Thursday, November 24, 2011

Allianz joins SwissRe and Zurich in saying severe Space Weather could mean "lights out" for weeks on your watch -- tsk tsk.

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Do you think your company's power supply is reliable and uninterruptible because you have a back-up generator and a few days' supply of diesel fuel on hand?  Guess again.  Read the news from Allianz further below and take action.

As a concrete example, we recently met with the head of operations of a major data center company in the U.S. and he proudly declared that their HQs had a back-up generator and 72 hours' supply of fuel, and that each of their data centers had 24 hours of fuel.

Woohoo !!

But of course, power outages from just "normal" natural events such as earthquakes and hurricanes can routinely last 1 - 2 WEEKS.

Sadly, power outages from space weather events (solar flares, coronal mass ejections, etc.) could last weeks or MONTHS.  Yes, MONTHS.  Possibly years in extreme cases.

Was this data-center head of ops well prepared ?  No, he was foolish and arrogant combined.

A liter of diesel fuel for your thoughts... ?

Now, to the news:


"Solar Storms May Cause Large-Scale Power Outages, Allianz Says"

Bloomberg --- 23 Nov 2011


"Solar storms may cause large-scale power outages in 2012 to 2013, according to Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer.

“Particularly in the northern hemisphere, space weather events could severely damage high-voltage transformers whose repair can take days or even weeks,” the company said in a report today.

"Increased use of renewable energy also threatens power-network stability, according to the report. ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-23/solar-storms-may-cause-large-scale-power-outages-allianz-says.html

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See also:

http://www.agcs.allianz.com/about-us/news/companies-in-europe-and-the-us-underestimate-power-blackout-risk/

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http://www.agcs.allianz.com/insights/white-papers-and-case-studies/

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http://www.agcs.allianz.com/insights/white-papers-and-case-studies/power-blackout-risks/

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Posted 24 Nov 2011 (Thanksgiving Day) by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com


EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse

http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Slash & burn = utility companies best defense against "normal" Earth-based storms -- and against solar EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) = severe space weather

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The article below describes the ineffectual response of Connecticut utility companies to power outages caused by normal Earth-based weather such as ice & snow storms, or tropical storms & hurricanes -- for the past 25+ years !  Recent outages lasted from 1 - 2 weeks.

Hence, imagine these utility companies' pathetic response to a solar EMP event, where power outages could last from months to years !

In both cases, one of the main enemies is the same -- trees !  During a major solar flare cum coronal mass ejection (CME) event, all loooooong conductors such as power lines will spark.  Tremendously.  If an event occurs in summertime or a dry season, hundreds of forest fires will start immediately -- and simultaneously.  Nationwide, possibly thousands will start.

Thus, alllll utility companies in the United States should have very very aggressive tree trimming / cutting programs year-round to prepare for EMP events.

And to prepare for the more normal storms of Mother Nature -- blizzards, ice storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.

And now, to the news that should not be "news" -- again:


"Connecticut storm highlights decades of repeat issues"

"Recent Conn. snow storm highlights decades of repeat problems with utility storm response"

12 Nov 2011

"HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A storm hits Connecticut and causes hundreds of thousands to lose power. Utility companies take a week or longer to restore it. Public outrage leads to state investigations. Officials order service improvements.

"It's a cycle that repeats itself in the Land of Steady Habits. The problems that arose after the freak October snowstorm and Tropical Storm Irene in August are similar to ones that cropped up after other major storms dating to Hurricane Gloria in 1985, an Associated Press review of state regulatory reports shows.

"Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, legislators and other state officials say it's time to finally fix long-standing problems such as utilities not being quick enough in bringing in out-of-state crews, inadequate tree trimming and poor communication with government officials after storms. They also want to hold utilities more responsible for performance troubles, possibly by issuing fines.

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"The Oct. 29-30 storm downed scores of trees and utility wires, leaving 3 million homes and businesses in the Northeast without power.  Hardest hit was Connecticut, where a state record of 850,000 outages was set only two months after Tropical Storm Irene caused a then-record 830,000 power failures."

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Read the full article here:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/conn-storm-highlights-decades-repeat-171137833.html

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Very electro-magnanimously yours,

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Is your company prepared for a catastrophic radiological event courtesy of an overly confident utility company near you ?

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Probably not.....

Is your company stocked up for the Ghost of Fukushima Past & TEPCO Ridiculous Redux (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) !? !?


If your neighbor's 3-eyed dog is chasing your luminescent cat.....

And......if there is a nuclear power plant within 100 miles upwind of your home and/or company, go to Walmart immediately and stock up on your favorite isotope-quenching, energy sports drink to reduce free radicals !

And now.....hot off the press:


"RxBio gets $ 15 million from BARDA to further develop radiation drug"

BIO SmartBrief -- Nov 10, 2011

"RxBio received a $15 million grant from the HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for the continued development of a radiation protection drug called Rx100.  The contract includes options to increase the funding by $9 million over the next two years.  The treatment helps improve the chances of survival of those exposed to radiation, even three days after the radiation exposure, researchers said."

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

Full article here:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/nov/08/biotech-company-affiliated-memphis-based-uthsc-win/


See also:

http://www.rxbio.com

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And to get your fair share of your own tax dollars, visit:

http://www.phe.gov/about/barda/Pages/default.aspx

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POSTED 12 November 2011 by:

David A. Palella
BIOSCIENCE VENTURES Inc.
San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpalella

blog:  http://biobizdev.blogspot.com

& Group Founder:

Japan Biotech/Biopharma Partnering Forum
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2857975/

Infectious Disease R&D and Business Network
http://www.linkedin.com/e/-ubgx8c-godydbie-43/vgh/3937807/

Biotech / Pharma Business Development, Licensing & Dealmaking
http://www.linkedin.com/e/-ubgx8c-gp40f4dt-22/vgh/3964633/

& Co-founder:

Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3921448


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EMP Defense Council(sm) Youtube video posted -- Vivacious post-mortem explanation of the dier [ sic ] after-effects of Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) events

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For those of you who prefer video inputs over textual, Ms. Desi Ivanova, Head of Business Development for the EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm) in San Diego, California, has recorded the first educational Youtube video for the Council. 

