[DannyTN]

Are they trying to say that having no electricity would cause 90% our population to die off?

Yes, because:

• you don't have water pumps. Getting fresh water becomes an issue.
• you don't have fuel pumps either. Getting food distributed becomes an issue.
• Now you get death and disease.

As Hank Jr said, "Country folk can survive", but city folk are screwed.

[al_c]

Yeah, those would cause issues. And then there are the nuclear power plants. How long would they last before meltdown?

[fireman15]

Obama weaponized our intelligence community against conservatives instead of concentrating on threats from foreign enemies... They took their eyes off the ball and are still unable to give accurate assessments of the actual threats caused by hostile foreign governments.

The problems caused by EMP theoretically are as devastating as this article postulates. It is possible that many electronic devices could be damaged across a fairly large area in addition to damage to the electric grid. Obviously, this could create huge problems for our communications infrastructure. Our fuel production and distribution infrastructure could also be affected or even crippled.

Surprisingly, the electronics in most vehicles even those made in the last 20 to 40 years probably would survive or be repairable once replacement parts became available. But it is very likely that there would be widespread shortages of fuel. So the prices of bicycles and skateboards would probably go through the roof.

[stars & stripes forever]

We were without electricity for 4 days last summer when our neighborhood had extensive tree damage from a storm. It was a real eyeopener to see how we are reliant on electricity for our basic necessities...

water, lights, air conditioning, (FREE REPUBLIC). Thankfully the power came back on before the freezer defrosted. It would be prudent to stock up for emergencies.

[Kozak]

You also don’t have any transport because most modern cars and trucks would be dead from the EMP.