"Electromagnetic pulse". The bain of our existence?

According to one expert, if a nuclear bomb exploded in the atmosphere, the EMP(electromagnetic pulse) that would be generated by the blast would fry the microchips at the heart of all electronics in North America, sending the U.S. back to the 1800's. The military has a safeguard for this. The civilian population does not.

Read it. I mean - what are the odds? Course, you never know. It's interesting.