Posted on 09/24/2015 5:24:07 PM PDT by RaceBannon
In this segment, Jacki and Clinton appointee Amb. Woolsey discuss the vulnerability of the U.S. electrical grid and the threat of electromagnetic pulse, or “EMP.”
The host of the Jacki Daily show has had an impressive career in energy, law, and politics.
Most recently, Jacki served as General Counsel to an engineering firm specializing in energy, national security and environmental cleanup. Previously, she served many years as legal counsel on Capitol Hill to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and the former Ranking Member of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, advising on the oversight of federal agencies. Prior to her career in Washington, she worked as a corporate litigator, and as an Assistant Vice President for a national bank.
She entered public life at a young age, as a finalist in the Miss Teen of America pageant. She also served as the Public Relations Director for a statewide political organization.
Jacki studied Economics, Spanish, and World History at Marshall University (Society of Yeager Scholars), Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and the University of Zaragoza in Spain. She is an alumna of the Vanderbilt University Law School, where she served as the President of the law school’s Federalist Society chapter.
Jacki has an extensive network in her six overstuffed rolodexes from which the show draws its guests—including industry leaders representing all parts of the energy sector (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, and wind), and government officials, journalists, and political insiders. Often, Jacki will know the day’s most-wanted guest and be able to secure the guest with a personal call.
Jacki is from the Ohio River Valley, where the shale runs deep. She descends from a long line of energy workers, including roughnecks, railroaders, coal miners, and nuclear energy specialists.
CIA Director Jim Woolsey and the EMP threat
We should be spending money on upgrading our grid rather than solar and windmills.
It is going to happen. Such an easy way to disable American and it can be done never even getting close to American airspace.
Prepare soemthing! It could be 6 months before you get electrcity back!
Maybe it will make America tough again, one can only hope.
I still remember the NYC blackouts in the 1970s.
It will not end well...
We’ve ALREADY been EMP’d (Enemy Muslim President)!!!
Prepared some. Have 3 diff freqs of 2way comm devices in faraday plus a nice sony all-freq receiver.
Solar panels and batts are good for down here in the sunshine state. But if it’s in summer forget it. It’ll be hell with the humidity. But Oct to May wouldn’t be so bad.
The lack of AC will change a lot.
The host of this show and her guests agree
Jacki had an expert on recently who said that if an EMP of the right intensity were exploded over central USA, in one year 90% of the population would be dead. He explained how and why. Made perfect sense.
I am checking my preps, dusting or discarding distorted canned peas and peaches, moments ago, praying hard, this does not happen.
We prepare for earthquake. Hard to imagine being prepared enough for something like an EMP.
Getting the grid back in six months borders on fantasy. The main transformers at power plants are long lead time items. Figure at least a year. AFAIK the only plant that builds transformers that large is in Canada. It may have power from Churchill. You’d still have to move the transformers by rail meaning the railroads would have to be able to get fuel to operate. Add that the specialized cars to transport transformers are semi-rare.
Lots of buckets of ‘Mountain House’ (or equiv.) brand freeze dried food and lots of water is a good start, and of course the means to protect it all.
I think, more accurately, in one month 90% of the population will be dead. No food, no water, no healthcare, no transportation, no communication. Essentially everyone will live on what they have in their house. If you live in a big city, all Hell will break loose after 3 days.
>>The lack of AC will change a lot.<<
Boy...you got that right. I’mma Texan through and through, but I can tell ya, my butt will migrate outta Houston thats for dedgum sure.
Heat...ok. Humidity...yuke! Heat and humidity...I’m gone.
Thinkin Kerrville, Texas would be just fine.
>>Hard to imagine being prepared enough for something like an EMP.<<
Country folks will adjust.
>> It could be 6 months before you get electricity back <<
Think again. Without electricity, most diesel pumps won’t function. Without diesel, truck and rail transport will come to a halt. Without transport, our food distribution network will collapse. And without commercially distributed food supplies, 90% of the USA population probably would starve before your six-month deadline is reached.
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