Posted on 09/03/2013 4:18:38 PM PDT by Kartographer
The fall-out from a grid-down scenario would be absolutely devastating, as noted by a spokesman for the Center for Security Policy who recently responded to the potential for EMP capable weapons being deployed over the United States:
And experts forecast if such an attack were a success, it effectively could throw the U.S. back into an age of agriculture.
“Within a year of that attack, nine out of 10 Americans would be dead, because we can’t support a population of the present size in urban centers and the like without electricity,” said Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com ...
Thugs looting—which is why I support hand gun ownership.
Just finished reading a book about raw food. The author said that before Y-2K the family bought a 50 lb. bag of organic wheat seed. They figured they could live on the sprouts for a long time. Lentils also sprout easily. Would individual home solar be useful for those who have it?
But that's what got blamed for starting WWII.
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