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Congress warned that NoKo EMP attack could kill 90% of Americans
americanthinker.com ^ | 10/13/2017 | Rick Moran

Posted on 10/13/2017 8:38:37 AM PDT by rktman

The House Homeland Security Committee heard expert testimony yesterday on the effects of a high-altitude nuclear detonation that could knock out the U.S. electrical grid for up to a year, resulting in the deaths of 90% of Americans.

A nuclear attack from space would generate an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, that would "inflict devastating damage" on the U.S.

Washington Examiner:

In calling on the Pentagon and President Trump to move quickly to protect the grid, the experts testified that an explosion of a high-altitude nuclear bomb delivered by a missile or satellite "could be to shut down the U.S. electric power grid for an indefinite period, leading to the death within a year of up to 90 percent of all Americans."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: congressemp; emp; hardenthegrid; nkemp; nknukes; nkoutofcontrol; protectthegrid; searchworks; solarflares
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To: mountainlion

Nah...they’d just look up diy sites, and...uh...never mind.


121 posted on 10/13/2017 12:36:20 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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To: rktman

Sounds like a far leftist dream.


122 posted on 10/13/2017 2:56:39 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)
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To: Kozak

Where do you get the diesel fuel for them?
It would have to be stored in large quantities nearby.

So much for “reducing our carbon footprint”.


123 posted on 10/13/2017 4:21:09 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Vermont Lt

I assume more could be imported from countries not affected


124 posted on 10/13/2017 5:50:37 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: cableguymn

They probably said that in Puerto Rico.

It is a matter of the supply being reduced. But the demand did not change.


125 posted on 10/13/2017 5:58:32 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: al_c

No electricity no electric water pumps.


126 posted on 10/14/2017 2:00:52 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Vermont Lt

Insulin treatment originated with extract from a dead sheep’s pancreas. Without refrigeration, spoils within days.


127 posted on 10/14/2017 2:24:03 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: PUGACHEV

Industrial feudalism to flourish? Those knowledgeable in the arts of a technological society, seek patronage with those with the ability to organize?


128 posted on 10/14/2017 2:30:01 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Gennie

The general level of competence would rise of necessity.


129 posted on 10/14/2017 2:32:46 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: GOPJ

Find a large tooth cross-cut saw—hand operated. Firewood drys mostly from the end of the grain. Twenty inch length needs to season a minimum 12 month, sixteen inch usable in 6 months, and 12 inch sufficiently dry in 2 month. Multiple short lengths in a wood appliance are more problematic to obtain a sustained burn.


130 posted on 10/14/2017 2:43:35 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom
You're right about wood drying faster when it's shorter... but keeping a home warm using wood takes planning, knowledge equipment - spare blades, axes, hatchets, efficient wood burning stoves, proper ventilation etc.

The average American would not be able to convert their homes in time after a winter EMP attack. Also, heating's only one problem - there would be securing water and finding food too. And dealing with violence in a world where 911 doesn't work... Decades ago I spent a year living in a log cabin in the north woods... heating with wood, and getting daily water from an artisan well some distance away... I have some idea of what it would take... and I doubt I would survive an EMP attack past the first few months.

131 posted on 10/14/2017 8:10:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (THE NFL SAYS THEIR FANS ARE RACISTS WHO MUST BE EDUCATED BY THEIR PLAYERS? That's so insulting.)
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