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From: KLP7/2/2012 1:48:26 PM
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Newt Gingrich on D.C. Weather: 'Mild Taste of What an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Attack Would Do'
11:44 AM, Jul 2, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER



Newt Gingrich issued a warning, based on the destructive storms that hit the Washington, D.C. area over the weekend, on Twitter:

Friend and coauthor bill forstchen notes washington-baltimore blackout mild taste of what an emp (electromagnetic pulse) attack would do

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 2, 2012

And, later, the former Republican presidential candidate added:

Forstchen's novel "one second after" is an amazingly vivid story ofsmall town's struggles after all electricity has been destroyed by emp

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 2, 2012

"Crews are working 24/7 to restore power to roughly 650,000 homes and businesses with electricity three days after a rare derecho storm blew through the area, downing trees and electric lines," WTOP reports. "The number of outages Monday morning has been climbing, rather than declining."
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