If you’ve read the book One Second After by William R. Forstchen you know all too well just how devastating an EMP attack would be if carried out on the continental United States. Mass chaos, horrific violence, millions of deaths and years to recover are just some of the hardships the book describes in vivid detail …
Tag: Power Grid Vulnerabilities
Nov 17
National Research Council: Electric Power Grid ‘Inherently Vulnerable’ to Terrorist Attacks
I recently wrote about the vulnerabilities of our national power grid and referred to it as our nation’s Achilles’ Heel. Personally I feel this is one of the largest threats that we face as a nation, even more so than traditional terrorist attacks. We recently witnessed the chaos that erupted after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power …
Oct 28
The Power Grid: Our Achilles’ Heel
You come home from a long day at work and hit the garage door button inside your car, the door opens and you pull inside. You step inside your home, disarm your alarm and flip a few switches on the wall, the lights come on. Opening the refrigerator door you reach inside to grab a …
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