Titled "Transform the Storm" -- the video explains the negative impact of EMP events such as solar storms and how companies should try to transform such adverse space weather into a business opportunity, instead of viewing geomagnetic storms as another major business-continuity expense.

You can view the video here -- recorded in the dim candle light that will prevail for weeks, months or even years after an EMP event and the resulting predicted pandemic electrical grid collapse:

-->>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndbdsxAnVTM


Finally, Desi's slides presented in the video may be obtained by contacting me directly by courier, passenger pigeon, Pony Express, smokes signals -- or by regular email -- not by LinkedIn email.

And do print a hard copy of the slides on biblical papyrus for an indelible monastic Posterity before your computer and printer's fragile integrated circuits no longer function.

Very electro-magnanimously yours,

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/

EMP Defense Council video - 11/2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndbdsxAnVTM


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


P.S.:  Watch EMP tests conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.  Highly confined and man-made EMPs instantly and permanently disable a flying model helicopter and a full-sized automobile in motion:

“EMP Part 1”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvu08Y9XJ0U

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“EMP Part 2”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odJKYTzXg8


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Latest Geomagnetic Weather Forecast easily accessible by any humanized manly Android-based smart phone !

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If you only play an astronaut on TV like me, now you too can easily check the current SPACE weather just by scratching the face of your smart phone !  I don't have any relationship with the developer of this smart-phone app, so put your tin foil hat on and do your own due diligence.

Scotty ! -- Beam me up !!

And now to the news:


Elecont Software's "Weather for Android" released with Geomagnetic Storm capability


"The new version of the Elecont Weather 3.7 for Android released.

"The new version adds a geomagnetic storms forecast. This feature, together with indicator of large changes in pressure and warning of extreme weather events is very important to people, responding to changes in weather.

"Now Elecont Weather is the most informative android application about environment: current weather and weather forecast from different weather providers, weather alerts, last earthquakes, live radar, geomagnetic storm forecast, pressure changes indicator and moon and sun calendar.

"Also in new version added:

- Geomagnetic storm forecast;
- New widgets: Geomagnetic storm, Weather Alerts, Precipitation amount, Ultraviolet, Sunset and sunrise;
- New status bar indicators: Geomagnetic storm, Precipitation amount, Ultraviolet;
- Widgets preview;
- New widget options;
- New time widgets: analog and LED; and
- US Radar runs three times faster."

Here is the original post:

http://androidforums.com/application-announcements/440505-elecont-weather-android-released-geomagnetic-storm.html

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http://androidforums.com/application-announcements/440505-elecont-weather-android-released-geomagnetic-storm.html#post3419934

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http://www.elecont.com

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Very electro-magnanimously yours,

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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EMP Defense Council(sm) new PowerPoint presentation published on LinkedIn's Slideshare facility

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For those of you with an abiding interest in preparing America & the world for EMP events, whether solar or nuclear, you can download or view on-line our latest PowerPoint detailing our markets- and standards-based approach to incentivizing companies to turn EMP events into profit-making opportunities.

The title of the PowerPoint is:

"Corporate Preparedness & Co-opting Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) events during the active Solar Cycle “Plateau” of 2011-2017 –
 
Turning the threat of solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) – or ANY “Black Swan” events -- into Business Opportunities"


In short, only the profit motive, self-interest and the "invisible hand" of free markets will cause American companies to take action in time to save us alllll from EMP events.  Or, at least, to mitigate the damage caused by EMP events, thus allowing a faster recovery.


To access the PowerPoint:

Go to my public profile:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpalella


Then click on "View Full Profile".

Then page down to the very bottom and click on the PowerPoint presentation icon on the left-hand side of the page.


Finally, constructive criticism and feedback are welcome, but, please, no nitpicking, hair-splitting nor lunatic-fringe commentary.

Very electro-magnanimously yours,

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Space Weather Forecast for mid-November ? -- Significant Chance of Severe Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) raining on your business continuity charade

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Almost all Disaster Response & Business Continuity Plans will fail the "Stress Test" of a major Geomagnetic Storm


Do you think your company is prepared for every credible disaster ?  Think again.  The high probability of major solar Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) events over the next 5 - 6 years means your company's financial performance could be substantively impaired for 1 - 9 years.

Yes -- years.

Skeptical ?  Read the November space weather forecast below.

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"Largest Sunspot in Years Now on the Sun"

04 November 2011

"One of the largest sunspots in years is now visible, rotating around into view on the Sun’s limb on November 3, 2011.  And it’s an feisty one, too. The Solar Dynamics Observatory team called Active Region 1339 a “Bad Boy,” as at 20:27 UTC, a solar flare peaked at X1.9.

X-class flares are massive, and can be major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms.  This region is not facing Earth — yet.  But we’ll be keeping on eye on it as it turns toward an Earth-facing direction."

http://www.universetoday.com/90653/largest-sunspot-in-years-now-on-the-sun/

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SEE ALSO:

"Sun comes alive with solar storms"

"Scientists say the most active region of the sun will be directly facing Earth in about five days"

The Associated Press -- 04 November 2011

http://www.pressherald.com/news/nationworld/sun-comes-alive-with-solar-storms_2011-11-04.html

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POSTED 03 November 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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"Space Storms to Pose Greater Risk to Flyers and Astronauts" -- per the journal SCIENCE

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Intra-stellar [ sic ] subatomic-particle hurricanes, tornadoes and hail storms forecasted to increase...

U.S. Air Force high-altitude, experimental jet pilot develops eye cancer -- should frequent flyers worry too ?

