This is about North Korea, but still addresses the nuclear risk portion, of this category.
Whichever the worst scenario you ever saw painted for the Y2K crisis, an EMP would be a multiple of that, in terms of devastation. Every unshielded electronic circuit would be destroyed. Unless you currently fetch you water with a bucket, there would be no water, no transportation and thus no food or anything else. Countries like Cuba and North Korea would become advanced in comparison.
U.S. on alert for nuclear blast overheadhttp://www.wnd.com/2013/04/u-s-on-alert-for-overhead-nuclear-blast/WASHINGTON – U.S. officials quietly are expressing concern that North Korea could use its “space launch vehicle†to explode a high-altitude nuclear device over the United States, creating an electromagnetic pulse that would destroy major portions of the U.S. electrical grid system as well as the nation’s critical infrastructures.
The concern is so great that U.S. officials who watch North Korea closely are continually monitoring the status of the North Korean “space launch vehicle,†whose status could suggest a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States.
Much more at the link.
