An EMP Strike - What Should You Do? with author/expert William Forstchen, Ph.D.
Most people have lived through minor power outages lasting anywhere from a few hours to a few days. But what would happen if the power went out and didn\u2019t come back on? Historian William R. Forstchen, Ph.D., warns that\xa0if something were to cripple the U.S. power grid \u2014 an\xa0electromagnetic pulse\xa0(EMP) for instance \u2014 it would trigger a cascade of deadly events, and\xa0long-term survival would depend on being in the right place at the right time with the right food supply.\n\nWilliam R. Forstchen is a New York Times bestselling author and\xa0a Professor of History at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina. He\xa0holds a doctoral degree from Purdue University with a specialization in military history and technology. He is the author of more than 50 books, including the One Second After series that details the realistic effects of an EMP strike.\n\nHe is a noted expert historian and public speaker and has been interviewed on FOX News, C-SPAN and many others on topics ranging from history to technology and cultural issues, to space technology development, to security threats.\n\nWidely considered one of the foremost experts on EMP attacks, Forstchen is also the New York Times bestselling author of the One Second After series, a fictional exploration rooted in the cold, solid facts of how an EMP strike above U.S. soil would impact society.\n\nThe latest book in the series,\xa0Five Years After, follows protagonist John Matherson as he contends with new threats to the fragile civilization that he helped rebuild.