Michael Mabee, author of “The Civil Defense Book” blogs on critical infrastructure protection and threats, community preparedness and civil defense. Follow Mike’s blog for updates.
Note: Last year, I wrote a letter to FEMA about building a culture of preparedness by bringing back civil defense. This year, I wrote a letter to FEMA… Click Here for a PDF Copy of Letter March 28, 2019 Pete T. Gaynor, Acting Administrator Daniel Kaniewski, PhD, Acting Deputy AdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street…
Executive Order on EMP is long overdue! I’ll never forget this moment. Tommy Waller, Tom Popik and I were driving back from a presentation in Newport New Hampshire for Jay Lucas - and I was reading aloud President Trump’s just issued Executive Order on EMP. The ink wasn’t even dry on his signature. For many…
But, we just won round two against the grid coverup A year ago, I began reporting on and filing objections to a grid coverup involving a Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. Specially, it all started with a 2.7 million dollar Notice of Penalty against an “Unidentified Registered Entity” of the electric grid. The North American…
On March 7, 2018 (a year ago), I wrote a letter to then FEMA Administrator Brock Long on how we could build a culture of preparedness in America though civil defense. I never received any response. Fast forward to March 1, 2019 and Emergency Management Magazine published an article entitled: Report: We’ve Failed Miserably at…
Dr. George Baker outlines action items at Senate hearing to secure the electric grid from EMP and GMD Dr. George Baker of the Foundation for Resilient Societies, the Secure the Grid Coalition and the Congressional EMP Commission was the star witness in the Senate hearing on February 27, 2019 entitled: “Perspectives on Protecting the Electric…
(Or: The Electric Grid Thinks We Are All Stupid) Consider this: The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reported ZERO “Cybersecurity Incidents” for the last three years. But NERC is withholding the names of cyber violators from the public because of the “Cybersecurity Incidents” over the last three years. Just let that sink in…
Cybersecurity hearing reveals that little has been done in past decade On February 14, 2019 The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing entitled: “Hearing to Consider the Status and Outlook for Cybersecurity Efforts in the Energy Industry.” Unfortunately, the testimony from the people who are supposed to be protecting the electric…
NERC Coverup Introduction “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis In an official assessment to the U.S. Congress released on January 29, 2019, the U.S. Intelligence Community confirmed that the U.S….
. CLICK FOR PDF COPY January 30, 2019 The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, ChairmanThe Honorable Joe Manchin III, Ranking MemberU.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources304 Dirksen Senate BuildingWashington, DC 20510 Dear Senators Murkowski and Manchin I am writing in regard to the systemic coverup of electric grid standard violations by the utility industry and…
The last three unclassified EMP Commission Reports were finally approved for publication by DoD on Monday “Nuclear EMP Attack Scenarios and Combined-Arms Cyber Warfare” “Political-Military Motives for Electromagnetic Pulse Attack” “Foreign Views of Electromagnetic Pulse Attack” There is a disingenuous note by the Department of Defense (DoD) that states that the reports were “cleared for…
