Dr. Peter Pry is know within the prepping community for his constant drum beat concerning EMP and our ancient power grid. He advised authors like Jon Hollerman, William Forstchen, and others. If you have read novels with an EMP being the center drama, you know Dr. Pry.
America lost one of its most formidable national security practitioners and most inspiring patriots Friday evening with the untimely passing of Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, PhD. In the course of a career spanning nearly forty years, Dr. Pry served with distinction first in the executive branch of the federal government as a Verification Analyst in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1984-1985) and as an Intelligence Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency specializing in Soviet nuclear forces and doctrine (1985-1995).
Subsequently, Peter Pry was a Professional Staff Member on the House Armed Services Committee from 1995-2001. In that capacity, he played a decisive role in enacting legislation in 2001 establishing the blue-ribbon Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). He went on to serve as the Commission?s Staff Director, under its formidable Chairman, Dr. William Graham. - Center for Security & Policy
Dr. Pry put together a documentary titled
Grid Down Power Up. Worth 55-minutes of your time.
RIP Dr. Peter Pry