If we ever get a bad emp hit, many of us will live like that or worse, if we get to live. Listened to a guy on Coast to Coast the other night who scared the bejesus out of me for what our enemies could do to us. Maybe the guy was a kook like most of the rest on that show but I'm not sure.
Years ago I got furious when I realized the people who went to satellite technology and the rest of it didn't give a $hit about a backup system.