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It's honestly kinda scary that there are people who are unaware of the severity a High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) attack on the US poses. According to Homeland Security, Russia detonates a nuke 300 miles above sea level in the middle of North America and it wipes out the power grid for the entire continent. They estimate a year or more to replace the transformers and that the effects could kill as many as 90% of the American population in that time from total power loss and limited access to fresh water. His isnt from a YouTube influencer, this is from the Department of Homeland Security
Edit: I apologize for assuming you are from the US but even if younare not, you should still be knowledgeable of the threat because if it isn't Russia, China or any country who detonates it, then there is still the threat of an equally threatening CME that we are over due for that could hit anywhere on the earth depending on where it flares on the sun.
Jeez, I'm going to have to learn more about this stuff.
I am in the US, more specifically between NYC and DC, so I always figured I wouldn't have to worry much about nuclear war, as I'd probably be part of the first round getting vaporized. 😅
No shit I grew up in Frederick, MD till I was 12 then moved to Buffalo, NY region where I've been ever since lol but yeah, I have never been any sort of doomsday prepare and even when someone just told me about this I was super dismissive about it till I saw some very reputable reports on it. There are a bunch of videos from Dr. Arthur Braley a former NASA scientist who has been making instructional content about EMP attacks since way before Putin started fucking with Ukraine.
Thank you so much! I'll check those out!