As of 2013, most every form of communication (or at least the bulk
of it) is in some way tied in with the Internet. Our emails, online
order sites and bill payments are widely used by a large and ever
growing portion of the American public. There are over 100 billion
emails sent in the US each and every day! And, while I have no idea
how many of us do our banking or manage our credit cards, I'm sure
its a number that would stagger the imagination...
Now, imagine for a minute, a coordinated terrorist strike that
cripples this very essential service! Imagine the effect it would
have on an already weak economy. Imagine if your TV and cell phone no
longer worked or worked sporadically at best! Imagine food shipments
that are mostly now computer automated, suddenly not making it to
stores across the nation. The same would go for gasoline shipments
and other essential deliver services like FedEx or UPS. Imagine the
sheer chaos that would ensue. Think it couldn't happen! Then check
out this article entitled 'Four
ways the Internet could go down'. The article covers space
weather, Cyberwarfare, political mandate and even cable cutting as
four viable ways we could be screwed big time!
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