No need for nukes, just turn of the electricity and it's done....
My Grandpa didn't have electric 'til the fifties. I could probably do without it if I had to. I don't think an EMP event would be the doomsday everybody thinks it would be. The biggest risk would be from the government itself or another government following up by coming in and trying to take over. They would do well to heed the admonition of the Japanese Admiral speaking of why they didn't invade after Pearl Harbor.
