Lights Out
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America’s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared.
“Fascinating, frightening, and beyond timely.”—Anderson Cooper
Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or…
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Lights Out is another great non-fiction book about electrical grid vulnerabilities. Koppel also spotlights High Power Transformers as the Achilles Heel of our electrical system
But Koppel also does a deep dive on the survivability—or rather lack thereof, of our society if the grid were to be taken down. He even broke down various social classes of people: rural versus urban, and talked about how each group would survive based upon their skillsets and resources available to them. FYI: Ranchers fare best
He even discussed the amazing organization the Mormon Church has put together with regards to the preparedness of…
From Christopher's list on electrical grid vulnerabilities and our survival.
In this journalistic account of a cyber-attack on the United States’ three power grids, Koppel describes the devastating effects as well as the government’s lack of preparedness for such an apocalyptic event. I love this book because it not only outlines many of the very real scenarios that are described in my series and exposes the weakness of the government to effectively manage such a situation, but also introduces the reader to so-called “preppers” who take this and any other threat to civilization seriously. What might be considered kooky by some people can be seen as prudent and…
From Julie's list on apocalyptic event that causes a dystopian future.
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