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Prepping for a Black Swan – EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) – Part 1
It’s Wednesday morning. You are driving into work as the Sun creeps up over the horizon making it difficult for you to see the road. Someone driving a hybrid cuts you off, forcing you to slam on the brakes to avoid getting into a wreck. Frustrated, you compose yourself by taking a deep and focused breath trying to shake off your anger. You continue driving. You’re just minutes away from work, but you’re not rushed; you’re running early today. You come up on a traffic light that you hope you don’t get caught at. It takes forever to cycle through. As you approach, it turns yellow. You think to yourself, “Dammit! If I was 2 seconds earlier I wouldn’t have to wait on this crap!”. As you brake, you have your eyes focused on the yellow light that is moments away from turning red. Suddenly, you see sparks fly from the transformer on the pole on the side of the road. The traffic light explodes in a mesmerizing display of sparks. You notice that your steering wheel is stiff and all the gauges on your dash reset to zero. Holy crap, your car just turned off! The person in the car just behind you to your left veers into your car, jarring you.
What in the hell just happened!?
A very strong solar storm, generated by the Sun, just made a direct hit with the Earth. The entire electrical grid for the northern hemisphere is completely crippled and non-functional. Any vehicles that require a computer to operate are unusable. There is no means of communication via mobile phone or land-line. What do you do now?
