Economic changes resulting from two hypothetical terrorist attack scenarios have been modeled. In the first, the impacts of a coordinated attack on the electricity transmission grid in California, resulting in a sizeable loss in electricity supplied to the State, were analyzed. In the other scenario, the economic losses resulting from a deliberate spreading of the devastating virus for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in a predominantly agricultural state, such as Iowa, were reviewed. ICF Consulting examined the scenarios to estimate direct costs on affected industries and calculated the ripple effects on other industries and the economy as a whole.
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