With the invention of “Super EMP” electro-magnetic
pulse weapons, the possibility of
Carrington-class solar flares, and the potential for cyber attackers to
remotely compromise our interconnected computer systems, there may come a time in our
country’s future when our entire way of life is threatened because we no
longer have access to the one thing that keeps it all moving –
electricity. Outgoing Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano
recently suggested that such a
widespread outage is imminent and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke who is a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee concluded that
the chance of a serious geo-magnetic event crippling our power grid is 100%.
The threat is real.