{"id":52436,"date":"2020-04-12T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52436"},"modified":"2020-04-12T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:25","slug":"a-nationwide-blackout-lasting-1-year-could-kill-up-to-90-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52436","title":{"rendered":"A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2020\/emp-commission-estimates-nationwide-blackout-lasting-1-year-could-kill-up-to-9-of-10-americans-through-starvation-disease-and-societal-collapse\/\">A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preface. What follows is the testimony of Dr. Pry at a 2015 U.S. House of Representatives session. I have cut, shortened, and rearranged the order of the 30 page original document.&nbsp; And hey, the truth is, the electric grid is coming down one way or another.&nbsp; Without natural gas, wind and solar can\u2019t be balanced (no energy storage is in sight), and the electric grid is falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/russian-hackers-suspected-in-attack-that-blacked-out-parts-of-ukraine\/2016\/01\/05\/4056a4dc-b3de-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html?utm_term=.2ff6e5cd7f18\">Russian hackers suspected in attack that blacked out parts of Ukraine<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>How the weapon works (pdf):&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dragos.com\/blog\/crashoverride\/CrashOverride-01.pdf\">CRASHOVERRIDE Analyzing the Threat to Electric Grid Operations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2016\/emp-commission-estimates-nationwide-blackout-lasting-1-year-could-kill-up-to-9-of-10-americans-through-starvation-disease-and-societal-collapse\/\">The EMP Commission estimates a nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill up to 9 of 10 Americans through starvation, disease, and societal collapse<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2016\/the-scariest-u-s-house-session-ever-electromagnetic-pulse-and-the-fall-of-civilization\/\">Electromagnetic pulse threat to infrastructure (U.S. House hearings 2012 &amp; 2014)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2017\/the-devils-scenario-near-miss-at-fukushima-is-a-warning-for-u-s\/\">The Devil\u2019s Scenario \u2013 near miss at Fukushima is a warning for U.S.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2016\/spent-fuel-fire-on-u-s-soil-could-dwarf-impact-of-fukushima\/\">A Nuclear spent fuel fire at Peach Bottom in Pennsylvania could force 18 million people to evacuate<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2017\/the-electromagnetic-pulse-emp-threat-may-13-2005-house-of-representatives-hearing\/\">The electromagnetic pulse EMP Threat. May 13, 2005 House of Representatives hearing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyskeptic.com\/2015\/electric-grid-critical-interdependencies-vulnerabilities-us-congress\/\">The electric grid, critical interdependencies, vulnerabilities. House of Representatives 2003<\/a><\/li><li>Electromagnetic Pulse EMP from solar flares or high-altitude nuclear weapon explosion<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>***<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Testimony of Dr. Peter Vincent Pry&nbsp; at the U.S. House of Representatives Serial No. 114-42 on May 13, 2015.&nbsp;<em>The EMP Threat:&nbsp; the state of preparedness against the threat of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event.&nbsp; House of Representatives<\/em>. 94 pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe EMP Commission estimates that a nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill up to 9 of 10 Americans through starvation, disease, and societal collapse\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A natural electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from a geomagnetic super-storm<\/strong>, like the 1859 Carrington Event or 1921 Railroad Storm,\u00a0<strong>or nuclear EMP attack could cause a year-long blackout, and collapse all the other critical infrastructures\u2013communications, transportation, banking and finance, food and water\u2013necessary to sustain modern society and the lives of 310 million Americans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans Preface. 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