Is it your belief that EMPs complicating an emergency situation is impossible or just overblown?
The military takes it seriously, and has for generations, some of us found that annoying when it meant that we had to carry extra weight.
Hardening military electronics is one thing; telling Joe Six-pack that the entire world will shut down if someone detonates an EMP is ridiculous. Sorry, but I think this is just dumb fearmongering.