And now the article from the respected journal SCIENCE:


"Space Storms to Pose Greater Risk to Flyers and Astronauts"

By Jon Cartwright -- SCIENCEmag.org

23 September 2011


"If you thought the outlook for Earth's climate looked bleak, don't look up. A new study suggests that space weather — the hail of energetic particles above our atmosphere—is set to worsen in coming decades.  The grim forecast suggests that astronauts and frequent flyers will face greater radiation hazards and could rule out a crewed mission to Mars before 2050.

Space weather is a general term for the environmental conditions above Earth's atmosphere.  When space weather is bad, dangerous particles abound.  These include protons and ions, known as galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), raining down at near-light speed from space, and similar particles coming in bursts from the sun, called solar energetic particles (SEPs)."

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http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/space-storms-to-pose-greater-ris.html

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POSTED 24 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


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"Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?"

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Solar Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) or Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) events are likely near-term scenarios that could decimate the insurance industry


The reinsurance industry fails to redistribute risk adequately, its very reason for being, according to a Harvard Business School professor in the interview cited below.

And in the case of a widespread catastrophic event such as a solar Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) or Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) event, which could cause immediate property & casualty damage equal to "20 Katrina's" per a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study, there is not sufficient liquidity / capacity in the worldwide insurance / reinsurance industries to pay off all "covered" claims.  In short, you are not covered.

20 Katrina's equals about US$ 1 TRILLION.

So even if your company were to buy CME / EMP coverage within your Business Property, Business Continuity, Contingent Business Continuity, and D&O (Directors & Officers) policies, could you collect on it ?

More than likely, no.  So insurance is, sadly, not insurance for CME / EMP. 

And a holistic approach to planning for CME / EMP events is required.

Now to the news:


"Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?"

September 19, 2011

Interview with:  Prof. Kenneth A. Froot, Harvard Business School

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6774.html?wknews=09212011

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POSTED 22 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


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"Radiation experts: Tokyo may have to be evacuated"

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Radiation contamination Kabuki fan-dancing ? -- now you see it, now you don't !

The Mama-san of all Disaster Evacuation Contingency Plans ?


Having lived in Japan 4 years and done business there 30 years, I can testify that we should not doubt the source of this reportage below as much as we should doubt the veracity of Japanese government agencies and pandemic end-stage corporate Nihonsclerosis focused on protecting vested interests.

And now, film at 11:00 !


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"Radiation experts: Tokyo may have to be evacuated"

September 19, 2011

Youtube - Al Jazeera

"At least one billion becquerels a day of radiation continue to leak from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant after the March earthquake and tsunami.   Experts say that the total amount of radiation leaked will exceed amounts released from Chernobyl, making Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster in history.  Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports from the Japanese capital where experts consider the possibility of evacuating Tokyo."

http://youtu.be/IBkrIgJUWLk

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http://www.thedailycrux.com/content/8698/Japan/rss

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http://www.activistpost.com/2011/09/radiation-experts-tokyo-may-have-to-be.html

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POSTED 22 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Forbes reports: "Powerful Solar Storm Could Render Satellites Inoperable For Years"

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...meaning GPS-dependent industries are SOL (sadly out of luck), and crappy hurricane forecasts / tracking will be the norm for a decade, and military intelligence will be hugely impaired for years, and ..... plus, plus, plus....

Now the article:


14 Sept 2011 -- Forbes.com

"Last October, around Halloween, the Sun produced a solar storm that was one of the largest ever recorded, and was strong enough to raise some concerns about the safety of Earth’s satellites.

"According to a recent paper published in Space Weather, such concern may well be justified.  If its conclusions are correct, then a solar storm the size of one that was observed in 1859 could potentially kill several weather, telecommunications, and military satellites in less than a year."

...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/09/14/a-powerful-solar-storm-could-render-satellites-inoperable-for-years/

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Reference also:

"Profound change of the near-Earth radiation environment caused by solar superstorms"

SPACE WEATHER, VOL. 9, S08007, 13 PP., 2011

doi: 10.1029/2011SW000662

http://www.agu.org/journals/sw/sw1108/2011SW000662/

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POSTED 17 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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"The Great Southwest Blackout" --Vol. II -- low-watt dimwit saga shines bright light on infinite failings of overly-complex systems

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Recent Southwest U.S. Blackout a Tempest in a Teapot Compared to Fallout from Solar Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)


And just wait until a major solar storm or severe space weather causes a weeks- or months-long blackout.  The failure of a back-up generator at a San Diego hospital described below is especially Illuminating ! -->>

Back-ups for the back-ups !

And even redundancy may fail flatly during a regional, national, or hemispheric EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) event.  Got one back-up generator?  Sorry, that won't cut it in an EMP event.

Now, here's the local San Diego blackout updates:

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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) opens blackout claims process

15 Sept 2011

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/15/san-diego-utility-opens-blackout-claims-process/

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SDG&E [ San Diego Gas & Electric ] Sued by San Diegans;

Local businesses filed a class-action suit against the power company

16 Sept 2011 -- NBC San Diego

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Restaurants-Sue-SDGE-129924153.html

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Scripps Mercy Hospital [ in San Diego ] probed after generator fails

16 Sept 2011 -- San Diego Union-Tribune

...

"Scripps Mercy Chula Vista was the only hospital out of 19 in San Diego County to totally lose emergency power during the blackout.  It also is one of just two hospitals in the county with only one emergency generator.  The other is Sharp Coronado Hospital."

...

"Gammiere and Tim Collins, Scripps Health corporate vice president for support services, said they will recommend buying a portable generator that could cost $1 million, to station at the Chula Vista hospital.  All five Scripps hospitals also should have an extra fuel pump and hookups for the portable generator, they said."

...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/16/scripps-mercy-probed-after-generator-fails/

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Outage had roots in Mexico, too;

Transmission official says Yuma [ Arizona ] was not the only problem

16 Sept 2011 -- San Diego Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/16/outage-had-roots-in-mexico-too/

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POSTED 17 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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A black eye for "smart" grid white knights ? -- And who will pay for 100s of millions of dollars of losses from the Great Southwestern Blackout ?

