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[WMD]

Pacific nw guy, I meant no criticism or disrespect, but EMP is just one of many possible attacks that could take us back to the turn of the LAST century. The book One Second After is written by William R. Forstchen, a noted sci-fi and historical writer. The book has a forward by Newt Gingrich -- just imagine if he were president instead of the community organizer we have.
Is this off-topic? I seemed to have hijacked the original subject and may have strayed... or galloped away from it.
Anyhow, having been involved in training with things that caused EMP and the very real chance of flying through a nuclear theater, our weapon systems had to be able to survive EMP or we would be casualties as well, with the first pulse. This was a terrific book... and scary, because we have nothing to counter such a sneak attack... other than prevention of the proliferation of "WMDs". The estimated casualties were about 90%... about 10% of our population might survive after a year. Think no vehicles, fuel, food, medicine or most anything would be replenished because our whole country requires trucks, trains, planes, ships, to carry everything everywhere. The windmills and solar farms would lose all of their controls and the very pumps for our water supplies and wells would be gone. Society would break down and only communities that could unite and maintain some kind of law and order for their area might get by for a while. Soon the hungry masses and the criminal elements would spread out from the cities and start "sharing" whatever anyone had. It would really suck, because no community could withstand repeated assaults by armies of desperate people and criminals. It's a very sobering book and a real wake-up call to recognize that possibility.
I remember the surreality of 9/11 and realizing that we were under attack and we didn't know for sure by whom or how long or what else to expect. I can remember drills in early school classes in how to react to nuclear attack and having to get under our desks and such. We lived with the threat of nuclear war for a long time. Now everyone is back to fat-dumb-and-happy, feeling inconvenienced by all of the lines for personal searches -- for STUFF, instead of trying to identify terrorists like the Israelis do. The constant scare-mongering from Homeland Security over trivial stuff instead of trying to close our borders to ALL illegal immigration. Legions of bad guys could have already walked across the northern and southern borders. We could stop that and then start looking for the ones that already here.
Dang. I had better shut up do something else around here. My wife gets off work in a couple of hours and there must be something I need to do.
I guess I ought to start a blog or something and just rant all day... but that's no fun. Today has been one of those days that I just can't seem to shut up.
Y'all take care and don't let me run you off. I enjoy reading the posts and learn a lot about guns and shooting. I certainly don't do enough of that these days. You've probably noticed that I like to yack as well. Later!
Wynn

I do not think you are alone in your thinking. However, it is always nice to occasionaly see Ben and his twins out getting some fresh air!

[getsome]

This is an interesting subject...I work for one of the two big telcom companies...I cant say which one but it starts with an A and ends with a T so now you know...Anyway we like most all companies have gone totally to the internet to conduct business...All of our operating systems are internet based so if anything were to interrupt the core network the whole country would grind to a halt....Think about that for a minute...No ATM's No credit cards, No money available from banks due to their systems being down, it would be like 1950 again except all the old mechanical devices are long gone to the junk pile...Dont get me wrong, I like the internet and wonder how we got along without it BUT we have put ourselves in a very vulnerable position without any backup systems available....It is very wise to stockpile everyday things like food/water so if the poop hits the prop you could survive....Having enough ammo is one of those things high on the list!!!...I lived in Charlotte NC when hurricane Hugo came through and learned several lessons...The storm was only supposed to have 40 mph winds but by the time it blew in there were 90 mph winds which took down trees, power lines and most everything else...You could not buy a D or AA cell flashlight battery for a 100 miles around the area but there were plenty of C cell batteries available so now all my flashlights are C cell which put out the same light as a D cell....I also learned how important it is to have a battery powered radio or TV on hand...W had a small black and white 12 volt TV set we used while camping so I took the battery out of one of the cars and used it to power it....We were without power for 14 days and that little TV saved the day...One thing I remember was people standing in block long lines to get a gallon of gas from a National Guard fuel truck (no power = no gas pumps working) so you could use a chainsaw (if you had one) to cut all the trees off houses and cars....Anyway a little planning goes a long long way in a basic survival situation....Going home now...Merry Christmas to all!!!!