I was wondering where the Y2K folks went!
If they are like my Y2K sister, they are running from the roof rats that got twice as big snacking on all the stuff up in the attic.
As to EMP, after reading that very interesting book, One Second After, the story was as overplayed as was Y2K.
If the accidental EMP over the Pacific was true, a THOUSAND square miles the blast covered is really only 30 miles by 30 miles. Maybe if somehow the Norks and Magic Carpet cameljocks could pop one over the USA, its damn unlikely they could get enough through to WIPE US OUT.