Either an EMP or a massive solar event (ala Carrington Event) would send the US back into the 19th century. Estimates are that up to 90% of the US population would die. And our government is doing zip. Read all about it in Apocalypse Rising - a fantastic read.
“Estimates are that up to 90% of the US population would die. And our government is doing zip. Read all about it in Apocalypse Rising - a fantastic read.”
And it’s 90% bullshit.
>> Either an EMP or a massive solar event (ala Carrington Event) would send the US back into the 19th century <<
Agreed completely. And by the way, I think we can add the threat of a massive cyber attack to that same category.
In any case, fifty years ago my work assignment delved briefly into the effects of nuclear weapons. I can assure you that many of our top scientists and military officers knew all about EMP back in those days of 1966-67.
But yet, the Congress and the various POTUSES have done virtually nothing since then to protect our highly vulnerable civilian systems, even as we have become more and more and more dependent on electrical networks — that is, networks for both power and infomation.
Given today’s triple threats to the national power grid — EMP, Carrington and cyber-sabotage — I’ve gotta doubt whether our civilization can survive for another fifty years if our leaders don’t soon do massive amounts of serious work on preventive measures.