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Resident urges Harnett County to plan for electromagnetic-pulse and prolonged power loss
Summary
During public comment a resident warned of risks from prolonged grid failures and electromagnetic pulses (EMP), urged county emergency services to plan for transformer and vehicle vulnerability and asked the county to inform vulnerable residents about survival steps.
A Harnett County resident told commissioners on June 16 the county should plan for manmade grid losses including electromagnetic-pulse (EMP) events and strengthen local emergency preparations and public information.
The topic matters, the speaker said, because electricity is central to emergency services, health-care needs and daily life; prolonged outages would particularly affect seniors, people with medical needs and…
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