October 18, 2013

On October 27th the lights will go out.

Imagine 10 days of a catastrophic blackout across the United States. No cell phone service, no ATM withdrawals, no working street lights, no available gasoline … no escape. Fact:It could happen.

Sunday week, October 27, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, American Blackout airs. National Geographic’s two-hour, edge-of-your-seat movie event imagines the story of a national power failure in the United States caused by a cyberattack — told in real time, over 10 days, by those who kept filming on cameras and phones. You’ll learn what it means to be absolutely powerless. Let down by the power companies who are doing little to guard against this eventuality…