A HEMP surge would quickly cripple all digital tools, creating prevalent disruption to life. Typical appliances like phones, computers, and televisions would instantly go dark, while a stop. The collapse of interaction systems would leave people separated and unenlightened, unable to ask for assistance or remain educated about the crisis. The loss of power would certainly also dive communities into darkness, interfering with important solutions like illumination, heating, and food preservation, and diving society into chaos.