On the plus side, other than nuclear attack, most EMPs are small and are not deadly to people, only electronics. You are likely to survive a common EMP. That does not mean, however, it will be an easy life. If you are not prepared, the struggle will be very real and very difficult...
An EMP attack conducted 100 km over Kansas would take out the electronics in a little over half of the United States, as well as taking out all the power plants in that region. One conducted at 300 km altitude would destroy electronics and power plants across the entire continental United S...
If an all-out war erupts, it will be like nothing the Earth has seen before. All of our “progress” means that each side now has the weapons at their disposal to destroy their enemy many times over. Because of this, we can’t as readily look back in history to learn how to surviv...