A massive magnetic solar storm could knock out much of the US electrical grid and leave 130 million people in the dark, a report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) concludes. The Federal Interagency Response Plan – Space Weather ...
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7 Critical Steps To Surviving A Winter Blackout
Winter seems to have arrived early in most of the United States this year, with the sudden freezing temperatures, icy roads and snow catching many by surprise. Winter storms can be outright dangerous if you aren’t prepared. Consider the following ...
Read More »Heat Your Home With The Sun – And Cut Your Bills In Half
Passive solar heating and cooling may not sound exciting or even effective, but if you’re off-grid, you definitely should learn more. When done right, passive solar can help offset electric costs by a great deal. How does passive solar design for homes ...
Read More »Former CIA Director Warns: ‘Two-Thirds Of US Population’ Would Die From EMP Attack
A former CIA director says the United States is not doing enough to protect itself from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, which he calls the greatest threat to the United States because it would bring “our civilization to a cold, ...
Read More »FBI Admits: Sabotaging Power Grid Incredibly Easy
A top FBI agent has admitted that the electric power grid is vulnerable to acts of sabotage but he denied claims that an attack on an electric substation in Silicon Valley last year was terrorism. John Lightfoot also said that ...
Read More »Large-Scale ISIS Attack On US Power Grid ‘Imminent’
The type of threats to the power grid just increased by one. Now, in addition to being concerned about an EMP attack, an Earth-directed solar flare, or a cyber attack, Americans must also worry about ISIS militants attacking the nation’s ...
Read More »Double Whammy: How California’s Drought Could Trigger ‘The Big One’
With nearly 60 percent of California in an exceptional state of drought since 2011, and farmers in the state’s Central Valley forced to pump groundwater from deep below to irrigate their crops, researchers are suggesting that removing the groundwater could ...
Read More »EMP Attack ‘Most Significant Danger’ Facing America, Warns Billionaire
If the power grid fails due to an EMP attack, millions of lives could be lost and the economy would take a nose dive that could take years from which to recover. That’s common knowledge among many Americans, but when ...
Read More »Study: US Power Grid Has More Blackouts Than ENTIRE Developed World
The United States power grid has more blackouts than any other country in the developed world, according to new data that spotlights the country’s aging and unreliable electric system. The data by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the North ...
Read More »How A Simple Solar Flare Could Doom America — And The World
“The eastern sky appeared of a blood red color,” wrote a resident of South Carolina’s Sullivan Island. “The sea reflected the phenomenon, and no one could look at it without thinking of the passage in the Bible which says, ‘the ...
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