When America’s lights go out forever
Exclusive: Joseph Farah warns of nation’s vulnerability Israel does not share
Joseph Farah
WND.com
Oct. 19, 2015
The Department of Homeland Security acknowledges ISIS has been attempting to hack U.S. electrical grids.
Fortunately, to date, we’ve all been very fortunate the attacks have been unsuccessful.
But one day our luck will run out.
That will be a very dark day for America.
What keeps America alive is the electrical grid. If it goes down, for a week or longer, the devastation will be incalculable. Many will die. Some won’t be able to heat their homes. No one will be able to buy gasoline. Offices and businesses close down. Supermarket shelves will be barren. Some, who rely on electric water pumps, won’t even have water in their homes. No lights. No food. No heat. No money. No gasoline.
In other words, for however long such an attack lasts, America reverts back to 19th century existence. And with most Americans totally dependent on electricity as their lifeblood, it’s not a pretty picture.
ISIS is hardly the only threat.
F. Michael Maloof wrote a chilling book a few years ago, “A Nation Forsaken,” about the impact of a grid attack that could come by several means:
solar flares
hacking
electronic magnetic pulse generated by a mid-air detonation of a nuclear weapon
The latter may be the scariest because it could cripple much of the country for a very, very long time. A congressional commission years ago warned it would result in most Americans dying as a result – most from starvation.
Yet the U.S. grid is just as open to attack today as it was when that report came out.
Why?
Because fixing it hasn’t been a priority for Washington. It wouldn’t cost much, by comparison with other programs, mind you, but no one has the will to spend the money and protect America from this almost unimaginable catastrophe.
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