According to http://www.insurancejournal.com
Lloyd’s Warns of Perils Related to Electric Grid Transformer Failure
One source of such a powerful EMP is a terrorist attack using a nuclear bomb. “The electromagnetic pulse generated by a high altitude nuclear explosion is one of a small number of threats that can hold our society at risk of catastrophic consequences,” according to a report prepared by the US’s Critical National Infrastructures Commission in 2008. “Damage to or loss of these components could leave significant parts of the electrical infrastructure out of service for periods measured in months to a year or more.”
The lack of readily available replacements “represents a glaring weakness in our survival and recovery to the extent these transformers are vulnerable,” the Commission concluded.
Terrorist attacks aren’t the only threat. Lloyd’s cited the “famous 1859 geomagnetic storm, the Carrington Event, which was set off by a powerful solar flare that created an enormous electric charge that hit Earth. If it were to be repeated today it could cause between $1 trillion and $2 trillion of damage to our hi-tech infrastructure, said a study by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
If you search this website for EMP attack or Solar Storm causing black out you can find a few such as Michio Kaku (Theoretical Physicist) talking about how EMP or Solar Geomagnetic Storm will wipe out the electric grid and MAY causing serious “Mad Max” scenario.
The black out can last for weeks or months causing serious hardship in the city area and the mass migration will begin it’s disaster move towards the rural area causing mass looting & panic defending by farmers.
Many will die in the beginning until groups of survivals form cluster of strong hold to cooperate with each other to survive with urban farming & strict rationing with probably soldiers or mercenary defending the strong hold.
New laws may be written overriding the obsolete, corporations may fall overnight due to sudden lost of old laws to protect their patents & trademarks as survivals DIY their products from their own backyard for survival.
Repairs of the transformers will begin country wide at a slow pace inspecting all faulty wiring but may be costly which many countries cannot afford immediately.
The rest is up to your imagination, stock up some food immediately & prepare for anything.
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