The White House is preparing for catastrophic solar flares which can destroy the grid. What will you do to prepare for an EMP event?

Are they wrapping the White House in foil like this house??

Become a friend to the Amish folk and help them build a barn. They never worry about this.

no more Justin bieber and those kind of things? I'll cause the emp myself if I could

NatGeo created American Blackout, a video that follows the first 10 days after a cyberattack.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/american-blackout/

I would assume there is not way to really prepare and react to that. Does it means I can put my mind at ease about Global Warming?

I find it funny, in the Emergency Management realm, we have worked hard over the last 15 years to go to an "All Hazards" concept of planning yet still insist that we need an individual plan for every conceivable scenario. While there are some scenarios that may not be covered by an All Hazards approach (CBRN events, Pandemic, Etc) because they present factors not previously considered, creating a new plan or annex because we changed flavors is ridiculous. Is an EMP destroying the power grid really that much different than say a Category 5 Hurricane destroying the power grid, or a terrorist attack taking out the grid, or any other number of conceivable events which may damage or destroy the grid on local, regional, or national levels. In the end its about managing our resources. A national event just means I can not depend on national resources coming to my aide. It might help us in convincing the political pundits in procuring more local resources, but in the end its all about resource management and community relationships.

Living off grid wouldn't be so bad think of all the money you could save. It would be difficult for a lot of people who are so technologically dependent however.

Not a darned thing! LOL! Grab a lawn chair, pre-popped popcorn and a beverage and watch the Gov't comedy sideshow!

OK, despite what the article says, Solar Flares or Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) do not pose a significant threat to the National Electrical Grid. When a solar flare occurs it takes approximately 4.5 days to reach the earth. This gives electrical plants (and the public) plenty of time to shut down critical equipment and protect the grid from catastrophic damage. What does scare me are Electromagnetic Pulses created by upper atmospheric detonation of nuclear weapons (Iranian and North Korean nukes placed on simple single stage rockets and fired from cargo ships off the US coastline). The only real defence for this is an active missile defence system that can shoot down a missile in its initial boost stage (i.e. Star Wars). To defend the US we would need either a Geosynchronous Space based system (smart BB's or Lasers) or Airborne Laser systems that fly over both the US coasts and borders 24/7.

Regard the topic of how USA recover from it? I prefer the government just concentrate on national defense. The people themselves and each states will do the rest.