this case, because most vehicles, computers, and phones aren’t functional, we can surmise that this is a nuclear EMP event.”