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If you think this was bad, wait until a solar coronal mass ejection-induced blackout lasting weeks or months takes place.  The plaintiffs' bar will be happily busy for years.  Now the news from San Diego:


"Blackout sparks multiple investigations -- Restoration ends immediate inconvenience, but reviews of massive outage will go on"

San Diego Union-Tribune -- September 9, 2011


"Investigators on Friday poured into San Diego, Yuma and Folsom, home of California’s main power system operator, to figure out how a modest failure in the Arizona desert became the worst blackout in San Diego history.

They will spend months determining whether the problem was a mistake by one utility worker, or a massive breakdown of a system that is supposed to maintain reliability above all — or both.

According to San Diego Gas & Electric, an Arizona utility worker went to fix faulty equipment at a substation and triggered the meltdown that left almost 7 million people in two countries in the dark for hours.

Some experts already are convinced the system shutdown was avoidable, only because so many fail-safes are supposed to be in place.

“Every possible contingency is planned for,” said Robert McCullough, a utility consultant from Portland, Ore. who has been following the San Diego case.  “Unless there’s a catastrophic event like a tsunami or an earthquake, we should have been prepared.”

Officials at several government agencies announced investigations, inquiries and special reviews of the failure, which stretched from Orange County into Mexico and persisted in some places for more than 24 hours."

...

Rest of the article is here on the San Diego Union-Tribune web site:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/09/power-surges-back-on/

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And a related article:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/09/effect-of-power-outage-linger/

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POSTED 09 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Great Southwest Blackout caused by butterfly flapping wings in Arizona?

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Imagine then the sun flapping its wings ? -- as in an EMP event (flare + coronal mass ejection)


Dateline: 08-09 September 2011 (San Diego, CA)

FLASH UPDATE !

In temperatures ranging from 80 - 115 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 - 6 million people lost power for 5 - 24+ hours in the Great Southwest (Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico & Northern Mexico) causing 100s of millions to a few billion dollars of damages from business interruptions and loss/spoilage of food, medicines and biological materials requiring refrigeration. 

The root cause of The Great Southwestern Blackout? -- possibly a single butterfly (utility company employee?) in Arizona (not Beijing) flapping its wings -- as Chaos Theory and the article cited below tell us.

A secondary cause for all the damages ? -- 100s of thousands of businesses, schools, universities, research institutes and private citizens tooo cheap or foolish enough to trust their utility company to provide a non-stop uninterruptible fail-proof power supply.  In particular the percentage of businesses without back-up generators was roundly stunning.  Duh.  Duhmb and duhmber.

So if one mindless butterfly in Arizona can cause so much damage to the grid and American business, imagine an EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) event such as a nationwide or hemispheric geomagnetic storm (solar flare + coronal mass ejection).  Hence the projection from NASA that the economic damages in the U.S. alone would equal "20 Katrina's" = U.S.$ 1 - 1.25 TRILLION.  Not billion.  Trillion.

Katrina is the best recent example of Chaos Theory effects on a regional or national economy during a negative black-swan event.  "Never again" most people would say, but "Back-ups for the back-ups" is a more realistic slogan for American business survival.

Now the article:


"Major power outage hits from San Diego to New Mexico on Thursday"

The Weather Space -- 08 Sept 2011

"... The internet is abuzz with possible reasons.  An X-Class solar flare erupted from the Sun a couple days back which could result in a solar storm today or tomorrow.  Then you have the more realistic reason being the hot temperatures over 115 degrees overloaded the grid in the desert, causing the blackout. ...

"Others tell TheWeatherSpace.com it was traced to someone removing a piece of monitoring equipment at a power substation in Southwestern Arizona."

http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-09_08_2011_sandiegopower.html

--

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/09/140326543/outage-affects-millions-in-southwest-mexico

Reference for Chaos Theory:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/complexity/CompLexicon/lorenz.html

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POSTED 09 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse

http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Remember: Geomagnetic Storms Fry the Electric Grid from Top **AND** Bottom

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1859 Carrington Event = the Mother of alll Global Electrocution Sandwiches!


This article below reminds us that severe geomagnetic storms cause not only powerful subterranean ground currents that can fry power station transformers from the bottom up (a la Quebec in 1989), but they also cause equally powerful above-ground flux in the Earth's magnetic lines of force causing large voltage spikes in allll loooong conductors -- such as copper telephone and power transmission lines -- thus also frying power station transformers from the top down.

Many commentators forget that the threat to the grid is *dual* or bidirectional -- including both high-voltage torpedoes and electrifying air-to-air missiles (so to speak).

Thus, sadly, large transformers (and capacitors) will become the meat in a high-voltage sandwich.

So not only are ground resistors needed for every transformer in the U.S., but also allll transmission lines would have to be disconnected from every transformer to save the equipment in the case of a geomagnetic storm.

In short -- hee hee -- the entire grid would have to be shut down regionwide or nationwide before it was shorted out.

Gentlemen, ssssssstarrrrrrt your back-up generators !! -- and pray they survive dual voltage surges too !!

Very Electro-Magnanimously yours,

David Palella
Founder
EMP Defense Council(sm)


Now let's cut to the article:

"Sept. 2, 1859: Telegraphs Run on Electric Air in Crazy Magnetic Storm"

By Alexis Madrigal -- Wired Science

02 Sept 2011

[ email:  alexis_madrigal@wired.com ]


"On Sept. 2, 1859, at the telegraph office at No. 31 State Street in Boston at 9:30 a.m., the operators’ lines were overflowing with current, so they unplugged the batteries connected to their machines, and kept working using just the electricity coursing through the air.

"In the wee hours of that night, the most brilliant auroras ever recorded had broken out across the skies of the Earth.  People in Havana and Florida reported seeing them.  The New York Times ran a 3,000-word feature recording the colorful event in purple prose."

...

Full article here:

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/09/0902magnetic-storm-disrupts-telegraphy-carrington-event/


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POSTED 05 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Monday, September 5, 2011

Faraday bags -- an inexpensive & fast Zip-loc® sandwich-bag solution for EMP ? = Electro Magnetic Pulse

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An EMP-aware friend of mine suggested I investigate the Faraday bags made by this company below in Texas, so last week I bought several to test their quality.  The bags were delivered in only 2 days and seem extremely well-made.

