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"EMP fries electrical systems. That means, no transportation, no frozen food storage, no electricity. No production or transport of food. No municipal water service. No internet. No telephone service. No communications to coordinate recovery. No medicine. How long do you think people will survive?"

Location, location, location. City people, government wards, the sick and helpless will be poked. Period. Suburbanites, not so much, but bad. Rural and remote areas will fare best, especially those who live where electrical outages are frequent and prolonged, where distances or terrain make "extra" services less probable.

Those who store food ingredients instead of prepared items will also do better, as will those with survival or "pioneering" skills. Unplugging from the grid and shielding/disconnecting essential electronics is possible, but not much use if there is no electricity to power things back up later. Small rural towns with diesel generators for municipal power, hydropower, etc., might be able to restore limited power to essential users like hospitals, police, etc., provided the enduser equipment still works (some will).

Low tech skills, equipment, and supplies are a very wise investment, like wood stoves, matches, gardens and old-fashioned preserving techniques.