I’ve worked through some serious power events in this job. Ice storms, hurricanes, downed transmission lines after major wind events — I’ve helped restore power in California, Texas, Florida, Maine, and a handful of other states. I’ve seen what a massive surge does to electronics connected to the grid. Transformers blown apart. Substations taken offline. Equipment that was fine one minute and completely fried the next. So when people ask me about EMP prep, I come at it from a d