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Something I read about six months ago was somewhat disturbing to me. It seems there was a commission formed to determine the likelihood of survival after an EMP
by someonehere 2y ago
Something I read about six months ago was somewhat disturbing to me. It seems there was a commission formed to determine the likelihood of survival after an EMP attack on the United States. I don’t know the name of the report, but I know it was published in 2008. At any rate, the report concluded that if the United States was hit with an EMP attack within one year 90% of the population would die. This was back in the 2000s when we weren’t as dependent on technology as we are today. I can’t imagine what that report would be like for today’s world.
- SkyPuncher 2y agoThe US getting hit with an EMP attack is essentially a nuclear war situation. It’s not shocking that 90% of people will die.
- WalterBright 2y agoI figure 99% would die. How many of us know how to live off the land? I've watched enough of "Alone" where even the experts cannot manage it. A farming community could survive, until an army of 100000 hungry people overruns it.