See??? I told you that CO2 was bad for you...
An EMP over the USA would result in the annihilation of any country involved, of that I don’t have any doubt.
However, the nuclear burst is likely going to be at sea level in a port somewhere.
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In before FR’s horde of EMP-deniers.
(This kinda thread usually brings ‘em out — big time.)
Geez...
If only someone would have had $4 Trillion to spend on “shovel ready” projects to fix all of this stuff...
WHERE THE **** DID THEY SPEND $4 TRILLION?????
The report warned that the type of conditions spelled out by Pry could last a long time due to the difficulties fixing the electric grid, which many have testified would be fairly cheap to harden against an attack.
OK. Then the power companies should take the necessary preventive measures. They sure won't make any money in an EMP blackout. If the feds have to help fund it ... so be it. Protection of our country and civilization from attacks and invasions is a core function of government.
Within 3 days, the populations of the major cities will be moving out. They will be on foot, rabble, marching out into the country side and suburbs.
In three weeks, 90% of those with cardiac issues, diabetes and other diseases that require high medical needs will be dead or dying.
Those with proper prepping will have arms, food and water to survive at least three months. They will have to fight off the city folk for resources.
The “One Minute After” series of books is well written and pretty factual about what will happen...
“An EMP over the U.S. “
It would take several dozen such explosions to come close to the effect described.
I am very skeptical of the man-made EMP threat. Even so, the threat of a natural solar event is very real—something akin to the 1859 Carrington Event would be devastating today. It doesn’t seem like it would be all that expensive to harden critical electrical infrastructure or build in redundancies, so it may be worthwhile even if the EMP threat is bogus.
As I understand it, the difficulty in replacing large transformers is the key problem, and the Strategic Transformer Reserve seems like a good step to address that and I think it is already underway.
Has anyone asked Obama when he and his Iranian buddies plan to carry this out?
Your local utility is more interested in cramming a “Smart Meter” down your throat (and hence creating yet ANOTHER vulnerability) than in addressing this threat.
I am beginning to think that plain old acts of sabotage from sleeper cells entering the US everyday in the name of diversity combined with cyber attacks will be the way this happens. Many of our enemies best attacks have been low tech use what you have and be damned the losses as there is a greater like awaiting you in paradise. With most of the biggest transformers now made in China you can be sure they will turn the screws on us. I have no doubt that we would in the end overcome such an attack, but the cost would be great.
“A long-term outage owing to EMP could disable most critical supply chains, leaving the U.S. population living in conditions similar to centuries past,
prior to the advent of electric power,” said the July 2017 report provided Secrets."
“In the 1800s, the U.S. population was less than 60 million, and those people had many skills and assets necessary for survival without today’s infrastructure.
An extended blackout today could result in the death of a large fraction of the American people
through the effects of societal collapse, fuel shortage, disease, and starvation.
While national planning and preparation for such events could help mitigate the damage,
few such actions are currently underway or even being contemplated,” added the executive summary."
"I'm here from the government, and I'm here to help."
Right ! Tell that to the people of Puerto Rico, if you need a recent example.
Do you have the necessary skills to survive a year,... or more ?
Water, food, shelter, transportation, communications, medications, ability to defend yourself and family,
necessary skills training, or a work around the loss of electricity ?
If you can't protect it, ..you don't own it !
YMMV !
PING.
EMP Commission warns ‘blackout’ of electricity, food, water to last ‘year or longer
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