He states “We have developed dependencies we could not even have imagined a generation ago.” “To be dependent is to be vulnerable.” Ted Koppel (the first few paragraphs of the book) There is no immediate resupply, and people become desperate. Stores do not readily adapt to panic buying, and many city dwellers, accustomed to ordering out, have only scant supplies at home. It is a shock to discover how quickly a city can exhaust its food supplies. Supermarkets and pharmacy shelves are empty in a matter of hours. Disposal of human waste becomes a critical issue within days. Emergency supplies of bottled water are too scarce to use for anything but drinking, and there is nowhere to replenish the supply. When this runs out, taps go dry toilets no longer flush. In cities with water towers on the roofs of high-rise buildings, gravity keeps the flow going for two, perhaps three days.
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As batteries lose power, there is the more gradual failure of cellphones, portable radios, and flashlights.Įmergency generators provide pockets of light and power, but there is little running water anywhere. Koppel understands the devastating impact of power grid failure when he writes,Įxtended periods of darkness, longer and more profound than anyone now living in one of America’s great cities has ever known.Īs power shuts down there is darkness and the sudden loss of electrical conveniences. There are a number of popular fictional books surrounding the scenario of power grid failure and the apocalyptic aftermath thereof, however Ted’s non-fiction book is the first that I am aware of written by a highly regarded mainstream media figure who through his levelheaded talent as an interviewer uncovers a frightening and very real situation that we are facing right now… a cyberattack on our power grid. Ted Koppel exposes just how vulnerable we really are to a massive cyberattack – bringing it all down… The fact that we are utterly dependent upon the power grid for our survival as a nation and a people, exposes one of our greatest vulnerabilities – the constant flow of electricity. Ted Koppel, the anchor of ‘Nightline’ from its inception in 1980 until his retirement in 2005, is now buying freeze-dried food for his family as a result of recent ominous conclusions spelled out in his book, “Lights Out”, revealing the great dangers that we are facing from a debilitating and potentially very deadly ‘grid-down’ cyberattack.
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