Grid Threats

Image source: WAGMTV Winter seems to have arrived early in most of the United States this year, with the sudden freezing temperatures, icy roads and snow...

Image source: EcologyMatters 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...

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...

Image source: utilitiesanalyses A top FBI agent has admitted that the electric power grid is vulnerable to acts of sabotage but he denied claims that an...

Image source: SunConnect.com The type of threats to the power grid just increased by one. Now, in addition to being concerned about an EMP attack, an...

Image source: USGS.gov With nearly 60 percent of California in an exceptional state of drought since 2011, and farmers in the state's Central Valley forced to...

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...

Image source: RedOrbit.com The United States power grid has more blackouts than any other country in the developed world, according to new data that spotlights the...

“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...

Americans experienced a record 3,236 power outages that cost the nation an estimated $150 billion in damages and lost income last year, according to a new...