A Huge Coronal Mass Ejection From the Sun Could Wipe Out US Power Grid

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U.S. warned of threat worse than Katrina, plague, WWII
Millions could die: 'This is clearly not something you ever want to experience'

August 12, 2010
More horrifying than the plague of Black Death across Europe. More costly in lives than World War II. Financially, it could make the Katrina repairs look like a pocketful of change. And it's not a matter of if, but when.

That's the alarming warning issued by John G. Kappenman, owner of Storm Analysis Consultants and an expert on the dangers of electromagnetic pulse damage to modern society, with a list of qualifications after his name as long as a phone book.

The issue of EMP dangers to the Earth – either from a CME, a coronal mass ejection, which is an eruption of power from the sun, or from a nuclear-triggered EMP wave intended to destroy a society – have been the subject of multiple reports in recent months.

WND reported just days ago that the U.S. House authorized plans to defend America's power grid against such dangers, but the Senate left citizens to fend for themselves, eliminating the contingency plans.

Kappenman, interviewed recently on the radio program "OffTheGridNews," explained that never before has civilization faced what could be coming, because historic storms hit before people were so dependant on electricity and all that it does, from turning on a cell phone to powering the pumps fueling the transportation system to keeping food from spoiling.

The domino effect, he explained, is what could cause deaths in the millions. Millions? Really?

Yes, he said.

"The severity of the storm we're talking about here [could produce] widespread massive damage to the power grid," he said. "That could cause maybe a four to10 year sort of damage to the power grid … and an inability to restore that power grid.

"This is clearly not something you ever want to experience firsthand, it could lead to millions of casualties,"' he said.

But would losing power cause that much trouble?

Not for an hour or two, but for several years, yes, he said.

"Within a matter of just a few hours, you'd worry about the loss of potable water for major metro areas. You'd lose the ability to pump and treat sewage. Within a matter of a day or so you'd be concerned about the loss of perishable foods. With a few days, you would have exhausted the food supplies available.

"Then within a matter of three days you have probably lost total ability to maintain any sort of telecommunication infrastructure," he said.

"We could be looking at a scenario here that far exceeds the casualties of any war, any natural disaster that humanity has ever experienced. And it may not be limited to North America."

See:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=190721


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