Posted on 10/13/2017 8:38:37 AM PDT by rktman
The House Homeland Security Committee heard expert testimony yesterday on the effects of a high-altitude nuclear detonation that could knock out the U.S. electrical grid for up to a year, resulting in the deaths of 90% of Americans.
A nuclear attack from space would generate an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, that would "inflict devastating damage" on the U.S.
Washington Examiner:
In calling on the Pentagon and President Trump to move quickly to protect the grid, the experts testified that an explosion of a high-altitude nuclear bomb delivered by a missile or satellite "could be to shut down the U.S. electric power grid for an indefinite period, leading to the death within a year of up to 90 percent of all Americans."
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They care **even more** about this topic than Las Vegas investigation transparency.
isn’t that comforting..?
Are they trying to say that having no electricity would cause 90% our population to die off?
Bull!
Americans are more resilient than this. Also more helpful as well as resourceful when needed. Firewood would instantly become bigtime collection and distribution trade. Food and medicine sharing programs for the disabled and sick. Street-level volunteer infrastructure repair groups will form.
Wouldn’t take long for the economy to grind to a halt. And, if we can’t feed us, we surely can’t feed the rest of the world. Now, about that cave dwelling. Sadly a lot of libs would croak almost instantly without google search or facebook.
Yup. thats what they are saying..
it’d kill off the weak.. but... Not 90%..
People in cities, highly reliant on just-in-time supply chains for food and other necessities, would be toast.
Are they trying to say that having no electricity would cause 90% our population to die off?
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That’s what I am trying to understand. We’re a nation of wuss’s if 90% die within a year without electricity.
It sure would bring it to a standstill...for awhile. How would those natural gas generator do?
FIrewood? Probably against the law to cut down any more trees. ;-)
William R. Graham, chairman of the former EMP commission and its former chief of staff, Peter Vincent Pry,
Now you can google far and wide to try to understand Dr. Pry's technical qualifications in this area and you will come up empty because he is not a scientist or engineer but some political scientist enmeshed in the swamp business of getting a payoff for running a consultancy advocating for various policy initiatives that will, so the hope goes, result in a massive payoff for his paymasters, some other defense consultant contract who will also get paid even bigger bucks to study the problem.
There are experts in this area. They are at places like Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the nuclear weapons laboratories. But we don't here much from them on this subject. It isn't about solving a problem, but horning in on the business of national security consulting.
Yes, because:
As Hank Jr said, "Country folk can survive", but city folk are screwed.
Only 90% of the Hillary supporters.
I believe 90% of the millennials would die if they had to go a year without their smartphones.
“Sadly a lot of libs would croak almost instantly without google search or facebook.”
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So would a lot of conservatives,especially Google search.
Facebook not so much.
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But environmentalists believe that the Earth’s biggest problem is “too many people”. So it works for them.
Imagine New York City without electricity, natural gas, and running water.
Now imagine hordes of feral urbanites spreading out of the cities to take whatever they want.
Now imagine suburban and rural Americans’ response to that.
Yes parts of the major power grid would go out and many vehicle computers along with some cell phones, computers etc. would likely become boat anchors.
However people are resourceful. They will find/make their own clean water. They will use bicycles and horse carts t move/distribute goods. They will go to junkyards and repair pre-computer vehicles. They will thumb their nose at Clean air regulations and heat homes with wood and coal.
Many have a month or so of supplies on hand (including firearms and ammo) to do well in just about any kind of disaster. Depending on the time of year victory gardens will spring up all over the place.
Don't under-estimate good people's will to survive.
Deaths, yes, 90%.....not likely.
Why isn't 90% of Puerto Rico dead?
It will be toughest in cities indeed. But even those people with land don’t know what to do with it. Not everyone is Amish and know how to can and preserve and build everything they need. People will need to do a lot of sharing, including information.
I just totally don’t buy 90% in a year.
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