Yes, I believe it will 100%. It actually happened a few years ago in Cali. Fyi…There are 3 main grids in the US: Eastern interconnect, Western interconnect and the Texas grid. There are redundancies and contingencies in place. We also monitor solar activity 24/7 and have a plan in place for that.
What we haven’t planned for entirely is an EMP. Some utilities are safe guarded, some are not. The lead time on a substation transformer is 12-18 months.
If an EMP were to detonate over the US, yes I believe that’s possible - wide scale damage in a well coordinated attack and you’re talking upwards of 10 years worst case. They’d have to know precisely where to hit though, and that information is usually safeguarded.
History Channel had a good documentary a few years ago on this topic that was fairly accurate. I think it was called “Life without people” or something to that effect
Looks like a missile designed to trigger an EMP from 250+ miles up over northern central Kansas should manage to burn out the grid in 95+% of the CONUS.
Regarding EMP, have you read the William Forstchen book "One Second After?" If so, what are your thoughts on the scenario described in that book? I found the book to be credible and chilling.
I live in a very rural area with electricity provided by an electric coop. Assuming it's not a major EMP attack, are rural areas as likely to be impacted as anywhere else, or does area of the country make any difference in continuity of service?
IMO, yes being rural will help. Generation and transmission are the ones to watch. If a blackout is on a major scale, almost everyone will be effected. The grid relies on the spinning inertia of generators on the grid, once the grid takes a hit and a big generator goes offline suddenly, and then another and another, you lose that inertia and that particular interconnect is subject to blackout. There are protective relays that can help but idk exactly what kind of capabilities the DS and other enemies have
Do you think the Grid will be attacked?
Yes, I believe it will 100%. It actually happened a few years ago in Cali. Fyi…There are 3 main grids in the US: Eastern interconnect, Western interconnect and the Texas grid. There are redundancies and contingencies in place. We also monitor solar activity 24/7 and have a plan in place for that.
What we haven’t planned for entirely is an EMP. Some utilities are safe guarded, some are not. The lead time on a substation transformer is 12-18 months.
So are you saying it's possible we will be down 12 to 18 months?
If an EMP were to detonate over the US, yes I believe that’s possible - wide scale damage in a well coordinated attack and you’re talking upwards of 10 years worst case. They’d have to know precisely where to hit though, and that information is usually safeguarded.
History Channel had a good documentary a few years ago on this topic that was fairly accurate. I think it was called “Life without people” or something to that effect
Looks like a missile designed to trigger an EMP from 250+ miles up over northern central Kansas should manage to burn out the grid in 95+% of the CONUS.
https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/files/Ebomb.pdf
Is it that hard to come up with a back up if something like that was to happen?
Regarding EMP, have you read the William Forstchen book "One Second After?" If so, what are your thoughts on the scenario described in that book? I found the book to be credible and chilling.
I haven’t read that yet but I saw it mentioned on a post here yesterday and was wanting to check it out! Glad you mentioned that
If you have a quick synopsis maybe I could provide a more specific answer
I live in a very rural area with electricity provided by an electric coop. Assuming it's not a major EMP attack, are rural areas as likely to be impacted as anywhere else, or does area of the country make any difference in continuity of service?
IMO, yes being rural will help. Generation and transmission are the ones to watch. If a blackout is on a major scale, almost everyone will be effected. The grid relies on the spinning inertia of generators on the grid, once the grid takes a hit and a big generator goes offline suddenly, and then another and another, you lose that inertia and that particular interconnect is subject to blackout. There are protective relays that can help but idk exactly what kind of capabilities the DS and other enemies have
Thank you.