Rep Adam Schiff on Andrea Mitchell

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13. It wouldn't be missiles, almost certainly it'd be cyber war,

though of course nukes could be used that way. A report prepared for Congress a few years ago said that if the power grid for the entire nation were brought down, not just a city or region, mortality would be an estimated 90% after a year.

How many days' food and water does the typical household have stocked? If an attack came this afternoon, how long until supermarkets in our towns were basically emptied out? Two days? Three?

President Obama developed national emergency plans, including giving local governments the right to confiscate and control anything needed to keep their populations alive. How strong and well functioning are each of our own state and county governments after years of "trimming the waste," and in way too many electing clueless fools? Can they maintain order? Did they maintain the backup water pumps?

I personally would feel a lot more comfortable in a blue state instead of this deep red one.