Loki wrote:
There was one point made in the article that is valid, not just for the convention. An EMP attack was mentioned. It reminded me that most of our infrastructure is so dependent on computers that our unshielded stuff would be fried. You can bet critical government equipment is heavily shielded, but an EMP pulse would fry electronics everywhere. Drinking water would become undrinkable. railroads and most cars would stop running. Commerce, so dependent on computerized functions, would be gone. Try to go to the store for milk and eggs. Emergency services would be stopped. We would be paralyzed. This is not conspiracy. Since the breakup of the old Soviet Union, a number of small "pocket nukes" are unaccounted for, and North Korea has the technology to build one. So does Pakistan and India. Think of the damage an EMP burst would do if it was directed at New York, or any of the Eastern Seaboard cities. This is becoming a real possibility. I think that built in hardening against EMP should be required, at least of Emergency equipment.
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With any luck, a giant predicted solar flare will cause it first and the entire planet will go to heck in a hand basket together. I guess then the Australian Abos will rule.