All emergency responders need to become familiar and knowledgable about a term for a phenomena that can spell the end of our country: electromagnetic pulse.
Today, there are fifteen national planning scenarios that cover everything from flooding, earthquake, etc. None of them cover the single greatest existential threat that modern humanity, let alone America, now faces...electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
It can happen from the sun sending an X-class coronal-mass ejection (CME) or it can happen from an enemy blasting a single nuclear warhead several kilometers above the atmosphere. The result of the EMP waves is the total distruction of the electrical grid. That means no electricity for our modern society....no fuel, no food, no water, no sewer, no medical services, no communications, etc etc. This situation would take months to years to fix causing massive numbers of our population to die from sickness, disease, starvation, etc etc. The EMP Commission estimated between 60-90% of the U.S. population could become casualties in a worst case scenario.
The presidential EMP Commission completed its report and testified before congress about this threat in 2009 and yet the nation's grid is still not protected do to federal inaction. I've joined the Task Force for National and Homeland Security, Secure the Grid Coalition and am working here in Colorado to get legislation to start protecting part of the grid in Colorado. Other states like Maine, Kentucky, Texas and others are starting to do the same.
On April 16, 2013 a PE&G Metcalf electrical substation in California was attacked by (still unknown) gunmen. Luckily, the substation didn't go down because it would've caused electricty in CA to be out possibly for days or weeks. It is highly suspected that this was a 'dress rehearsal' for other attacks here on the homeland. Well, terrorists have finally succeeded in using this type of attack to take down a entire counties electrical grid.....June 9th AQAP took down Yemen's electrical grid by attacking just one transmission hub.
As first responders I very strongly advise you get thoroughly educated on the topic and I request that if you learn of anything regarding the topic to bring it here for everyone to learn from.
Article on the Metcalf attack....
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...941621778.html
EMP Commission....
http://www.empcommission.org/
The Yemen attack....
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ar...2#.U6iUPPldXuI
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat...ite-Wide%29%29
Today, there are fifteen national planning scenarios that cover everything from flooding, earthquake, etc. None of them cover the single greatest existential threat that modern humanity, let alone America, now faces...electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
It can happen from the sun sending an X-class coronal-mass ejection (CME) or it can happen from an enemy blasting a single nuclear warhead several kilometers above the atmosphere. The result of the EMP waves is the total distruction of the electrical grid. That means no electricity for our modern society....no fuel, no food, no water, no sewer, no medical services, no communications, etc etc. This situation would take months to years to fix causing massive numbers of our population to die from sickness, disease, starvation, etc etc. The EMP Commission estimated between 60-90% of the U.S. population could become casualties in a worst case scenario.
The presidential EMP Commission completed its report and testified before congress about this threat in 2009 and yet the nation's grid is still not protected do to federal inaction. I've joined the Task Force for National and Homeland Security, Secure the Grid Coalition and am working here in Colorado to get legislation to start protecting part of the grid in Colorado. Other states like Maine, Kentucky, Texas and others are starting to do the same.
On April 16, 2013 a PE&G Metcalf electrical substation in California was attacked by (still unknown) gunmen. Luckily, the substation didn't go down because it would've caused electricty in CA to be out possibly for days or weeks. It is highly suspected that this was a 'dress rehearsal' for other attacks here on the homeland. Well, terrorists have finally succeeded in using this type of attack to take down a entire counties electrical grid.....June 9th AQAP took down Yemen's electrical grid by attacking just one transmission hub.
As first responders I very strongly advise you get thoroughly educated on the topic and I request that if you learn of anything regarding the topic to bring it here for everyone to learn from.
Article on the Metcalf attack....
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...941621778.html
EMP Commission....
http://www.empcommission.org/
The Yemen attack....
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ar...2#.U6iUPPldXuI
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat...ite-Wide%29%29
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