If you missed it, here are some pictures (click for larger pic)… (Videos of the New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit coming soon!) Why You Should Attend The New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit In 2018, our society is moments away from adversity while generations removed from self-reliance. We are completely dependent on the electric grid…
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STG Coalition Submits New EMP Commission Reports to FERC
Click here to read comments of Foundation for Resilient Societies Click here to read comments of Michael Mabee STG Coalition Acts on New EMP Commission Reports Members of the Secure The Grid Coalition (“STG Coalition”) wasted no time getting the new EMP Commission reports into the hands of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). As…
Secure Freedom Radio: Thomas Popik and Michael Mabee
Frank Gaffney of Secure Freedom Radio interviews Thomas Popik, Chairman of Foundation for Resilient Societies and Michael Mabee, Author of The Civil Defense Book. Listen to part 1 Listen to part 2
The Fight for Electric Grid Cyber Security
“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 Recently I wrote about our campaign to fight for electric grid cyber security. The battle played out last week before an obscure federal…
My Comments to FERC on Grid Cyber Security
[Click Here for Background Info] [Click Here for the filed PDF copy: FERC Comment Docket RM18-2-000 (Mabee)] February 23, 2018 Comments submitted in FERC Docket RM18-2-000 Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards Dear Chairman McIntyre, Commissioner Chatterjee, Commissioner LaFleur, and Commissioner Powelson, and Commissioner Glick: Background: I am a private citizen…
What You Can Do to Secure the Grid (#SecureTheGrid)
NOTE: The Deadline for comments is 2/26/2018 [Click Here to read my submission to FERC] Citizens can help secure the grid It is easy to feel helpless down at our level (and by “down at our level” I mean citizens). The electric grid is vulnerable to numerous threats and we know (because the Senate…
Thomas Popik: Scenarios for North Korean Atmospheric Tests
Thomas Popik: High Consequence Scenarios for North Korean Atmospheric Tests InfraGard Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIGTM) Dupont Summit December 1, 2017 BIO: Thomas Popik Thomas S. Popik, Chairman, President, Director, and co-founder of Foundation for Resilient Societies. Thomas Popik is a Principal Investigator for Resilient Societies, specializing in vulnerability assessment, comparative risk analysis, and economic…
VIDEO: Dr. George Baker on Three Mile Island, Fukushima
The Three Mile Island nuclear accident took place on March 28, 1979. We talk about that, the Fukushima accident in 2011, and the future of nuclear power in the U.S., with Dr. George Baker, a retired JMU ISAT professor. (Dr. George Baker currently works with the Foundation for Resilient Societies on infrastructure issues.) http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/1on1-On-Eve-of-Three-Mile-Island-Anniversary-a-Look-at-Nuclear-Power-200445651.html
VIDEO: Thomas Popik on electric grid unreliability
“Engaging Utilities for Honest Appraisals of Grid Security” by Thomas Popik, Foundation for Resilient Societies Chairman and NERC Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD) Task Force Observer: Chairman of the Foundation for Resilient Societies, outlined his interest and work as a private citizen to learn about electric grid unreliability and the need to protect it from even greater…