Friday's Thoughts and Other Stuff, on a Sunday

Dear Preppers and Survivalists,

Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS 51-D

deploys the Telesat-I (ca 1985)

Source

N.A.S.A.

North Korea, Continued
Nuclear Weapons aren't the only, potential, threat that our country is facing from North Korea. It seems North Korea is developing or has deployed an electromagnetic pulse weapon, in orbit.

Needless to say, long time preppers already know an EMP attack would be devastating to these United States and the rest of the world.

So, ...

These United States commissioned a report from the committee formed to answer the question.

Link:
Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack - Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack (April 2008)
http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf


One Second After
Of course, the April 2008 report is full of recommendations ignored by the government.

So, ...

William R. Forstchen wrote a book titled One Second After, in 2009, to highlight the dangers of ignoring the commission's recommendations. It is an easy read, and I have recommended it, in the past.

Of course, Mr. Forstchen is serious about you and your family getting ready for such an event, so he started a website, with several pages, about EMP.

Link:
One Second After - Prepare for EMP
http://www.onesecondafter.com/prepare.html


Presidential Emergency Executive Orders
Of course, these United States have been facing similar dangers for over 50 years, so the government has come up with various plans for the nation to survive.

The only problem, ...

Some of these plans basically enslave the people of these United States to our government.

Now, most people, me included, would say it's a good idea for the government to have the ability to seize shelter, water, food, require doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professional to treat people, and do other necessary tasks to save as many people as possible.

But, ...

These emergency powers also allow the government to ...

Link:
Sweet Liberty - The FEMA list of Presidential Executive Orders
http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/eo/femalist.htm