Why Would Newt Say This?

[KDawg]

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

Newt Gingrich on D.C. Weather: "Mild Taste of What an EMP Attack Would Do."

[Soundbear]

Why not??

Like Quebec's ice storm a few years back?