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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘The Threats from an Electromagnetic Pulse'

Yes, the threat does exist.

Yes, the seemingly impossible and improbable does sometimes happen — two airplanes hitting the World Trade Center buildings, as one example.

Preparedness starts with awareness of various threats. There is a coming podcast on the Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) threat, which is naturally produced by sun activity. You will be able to listen to that one in a few weeks’ time. This week it is about the EMP threat.

Check out this Disaster Zone podcast: “The Threats from an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP).”

The podcast’s description is below:

“Perhaps you have never heard of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and don’t understand what the implications from one being used as a weapon against the United States or other national powers. That is what this podcast does, looking at the full impacts of such a weapon being used in the future. The guest for this podcast is William R. Forstchen who is a New York Times bestselling author and holds a doctoral degree from Purdue University with a specialization in military history and technology. He is a noted expert historian and public speaker and has been interviewed on FOX News, C-SPAN, and Coast to Coast AM on topics ranging from history to technology and cultural issues, to space technology development, to security threats. And, he has a novel One Second After that is a New York Bestseller that addresses via fiction what might happen following the use of an EMP weapon.”
Eric Holdeman is a nationally known emergency manager. He has worked in emergency management at the federal, state and local government levels. Today he serves as the Director, Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (CRDR), which is part of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER). The focus for his work there is engaging the public and private sectors to work collaboratively on issues of common interest, regionally and cross jurisdictionally.