Do you own due diligence, but I was very impressed.

Contact:

        TECH PROTECT LLC
        Tech Protect Bag
        Spring, TX
        email:  Info@techprotectbag.com

        http://techprotectbag.com

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Posted 23 July 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(TM)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(TM) ]

[ a business unit of BioScience Ventures Inc. ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/

Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day
http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425

The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events
http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639

"Corporate & Director Liability in Major Disasters: Quantifying the Potential Risks and Opportunities"
[ the first EMP-focused seminar for business in Southern California ]

08 March 2011 @ Mintz Levin law offices, San Diego, CA
http://www.mintz.com/newsletter/2011/Events/0903-0111-SD-LIT/email.html


P.S. 1:  Here is a 145-year history of major solar storrms:

-->>  http://www.solarstorms.org/SRefStorms.html

P.S. 2:  Watch EMP tests conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.  Highly confined and man-made EMPs instantly and permanently disable a flying model helicopter and a full-sized automobile in motion:

“EMP Part 1”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvu08Y9XJ0U

“EMP Part 2”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odJKYTzXg8

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A radioactive business continuity issue? -- Got Nuclear Insurance Coverage ?

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"Willis launches nuclear exclusion zone cover"

26 August 2011 -- Insurance Daily (U.K.)

"Willis has launched a product for companies with key locations, suppliers or customers located in the vicinity of a nuclear power station.

The new offering covers business interruption costs should a plant’s safety be compromised and an exclusion zone be put in place, having been developed in response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The consequent radiation leak saw a 20 kilometre exclusion zone imposed around the plant and manufacturers and other businesses within the zone were forced to close, regardless of whether they had suffered any damage.

According to Willis, traditional property damage and business interruption policies usually contain a radioactive contamination exclusion clause, which excludes any damage, denial of access or other consequences arising from nuclear radiation or contamination.

Willis Global Markets International chief executive officer, Toby Wemyss, comments: “With over 440 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries, exclusion zone risk is a very real threat to business around the world.”

He adds: “We were reminded again of the potential for loss on 23rd August, when the earthquake centred near Richmond, Virginia, prompted the declaration of an “unusual event” at seven US nuclear power plants, and we are proud to have found an insurance solution to help our clients mitigate this risk.”

http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/08/26/willis-launches-nuclear-exclusion-zone-cover/

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POSTED 27 August 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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If you think EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) events are coming to a continent near you within the next 10 years then...

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I recently posted on various LinkedIn.com groups asking what specific steps companies have taken to prepare for major EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) events -- large-scale geomagnetic storms (solar flares) or high-altitude nuclear explosions.  The responses ranged from flippant comments saying it was futile to do anything because the nationwide electrical grid would be destroyed anyway, to sensible suggestions for corporate survival when there may be no or intermittent electrical supply nationwide for weeks or months.

Possibly years.  Plus partial breakdown of emergency services and/or social order for weeks or months.

In sum, there seems to be small appreciation in the Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery / Insurance communities for the gravity of the danger of EMP events and their high likelihood of taking place during our professional lifetimes.

For those of you with serious interest in having your companies withstand an EMP event -- and in seeing EMP events as potential corporate business opportunities -- please join our dedicated discussion group on the topic here:

-->>  EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse

-->>  http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


Posted by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/

(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


(4) "Corporate & Director Liability in Major Disasters: Quantifying the Potential Risks and Opportunities"

08 March 2011 @ Mintz Levin law offices, San Diego, CA

http://www.mintz.com/newsletter/2011/Events/0903-0111-SD-LIT/email.html


P.S. 1:  Here is a 145-year history of major solar storms:

-->> http://www.solarstorms.org/SRefStorms.html


P.S. 2:  Watch EMP tests conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.  Highly confined and man-made EMPs instantly and permanently disable a flying model helicopter and a full-sized automobile in motion:

“EMP Part 1”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvu08Y9XJ0U

“EMP Part 2”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odJKYTzXg8

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NASA Hosts News Conference on Solar Flares on 07 Sept 2011

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Washington, DC (01 Sept 2011)


"NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, to discuss new observations about solar flares that can impact communication and navigation systems.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is providing new data and images for scientists to better understand the sun's dynamic processes, which can affect Earth.  The spacecraft launched in February 2010.

Teleconference participants are:

-- Madhulika Guhathakurta, SDO program scientist, NASA Headquarters

-- Tom Woods, principal investigator, SDO Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), University of Colorado, Boulder

-- Rodney Viereck, director, Space Weather Prediction Testbed, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, Colorado

-- Karel Schrijver, principal investigator, SDO Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, Calif.

-- Rachel Hock, EVE instrument scientist, University of Colorado, Boulder

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact Steve Cole at 202-358-0918 or stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov by 9 a.m. EDT on Sept. 7 for dial-in instructions."

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on the Web at:

-->>  http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Supporting information for the briefing will be posted at:

-->>  http://www.nasa.gov/sunearth


NASA Contact:

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
tel: 202-358-0918
email:  stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ_M11-183_SDO_Telecon.html

Or:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/releases/2011/11-056.html

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POSTED 02 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096

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Severe Space Weather a Substantive Threat to "Business as Usual" on Earth until 2017

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These 2 seminal articles below in a well-known insurance publication explain why solar flares or geomagnetic storms and their Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) sequelae (negative after-effects) are a substantive threat to U.S. & European companies -- and society in general -- until 2017.

So the message about the danger of Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) is indeed becoming known to the common [ insurance ] man, to echo a famous U.S. Supreme Court decision -- "I don't know how to define EMP, but I know it when I see it."

Does your company have General Liability, D&O, E&O and Business Interruption insurance to protect against EMP ?

Most CEOs & CFOs don't know the answer, sadly.

