Tag: power grid

Jim Zeigler: Realistic novel 'One Second After' depicts families after EMP detonation in atmosphere knocks out power

An electromagnetic pulse explosion in the atmosphere could shut down the power grid and fry electronics. Novel depicts what life could be life "One Second After."

Security experts warn about federal government's 'willful refusal' to fortify nation's power grid — 'It gets really bad really fast without power'

More than 300 million Americans rely on electricity every day for work, entertainment and life-giving treatments, yet the nation’s power grid remains virtually undefended from attack, be it solar flares or bad actors.