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Every day at EMPact America, we see news articles related to electromagnetic pulse, and we catch videos posted online, and we get email messages from members, and it can be inundating to process it all. There is so much information available, that if we read every article and viewed every video, that would pretty much take the whole day. ...

You read the title and perhaps ask: What does a dairy practice involve? Cows move in formation for an upcoming dance revue? Cows wearing their practice jerseys kick a ball getting ready for a game? People making squeezing motions in the air with their hands getting ready for the day when they will actually procure milk from a real cow (think of the “Meet the Parents” baby)?

Actually the Dairy Practices Council (DPC) is a group of dedicated professionals in the Dairy Industry who ...

This article at USAToday.com came to my attention the other day, and I must say, those are some good graphics. I'm not saying that because I think the graphic artist did a good job in an artistic way, I'm saying that because those graphics really help get the point across. Sometimes, I think we get distracted by the intense scientific language that comes along with the physics of electromagnetic pulse.

Here are the first three paragraphs:

"The sky erupts. Cities darken, food spoils

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Earlier this week I had the opportunity to participate in an exercise with the Carlisle, PA Fire Department as our EMPact America PA Chapter was launched. A number of emergency responders, law enforcement people, government folks and concerned citizens attended. This town is the home of the US Army War College where an EMP Conference was held September 28 - 30 that was mentioned in another blog.

At this meeting we started with basic information from National Geographic describing ...

This past week we teleconferenced in to a meeting in Washington County Maryland. Members of the Association of Fire Chiefs had attended the “In the Dark” Conference at the Army War College and with some former knowledge of the issue, decided to put on an informational session. EMPact America was happy to provide our video package of Conference materials and the National Geographic video and some “One Second After” copies. After an abbreviated viewing of the National Geographic video presentations ...