Wednesday 18 November 2015

If We Expect a Major Electrical Grid Outage — Then What Are We Doing?

Knowing about a hazard and then doing something about it are two different things.

The Electric Infrastructure Security Council (EIS Council) has this short video that gives testimony to the fact that there is a significant issue from either a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) or Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). Lots of experts and policy people are calling attention to the issue. So, what is being done? It will take a coalition of people and organizations to reduce our vulnerability. It can’t be eliminated altogether, but we can mitigate against it.

You can be sure it will be a priority item, but only after we have a significant event. For the full article click here 



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