And now from the horse's mouth:

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"Risk Management & Space Weather: Are You Ready?"

Published in:  National Underwriter P&C [ Property & Casualty ]

September 5, 2011

By Nicole Homeier, Kyle Beatty, James Martin Griffin

http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2011/09/01/risk-management-space-weather-are-you-ready?t=public-sector

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"Defining Space Weather"

Published in:  National Underwriter P&C [ Property & Casualty ]

September 5, 2011

...

"This means that from now until 2017 or so, we should be on alert for strong solar flares and large coronal-mass ejections.  Historically, the strongest storms happen during the decline of the solar cycle, so the period from 2013 through 2017 may pose the largest risk."

...

http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2011/09/01/defining-space-weather?t=public-sector

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POSTED 03 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096

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Why did I start the EMP Preparedness group on LinkedIn...?

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Because I heard about this seminal and scary book:


"One Second After" -- a novel

By William R. Forstchen -- March 2009


"In order to graphically demonstrate the devastation of an EMP event, author Forstchen has created a novel in which the inhabitants of a small town (Black Mountain, N.C.) fight for survival in the aftermath of an E.M.P. attack."

Here is my group on LinkedIn.com:

-->>  EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse

-->>  http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


And here are some links related to the book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Second_After

http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765317583

http://www.savevid.com/video/emp-electromagnetic-pulse-attacks-pt1-william-forstchen.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3RSR0dDW0

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/2973-in-new-novel-outlook-is-grim-without-technology

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POSTED 03 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse

http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096

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Re-design of Electronic / Electrical Products to Resist EMP -- Electro-Magnetic Pulse events

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Severe Space Weather or Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) a Substantive Threat to most Electronic Products on Earth until 2017


Last year we founded the EMP Defense Council(sm) or Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) in San Diego to prepare America for EMP by promoting the adoption of markets- and standards-based measures to encourage companies to re-design their products to withstand / resist EMP.

If you have interest in re-designing consumer products, durable goods and capital equipment to resist EMP, or to teach a course on this subject, please contact me.

David Palella
Founder
EMP Defense Council(sm)
San Diego, California

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POSTED 04 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096


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Remember: Geomagnetic Storms Fry the Electric Grid from Top **AND** Bottom !

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1859 Carrington Event = the Mother of alll Global Electrocution Sandwiches!


This article below will remind us all that severe geomagnetic storms cause not only powerful subterranean ground currents that can fry power station transformers from the bottom up (a la Quebec in 1989), but they also cause equally powerful above-ground flux in the Earth's magnetic lines of force causing large voltage spikes in allll loooong conductors -- such as copper telephone and power transmission lines -- thus also frying power station transformers from the top down.

Many commentators forget the threat to the grid is *dual* -- including both high-voltage torpedoes and air-to-air missiles.

Sadly, large transformers (and capacitors) will become the meat in a high-voltage sandwich.

So not only are ground resistors needed for every transformer in the U.S., but also allll transmission lines would have to be disconnected from every transformer to save the equipment in the case of a geomagnetic storm.

In short -- hee hee -- the entire grid would have to be shut down regionwide or nationwide before it was shorted out.

Gentlemen, ssssssstarrrrrrt your back-up generators !! -- and pray they survive dual voltage surges too !!

Very Electro-Magnanimously yours,

David Palella
Founder
EMP Defense Council(sm)


Now let's cut to the article:


"Sept. 2, 1859: Telegraphs Run on Electric Air in Crazy Magnetic Storm"

By Alexis Madrigal -- Wired Science

02 Sept 2011

[ email:  alexis_madrigal@wired.com ]


"On Sept. 2, 1859, at the telegraph office at No. 31 State Street in Boston at 9:30 a.m., the operators’ lines were overflowing with current, so they unplugged the batteries connected to their machines, and kept working using just the electricity coursing through the air.

"In the wee hours of that night, the most brilliant auroras ever recorded had broken out across the skies of the Earth.  People in Havana and Florida reported seeing them.  The New York Times ran a 3,000-word feature recording the colorful event in purple prose."

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Full article here:

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/09/0902magnetic-storm-disrupts-telegraphy-carrington-event/

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POSTED 05 Sept 2011 by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(sm)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(sm) ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


(1) Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


(2) The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639


(3) EMP Defense Council(SM) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

EMP Defense Council(sm) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013

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The EMP Defense Council(sm) issued this press release on MarketWire on 02 August 2011:


EMP Defense Council(sm) Highlights Calculable Risks of Solar Cycle Peak in 2013 

Preparation for Statistically-predictable and Cataclysmic Solar Flares a Business Opportunity and Potential Source of Substantial Job Creation


SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire - August 02, 2011)

In order to prepare America for high-impact and economically crippling, regional or nationwide Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) events, whether solar or nuclear, today the EMP Defense Council(sm) proposed that the following steps be taken by the Federal government:

(1) Enact a 100 % tax credit for a fixed 10-year period for EMP-related R&D expenditures by any U.S.-based company with 500 employees or less

(2) Pass legislation to require all publicly-traded companies in the U.S. to document in detail and take action on credible EMP disaster and business-continuation plans.  Such plans now are non-existent, or cursory and not implementable in a timely manner.  Work with FASB (the Financial Accounting Standards Board) and the SEC to draft regulations requiring auditors to rigorously vet these plans.

In the case of EMP events, void by statute the "business judgment rule" in American case law that may shield board members from liability in the case of statistically-predictable and cataclysmic 100-year solar flares and nuclear-based EMP acts of war that should be expected by a rational actor -- just as the 11 September 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center should have been expected.

In the case of energy utilities and interstate telecommunications companies, instruct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), respectively, to establish binding performance standards and annual testing to ensure that such companies' infrastructure can withstand EMP events.

(3) To level the playing field and prevent unfair competition, promulgate product liability regulations that hold manufacturers and board members in critical industries liable for failure of their products (domestically manufactured or imported) during an EMP event, starting with the avionics, medical device, building systems, and gas & oil pipeline controls industries -- analogous to the "CE" mark required of all products sold in the European Union.

