I’ve been listening to Jack Spirko’s podcast for sometime now. He has a great deal of practical sound advice. The refreshing thing is that he is NOT wearing a tinfoil hat, if you know what I mean. His motto is something like: “advice for living a better life if things get tough or even if they don’t”.
I happened to read a book called “One Second After”, the story of the after-effects of an electromagnetic-pulse (EMP) attack on the United States. An EMP wipes out all electric power instantly, anything with a circuit including modern cars, and communication devices, back up generators, everything. This book and its very likely scenario terrified me and made me get serious about preparing for emergencies.
Lights out pdf book by Halifast at the frugal squirrel website is fiction written with the forums input ......good free pdf book on a emp event and real and myth facts on emp.
http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/friends_links.html
On the page above under free downloads, chapter 1-10 is first part and rest is below that.
Real good fiction read with factual survival information.
Hope it helps set aside some of your fears and gives you ideas such as older diesel engines and drive trains that lack said electronics and how to emp proof spares in storage for items you may want to keep running. It can be done with simple wrap in foil (WIF) package , in a metal grounded container etc ......
Hope it gives you some ideas.......:o)
Me too, and I agree. He does get wound a little tight sometimes though, but I guess we all do about our own hot button issues. I'd recommend his podcasts to anyone wanting a good overview of things to do to be prepared.