Manuel OKelley Post #50 :" I know from personal experience parts of out power grid are protected with basically giant fuses
and much of it would be brought back online fairly quickly "
"If you want something credible to worry about then worry about the c&c systems of the power grid, banking ssytem, and toher critical infrastructure being hacked
...there is stuff there that should keep you from sleeping well"
Yup, there's that too !
The main public concern has always been essential services, communication, and power supply which operates the infrastructure.
There has always been confrontation between the public sector and government administration, not over the need but over who is going to pay for the upgrade protection.
The discussion should have already been concluded as North Korea has already 'opened the barn door and let the horse out'. It's too late to close the door.
H/T to TADSLOS
Those giant “fuses” need to be of a specific type in order to respond quickly enough for a HEMP pulse. Most of those fuses are for longer duration pulses - not unlike one’s home fuses. HEMP generated pulses are very quick and these fuses won’t respond quickly enough to protect equipment