Electro-magnetic-pulse Stories

The book examines how individuals and countries would react to the loss of most of the World's computers due to a massive electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) from the Sun. Without computers to operate them, all modern cars, trucks and trains would stop operating and the entire electric grid would fail. The world would immediately move from a post-industrial society to an early industrial society without the simpler infrastructure to allow survival. Within a week, cities and towns would have no food and no easy way to get food. Chaos would reign and society would be based on the survival of the fittest where fittest would usually mean the most ruthless. Each chapter is self-contained and looks at the experiences of individuals and public agencies all over the world Although this book is classed as "Science Fiction" it is more accurately a work of "speculative fiction since a nuclear war, which is always possible, would have much the same effect. The first part of the book is presented here. The remaining parts will be presented subsequently