[buccaneer81]

Amazingly, I've seen a small number of FReepers who discount the entire scenario, with some calling it as bogus as Y2K. I can only shake my head at such stupidity. One actually said, "Iran can't hurt us like that." She was strangely silent after I pointed out to her that Iran has successfully orbited satellites.

Every literate American needs to read "One Second After."

[reformedliberal]

It has become very non-PC to suggest that anything at all can happen that won’t be announced in advance by government or cannot be fixed by government.

[AngryJawa]

One Second After scared the carp out of me.

Now, I think the extent of the damage inflicted by an EMP attack may be overblown in the book. But I also think that a much-reduced version of that damage could roll this country in just a week into the a horror show not seen since the Civil War. Civilization is a veneer that is only so thick and we *are* vulnerable as a result of our over-reliance on electronics.

There are very, very few Americans who do any amount of prepping, let alone the amount necessary to deal with the worst case scenario.