Encourage NIST, IEEE and other standards-setting organizations to rapidly establish EMP-resistance standards for all capital equipment, essential consumer electronics and durable goods, and emergency-response vehicles sold in the U.S.

(4) Establish a multi-level succession of command (in case of incapacity or death) from the President of the United States down to the cabinet level that has the authority during or prior to an EMP event to completely or partially shut down the U.S. electrical grid to reduce damage, and to order all domestic and in-bound commercial airline flights to land immediately to limit fatalities.

(5) Pass an EMP Economic Stimulus Act -- along the lines of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Work Projects Administration (WPA) -- both to reduce unemployment, and to, in particular, build redundancy and manual override systems into the nation's water-supply infrastructure, electrical grid and nuclear power plants.

(6) Vote on a non-binding Congressional Resolution encouraging electrical engineering (EE) programs at American universities to require all students to take at least one course on "Design for EMP"; and

(7) Declare the 11th of September, "National Emergency Day", to promote awareness of EMP and allow both companies and families to prepare actively for an EMP event or national disaster of any type, similar to Japan's September 1st "Disaster Prevention Day", marking the 01 September 1923 Great Kanto (Tokyo) Earthquake.


David Palella, the Founder of the EMP Defense Council(sm), noted: "In the case of solar EMP events, scientists reliably estimate that major Earth-irradiating solar flare events occur once every 100 years and the last occurred in 1921 -- 90 years ago.  The previous major solar flare event before this, which disrupted most telegraph communications throughout Europe and North America and caused dozens of forest fires (due to sparking of telegraph lines), took place in 1859 -- only 62 years earlier.

"Similar solar EMP events today would greatly impair the electrical grid, the basis of all modern human society, and negatively impact global GDP for 2 - 9 years.  Moreover, NASA, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and various EMP experts estimate that a major coronal mass ejection (CME) pointed at Earth could possibly lead within one year to the eventual deaths of 100s of millions of people worldwide, mainly due to long-term loss of electrical power and interruptions to food production, distribution and cold chains.  The NAS further predicts such an event could cause immediate damage in the U.S. alone equal to '20 Katrinas' (over US$ 2 trillion) [1]."

The next solar cycle and flare activity will peak during mid-2013.

Despite detailed public records of the impact of solar flares on commerce and society going back 150 years [2], preparedness for solar EMP by American and European businesses and governments is almost nil.  And the lessons that should have been learned from the localized March 1989 flare-induced "Quebec Blackout Storm" that left 6 million Canadians in sub-freezing temperatures for 9 hours have been forgotten.

David Palella further stated: "Whereas damage from other natural disasters is measured in the range of US$ 10 - 125 billion (e.g., earthquakes or hurricanes), damage from major solar EMP events will be measured in trillions of dollars and years of national or regional GDP (gross domestic product) impaired because the resulting electrical grid black-outs and brown-outs could last almost a decade due to severe bottlenecks worldwide in the production of large-scale power-station transformers and capacitors."

Michael Doerr, President of Air2Air Corp. in Carlsbad, Calif., and Chief Technical Advisor - Aviation for the EMP Defense Council(sm), observed: "Preparations for regional or hemispheric solar EMP events are both urgent and offer governments and corporations worldwide the opportunity to engage in tenable, high-value job-creation programs to reduce global unemployment.  Industries that should be targeted and strengthened to prepare for EMP include point-source alternative energy, traditional power generation, avionics, medical devices, telecommunications, water supply infrastructure and emergency services."

The EMP Defense Council(SM), a business unit of BioScience Ventures Inc., acts as a catalyst to mobilize companies, industry associations, standards-setting groups, product designers, engineering schools and government entities to prepare America for EMP.

For more information regarding the activities of the EMP Defense Council, contact:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(SM)

[a business unit of BioScience Ventures Inc.]
San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email: Email Contact [ dpalella@gmail.com ]

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse [ LinkedIn group ]
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


REFERENCES:

[1] http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/2010/10-012.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-from-huge-space-storm-will-cause-devastation.html

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12507

[2] http://www.solarstorms.org/SRefStorms.html

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You can find this news release on-line at either of these URLs:

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=784096

http://tinyurl.com/3lckucj  [ shortened, tiny URL ]


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Sunday, March 6, 2011

The first Electro-Magnetic Pulse-focused (EMP-focused) -- Solar or Nuclear EMP -- seminar for businesses in California -- 08 March 2011

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Corporate & Director Liability (and Business Opportunities!) from Major Near-term Disasters -- a free panel discussion

08 March 2011, 7:30-9:00 AM @ Mintz Levin law offices, San Diego, CA


This is a complimentary event sponsored by Mintz Levin:

http://www.mintz.com/newsletter/2011/Events/0903-0111-SD-LIT/email.html


Abstract:

Like many other regions of the U.S., San Diego is host to well-known natural disasters, most notably earthquake and fire, and is also a prime terrorist target due to being the world's largest U.S. military installation. 

Lesser known potential disasters that could affect any company nationwide include regional or national **Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP)** events caused by major solar flares or a high-altitude nuclear explosions, which could cause up to US$ 1 - 2 Trillion of immediate damage in the case of a nationwide event, and several $$ Trillion more losses due to business interruptions that could last from a few months to a few years.

The chance of a major EMP event in the U.S. is estimated by one expert to be 50:50 over the next 15-25 years, although the next solar maximum is 2012, suggesting a major event could be very close in time.

Director & officer liability is well defined in the case of well-known natural disasters or terrorist actions, but not others such as EMP.  At what point does a risk (EMP) become generally known to the common man, and therefore one that corporations ethically and/or legally should protect and insure against ? 

In short, are your general liability and D&O (Directors & Officers' liability) policies sufficient to protect you from emerging and novel natural and man-made disasters ?

