Your story is interesting! I had a similar scare. In 1988 at a rural college town, I was up late one night watching TV. Suddenly, the tv went off with a flash. No big deal, a ‘power hit’ - so i tried to go to sleep. Suddenly, the civil defense sirens went off! (Again, this is like 1130pm.) Somewhat concerned, I got up to look out the window at the neighborhood and in to the main street. There were no lights working anywhere - not even the stop lights. The siren grew louder! Somewhat PANICED, I went to the phone to try to call family in Denver - but he phone lines were dead!! I went to the rooftop balconey of my fraternity house and there was only a far off glow of light where Denver ‘was’. Adrenaline pumping, i got dressed to go down and take a drive- and my car would not start - it would not turn over!! I got out of the car, wondering what I was to do next!! Suddenly, the power came back on and the siren stopped.
I later discovered the phone was unplugged but never could find out what happened as per the car/power/siren coincidence. I shared the story with fraternity brothers whom heard the siren. We all shared the brief feeling of what it must be like to imagine surviving the worst case scenario.
Holy Crap! No power, no telephone, civil defense sirens going off, and the car wouldn’t start? I would have assumed an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
attack had just occured.
I’ve heard rumors that Iran is plotting an EMP attack on the United States. I wouldn’t put anything past those nut jobs in Iran.....or Chavez in the People’s Republic of Venezuela for that matter.
I always found it odd that the EAS was not activated during 9/11. IIRC a decision was made not to “panic” the sheeple.
Regardless, the President was whisked to an Air Force base bunker and for the -first- time in US history the Continuity of Government Plan was initiated. Many rumors and stories of second tier bureaucrats forming long lines entering Mount Weather and other COG bunkers.
I have always thought that the Feds had information that a -nuclear- threat was associated with 9/11.
IMHO the 9/11 attack did not rise to a COG level event, unless there was more of a threat than we were led to believe. EAS however, should have been activated to reassure the public with accurate and timely information from an official source, but it wasn’t.
Why have EAS?