Congress warned that EMP Strike could kill 90% of U.S. population...

[MindWars]

However, we can indeed survive just fine without electricity - we did it for thousands of years obviously.

No. Because we are now DEPENDENT upon electricity.

Expect the soulless creatures in our cities to become worse than animals in search of food.

Some can't relate to realistic facts. Since most American's haven't ever lived weeks without power it's hard for most to even fathom what takes place for real.

They can't even comprehend how humans would begin to eat humans in just two weeks or so if there was no food, help etc. Sever case scenarios.

 

[MindWars]

However, we can indeed survive just fine without electricity - we did it for thousands of years obviously.

No. Because we are now DEPENDENT upon electricity.

Expect the soulless creatures in our cities to become worse than animals in search of food.

Have you ever seen this ?



American Blackout 2013 - National Geographic

 

[MindWars]

10/12/2017 -- Earthquake unrest building -- West Coast USA / California -- Large pacific earthquake

 

[JimBowie1958]

However, we can indeed survive just fine without electricity - we did it for thousands of years obviously.

No. Because we are now DEPENDENT upon electricity.

Expect the soulless creatures in our cities to become worse than animals in search of food.

American Blackout 2013 - National Geographic

http://www.eei.org/issuesandpolicy/...omagnetic Pulses (EMPs) - Myths vs. Facts.pdf

Myth: Electric utilities are completely unprepared for an EMP event.

Fact: Electric utilities plan for a number of threats to the grid. As they make their risk-based threat assessments, they identify the likelihood and consequence of each threat to understand their security priorities. Solar storms, some of which can cause GMD events, are naturally occurring phenomena that come with some prior warning.

Utility system owners and operators recognize the risks posed by solar storms and have put into place operating processes and procedures to manage GMD risks. The high-altitude nuclear weapon scenario is noteworthy because its consequences could be extraordinarily high; however, given U.S. military and intelligence community capabilities, as well as geo-political deterrence efforts, the relative likelihood of such an attack is very low. Additionally, with strategic EMP shielding, spare equipment stockpiles, and partnerships with government, the electric utility industry already is taking preparatory steps to respond and recover. Still, in the case of potentially high-consequence, low-likelihood events like a nuclear attack, the most effective mitigation strategy is deterrence, prevention, or preemption by military means.

The use of a directed energy weapon may be statistically more likely, but the consequence is much less because it would be a localized event. In addition, with 45,000 substations across the United States, the destruction of one or two substations would not have a widespread impact on the grid. A larger coordinated attack could have a potentially broader impact, but is less likely to occur because such coordinated plots have a higher chance of detection and intervention by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.


Myth: Electric utilities don’t take threats to their infrastructure seriously.

Fact: Protecting the nation’s electric power grid and ensuring a reliable and affordable supply of energy are top priorities for the electric power industry. Electric utilities take all threats to the grid seriously, whether they are natural disasters or man-made threats. Electric utilities also have every incentive to protect their systems: first, there is a public service responsibility to maintain reliable and affordable electricity service; second, there is an economic incentive to keep the lights on. To help keep electricity reliable and affordable, utilities and state regulators assess each type of threat to grid security as part of an overall risk management strategy.

Myth: The industry has done very little continuity planning for hard-to-replace equipment such as large power transformers.

Fact: The electric power industry has taken specific steps to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from threats to the electric grid. Electric utilities plan for all types of contingencies and have spare equipment available as part of their business continuity planning. Just as utilities share emergency restoration crews as part of the industry’s voluntary mutual assistance program, they also share transformers and other equipment regularly. Recognizing that catastrophic destruction of a significant substation can potentially cause substantial power loss, the electric power industry created the Spare Transformer Equipment Program (STEP) in 2006.

More than 50 electric utilities dispersed across the country and engaged in bulk power transmission services are members of STEP, and this number continues to grow. STEP is designed to ensure that the electric power industry has a process in place to have sufficient spare transformer capacity available. Since there is interchangeability between transformers within a voltage class, STEP provides a ready mechanism for participating electric utilities to share assets in the event of catastrophic destruction.

To complement STEP, SpareConnect provides an online tool for electric utilities, asset owners, and operators to network with other SpareConnect members concerning sharing of transmission and generation step-up transformers and related equipment, including bushings, fans, and auxiliary components. SpareConnect establishes a digital, formal, secure, and efficient program to rapidly communicate equipment needs in the event of an emergency or of other non-routine failures.

Myth: Regardless of cost, we must immediately make all necessary investments to protect the electric grid from an EMP.

Fact: Deploying expensive technology that is unproven is not effective risk management. The electric power sector often is described as the most critical of the critical infrastructure sectors. While it is true that other critical sectors depend on a reliable supply of electricity for their operations, the electric power industry likewise is dependent on other critical infrastructure sectors for business continuity as well.

Electric utilities need: water to cool their systems and to create steam that spins generating equipment; telecommunications to operate the grid; and transportation and pipeline systems to move the fuel sources they use. Thus, our adversaries don’t have to just attack the electric grid to disrupt power.

It takes a coordinated effort among different critical infrastructure sectors and the government to protect grid reliability and operations. In the case of a high-level EMP event that could potentially render any device containing a microprocessor inoperable, the issue should be addressed across all critical sectors by national defense authorities. Again, the best strategy to protect against such EMP events is to prevent them from occurring in the first place.

 

[JimBowie1958]

However, we can indeed survive just fine without electricity - we did it for thousands of years obviously.

No. Because we are now DEPENDENT upon electricity.

Expect the soulless creatures in our cities to become worse than animals in search of food.

Some can't relate to realistic facts. Since most American's haven't ever lived weeks without power it's hard for most to even fathom what takes place for real.

They can't even comprehend how humans would begin to eat humans in just two weeks or so if there was no food, help etc. Sever case scenarios.

Oh, bah.

Plenty of people go without power by choice and enjoy it.

You are hyping a bunch of hooey.

Do you own Preper stock, Mindwars?

 

[Pete7469]

China is not going to let anyone shoot at its cash cow.

 

[MindWars]

Electric grid large power transformers take up to 2 years to build


The problem begins because transformers can take up to two years to build. They are not insulated against EMP attacks and would be fried.

 

[EverCurious]

I don't go without power by choice (didn't they make that illegal all over the lower 48, something about "inhabitable" residence and shit?)

Anyway, I don't go without power by choice, but I've easily rode out being without for nearly two weeks. It was almost fun, cooking on the wood stove in cast iron, hauling in snow to flush the toilets and boil down for drinking... I caught up on almost all my books and wrote half a book... typing is much more efficient though.

 

[Roudy]

You guys understand that an EMP is not a blast wave that hurts people, right? I just want to be clear on that.


However, it does make the case for each family having enough stockpiles to survive at least a year without having to have refrigeration. I'm pretty sure the US could get the population back on its feet by then, and critical military functions are well hardened against this. Its a good idea to have a means of power generation that doesn't depend upon a utility too.

In those kinds of cases it will be the viruses and diseases that end up doing more damage than the hunger. Once the sewage system collapses, everybody is fucked. I would probably carry lots of meds, antivirals and antibiotics as well. As of now I have nothing though. LOL.