On the "positive" side, EMP-related disaster events present a novel sales talking point for many companies in the fields of solar energy, cellular or fiber-optic technologies, biomedical products & services, and defense technologies -- if their products are made EMP-resistant.  Hence, companies are encouraged to proactively emphasize the value of their products and services in the case of these emergencies very likely to take place in the U.S. in the next several years. 

Lobbying for increased EMP-related product safety standards for consumers and civilian populations, as well as for stimulus spending and tax breaks to support purchase/adoption of these EMP-resistant products/services is also an obvious business strategy.

Please join us for this expert panel discussion that will address these issues and more that could significantly affect your company and investors.

Posted by:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL(TM)
[ Electro-Magnetic Pulse Defense Council(TM) ]

[ a business unit of BioScience Ventures Inc. ]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email:  dpalella@gmail.com

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

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EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse

http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense Council(C) Founded in San Diego, California on Pearl Harbor Day
http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=695425


The EMP Defense Council(C) Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-Based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=708639

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P.S. 1:  Here is a 145-year history of major solar storrms:  

http://www.solarstorms.org/SRefStorms.html


P.S. 2:  Watch EMP tests conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.  Highly confined and man-made EMPs instantly and permanently disable a flying model helicopter and a full-sized automobile in motion:

“EMP Part 1”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvu08Y9XJ0U

“EMP Part 2”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odJKYTzXg8

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The EMP Defense Council© Announces the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Priority Hardening List Ranked by Industry Vulnerability, and Proposes a Markets-based Approach to Addressing Solar or Nuclear EMP Events

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Here is our new press release issued on MarketWire.com a few days ago:


SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire - January 17, 2011) -


In order to prepare America for an Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) event, whether solar or nuclear, today the EMP Defense Council© announced the generally prioritized list below of critical industries, products and services that must be EMP-hardened nationwide as soon as possible.  Moreover, to varying extents, all must embrace systems redundancy, be point self-sufficient ("micro autarky"), self-powered and have manual override systems or controls where appropriate. 

This EMP-hardening list is prioritized by the number of civilian deaths that could be avoided nationwide within the first 1-48 hours of an EMP event -- if proper preparedness steps are taken.  Assuming no preparation, within 48 hours, approximately 250,000 - 350,000 Americans would die nationwide in a sudden EMP event -- equivalent to all American deaths in 4 - 6 Vietnam "conflicts" in only two days.  The prioritized hardening list is:

(1) Airplane avionics and air traffic control & communication systems

(2) Hospital ICU (intensive care unit) medical equipment and power sources, as well as implanted electronic medical devices in ambulatory patients

(3) The electrical grid in general, and especially nuclear power plant control systems (e.g., intense sparking of high-power lines would immediately cause hundreds of forest fires nationwide)

(4) Back-up generators and large-scale battery arrays for critical services

(5) Emergency response vehicles & services (police, fire, medical)

(6) Elevator control and escape systems

(7) Gas & oil pipeline-pressure monitors and electronically-controlled valves and routing systems

(8) Cell phones and cell-phone towers & transmission equipment

(9) TV & radio broadcast & reception equipment

(10) Water pumping stations and water supply control systems; and

(11) The food and drug refrigeration, distribution and delivery networks nationwide.

"As an example, of the approximately 5,000 commercial airliners airborne nationwide at any moment, in a large-scale nuclear EMP event, 1,000 - 2,000 would immediately become inoperable and be forced to land.  Most would crash, leading to 100,000 to 250,000 deaths in a few minutes," noted David Palella, Founder of the EMP Defense Council©.

Thus, the Council encourages all national and international standards-setting organizations to immediately begin drafting and publishing guidelines for EMP-resistant consumer and industrial products.  Such organizations include IEEE, Underwriters Laboratory (UL), Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI), the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. 

Manufacture liability for products that are not EMP-resistant must be self-insured or insured, but cannot be excused away as an "Act of God" in the case of solar EMP or "Act of War or Terrorism" in the case of nuclear EMP.  The conservatively estimated probability of an EMP event, combining solar and nuclear, is 50:50 over the next 15 - 25 years [Dr. Erland Wittkotter of EMP Preparedness 2013].  Thus, the near-term and eventual occurrence of EMP is highly predictable by any rational actor, and planning for and insuring against EMP events is the fiduciary responsibility of all corporate board members.

"America has a long history of investing significant resources to prepare for high-impact, low-frequency (HILF) events.  Examples include earthquake building codes, flame-resistant clothing standards, EMF (electro-magnetic field) warnings from utility companies, and automobile airbags.  Likewise, in retrospect, adoption of universal standards for EMP-resistant durable goods, industrial machinery and electrical grid infrastructure will appear to be a logical precaution for any advanced civilization to take," observed David Palella.

Promulgation of EMP-resistant product standards by independent 3rd-parties, combined with novel legal theories of manufacturer liability for products unduly susceptible to EMP, will allow market forces to foster the more rapid introduction of EMP-resistant products -- thus greatly reducing America's vulnerability to any type of EMP event.

If done in the design phase, basic hardening of products against EMP adds only 3 - 5 % to manufacturing cost, according to published sources.  Inexpensive hardening or product-damage minimization may be accomplished via increased use of fuses, insulators, Faraday caging (e.g., Mylar® shielding), multiple grounding strategies, and automatic disconnection of long conducting wires when a product is not in use. 

In particular, companies, schools, residents and government entities in San Diego, California -- host to the world's largest U.S. military installation and therefore a prime terrorist target -- are encouraged to take an active role in preparing for EMP -- whether solar or nuclear.

The EMP Defense Council©, a business unit of BioScience Ventures Inc., acts as a catalyst to mobilize companies, industry associations, standards-setting groups, product designers, engineering schools and government entities to prepare America for EMP.

For more information regarding the activities of the EMP Defense Council, please contact:

David A. Palella
Founder
EMP DEFENSE COUNCIL©

[a business unit of BioScience Ventures Inc.]

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767

http://EMP411.blogspot.com

EMP Defense Council -- Preparing for Electro-Magnetic Pulse
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/3702799/


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