{"id":39,"date":"2005-12-07T08:53:26","date_gmt":"2005-12-07T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=39"},"modified":"2005-12-07T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2005-12-07T17:09:59","slug":"y2k-emp-solar-flares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2005\/y2k-emp-solar-flares\/","title":{"rendered":"Y2K, EMP, Solar Flares?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=anabaptistbookst%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1591143012%2526tag=anabaptistbookst%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1591143012%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1591143012.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" alt=\"War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World\" align=\"right\" align=\"texttop\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>If you haven&#8217;t known about something else to consider worrying about, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/worldtribune\/WTARC\/2005\/ss_emp_12_06.html\">World Tribune<\/a> offers this:<\/p>\n<p><dd>Unfortunately, that scenario is not far fetched. It is the conclusion of a report issued in 2004 by a blue ribbon commission created by Congress. The commission found that a single nuclear weapon, delivered by a ballistic missile to an altitude of a few hundred miles over the United States, would be &#8220;capable of causing catastrophe for the nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><dd>How is that possible? By precipitating a lethal electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.<\/p>\n<p><dd>In 2000, concerned about EMP technology, Congress created the &#8220;Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack&#8221; (the EMP Threat Commission, for short). In its final report, presented in summer 2004, the panel warned that terrorists could indeed execute such an attack by launching a small nuclear armed missile from a freighter off the coast of the United States.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Maybe World Tribune isn&#8217;t a credible source.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the EMP Threat Commission overstated its case.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe EMP ranks alongside Y2K.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe EMP and Y2K co-exist with solar flares as catastrophic cripplers.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe. Maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>God knows. I don&#8217;t. I rest in Him.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t known about something else to consider worrying about, World Tribune offers this: Unfortunately, that scenario is not far fetched. 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