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Finished a book a few weeks ago called One Second After by William R. Forstchen... it's about the threat of something called an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) used as a weapon. Basically, nuclear detonations always give off an EMP, and can be tweaked to make them more powerful, and if one is detonated high up in the atmosphere where it won't cause any physical damage or radiation problems, it can still send out an EMP that makes anything electronic stop working. It more or less fries circuit boards...

So, I know at first thought that doesn't sound so bad, but just think about it. It's like losing your electricity plus losing all transportation and communication (cars, planes, radios, tv, etc.) For a day or two its no big deal. A month or year is quite different. It was fascination to see modern civilization basically revert to medieval times. Fighting for food, not knowing what happened and no way to get new information, dying from basic health issues that typically are no big deal, etc.

And the scary part is that it is a very real threat... and much more likely because even the most archaic, crazy nations of this planet that might possibly obtain nuclear weapons, most know that detonating one on the ground anywhere on the Earth will cause problems all over.

All in all, a good read. Natalie and I talked about a "game plan" on what to do if one day all the electricity goes out AND all the cars stop running at the same time...