If there is an EMP over the U.S. be prepared to return to the dark ages.

I wrote about the EMP threat to the United States two years ago based on a congressional report. In that article I say that the likelihood of a EMP occurring over the United States between now and 2025AD is about 70 percent. I will not duplicate all the details of my article here. You can click on the link above to read about what it will do and the impact to our nation. This article also has a link to the full congressional report that is just as scary. So this danger is well founded in science and it is known by our government.

I will just say if an EMP occurred at the right altitude over the United States we would return to the 19th century for months or even years. Just imagine a nation of three hundred million people dependent on electricity for everything not having any electricity for months or years. It would be the end of the U.S. as we know it. If you watched the Jericho series you might have some idea of how people would be living.

We can prevent much of the damage of a EMP by just hardening our electronic infrastructure and if we started now that could be done in about 5 to 10 years. A EMP after then would still cause damage but it would not bring down the nation like it will now.

It would not cost that much to shield our critical electronic components. This would be cheap insurance. The government knows this but years after the report they have not even started to protect this nation. You might ask your representatives why? I suppose it is because since the general population knows little about this issue their being proactive on national security does not get them reelected. So they do nothing, although their doing nothing could mean the end of this nation. Just thought you ought to know.

Here is a follow-up of what Dr Graham said to the House Armed Service Committee on July 10th on this EMP threat. The bottom line is that they better get moving.

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It now has been four years since Dr. William Graham, Science Advisor to President Ronald W. Reagan and Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, and a distinguished panel completed a study of High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and its potential effects upon this country. The conclusions of this study are the most frightening I have seen concerning modern-day threats.

Few have heard of it because the report has yet to be made public. The reason it has not been made public is simple: if EMP were understood by the American people, the next logical question would be what steps the government has taken to reduce the possibility of an EMP attack in this country. To date little has been done. When the American people realize as much, the outrage will be palpable.

Almost immediately all communications systems in the country would be disrupted completely. No radio. No television. No internet. Indeed no electricity at all. Most of the country literally would be in the dark with no possibility of recovering any electrical facilities. We would not be able to run our cars because the gasoline pumps would not work. Water distribution systems would not work.