You got that right. And all of the people who are claiming that EMP won't cause the damage that it will, and that the informed ones are "chicken littles" are too blind to see the writing on the wall. It's a major threat that could leave us pretty defenseless.
Regarding Lightning:
"You got that right. And all of the people who are claiming that EMP won't cause the damage that it will, and that the informed ones are "chicken littles" "
You lightning guys answered your own argument. We simply don't know what an EMP will do - but we can guess based on lightning damage. Our power grid gets hundreds of lightning strikes a day....lightning strikes buildings, houses, aircraft every day. It burns out some things, but it doesn't burn out everything, or even close.
It's not going to be like "War of the Worlds". Our military deterent will remain quite intact.
It is also important to note that some of the scientists noted in the post work for government labs. They are not entirely impartial when it comes to things like this, and funding trumps science at government labs.......
People should be concerned, but there is no danger of returning to the stone age, at least not for us.