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December 12, 2018
Second Dire Government Warning To Prepare Now For ‘Catastrophic Power Outage’ That Could Last Months, Is Released
- 94 Page DHS/NIAC Report Embedded At The Bottom Of The Article
By Susan Duclos - All News PipeLine
Two separate reports, one from the U.S. military and another posted to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website this week, have been issued on the heels of one another, warning of potential attacks that would affect the power grid.
http://allnewspipeline.com/Second_Gov_Warning_On_Catastrophic_Power_Outage.php
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The report describes what they consider a “catastrophic power outage” to be, with five bullet points.
• Events beyond modern experience that exhaust or exceed mutual aid capabilities
• Likely to be no-notice or limited-notice events that could be complicated by a cyber-physical attack
• Long duration, lasting several weeks to months due to physical infrastructure damage
• Affects a broad geographic area, covering multiple states or regions and affecting tens of millions of people
• Causes severe cascading impacts that force critical sectors—drinking water and wastewater systems, communications, transportation, healthcare, and financial services—to operate in a degraded state
The report calls the U.S. power grid a “prime target” for terrorists, and urges Americans to be prepared for up to six months without electricity, money, gas or even healthcare.
It also warns “People no longer keep enough essentials within their homes, reducing their ability to sustain themselves during an extended, prolonged outage. We need to improve individual preparedness.”