The federal government’s new focus on preventing disaster in a natural or terrorist electromagnetic pulse attack is drawing attention to a lack of testing and preparation at the nation’s nuclear power plants, where a resulting meltdown—At long last . . . Hope springs eternal! Read Full Story
“Iran appears to be preparing another satellite launch after twice failing this year to put one in orbit, despite U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic’s program helps it develop ballistic missiles.” ~ Jon Gambrell, Associated Press, August 18, 2019 Read Full Story
“The King’s good servant, but God’s first.” Final words attributed to Sir Thomas More, brilliant scholar/author/philosopher of the Renaissance, just before being beheaded at the direction of King Henry VIII. He chose death rather than betray teachings of the Catholic Church to suit the King. Read Full Story
While I am not an atmospheric/weather expert, I am certain that no competent scientist would consider as credible the dire “New Blue Deal” Global Warming predictions it is being advanced to address. Moreover, such an event flies in the face of all history with which I am familiar. Read Full Story
“There must be a pony in here somewhere!” This punch line from one of President Ronald Reagan’s famous humorous stories implied an important message then — and should encourage us to confront current discouraging situations … with good-natured determination, but determination nevertheless. Read Full Story
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) presents a substantial obstacle, at least for the uninformed, to urgently needed protection of the electric power grid from an all too real existential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat. Read Full Story
President Trump’s March 26, 2019 Executive Order 13865 “Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Threats” is very important, but it leaves a challenge for the dysfunctional federal government, a condition that should give local citizens and leaders a great incentive for countering this now identified potentially urgent problem “from the bottom-up.” Read Full Story
Saturday was the 36th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s memorable speech launching his famed Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a day that many of us older folks concerned about the nation’s national security recall with great admiration for the most memorable and revered president of my lifetime. Read Full Story
The terrible consequences of the electric power failure in Venezuela are substantially less than those from the nationwide U.S. power grid blackout that would most likely result from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack from high-altitude nuclear explosions over the United States, such as is in the military doctrine of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. Read Full Story
Cascading collapse of the Venezuelan electric grid on March 7, 2019, led to a loss of electricity in 22 of 23 Venezuelan states. Power restoration has been slow and blackout pockets persist—and will likely cause further stress on Venezuela’s economic, social, and political systems. There are lessons to be learned in considering the possible consequence of a major electric power grid loss in the United States. Read Full Story
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