Posted on 09/03/2013 4:18:38 PM PDT by Kartographer
The fall-out from a grid-down scenario would be absolutely devastating, as noted by a spokesman for the Center for Security Policy who recently responded to the potential for EMP capable weapons being deployed over the United States:
And experts forecast if such an attack were a success, it effectively could throw the U.S. back into an age of agriculture.
“Within a year of that attack, nine out of 10 Americans would be dead, because we can’t support a population of the present size in urban centers and the like without electricity,” said Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com ...
From what I’ve read, a flare/cme direct hit (X5 or greater) will disturb the electrical grid. Quebec in the 80’s comes to mind. When they get larger than that, who knows.
An EMP, depending on height, power and earth atmospheric conditions at the time, can easily destroy electronics and unprotected control systems.
For instance, The Fishbowl series of high altitude nuke detonations had serious disturbances in the electrical system that were 1400 miles from the explosions. An EMP device detonated 250 miles above Kansas would destroy most electronic/electrical devices within 500 miles.
Our military has aircraft that can do sort of the same thing also . Electronic warfare aircraft (Navy Prowler/Growlers) can defeat or destroy operating communications and electronic systems. There are documented instances of this happening over populated areas. Let alone war zones.
Think anything with a long wire or coil becoming an antenna. These wires will (if not substantially protected) will absorb and transmit that energy to whatever it’s connected to. If those devices are designed to operate at say 120 volts ac, and suddenly the have 600 volts running through them. Um. Bye bye electronics. Or say a power line that is 100 miles long and cables as thick as your arm, moving power at 220k volts ac, suddenly surges to 750k volts. Things are going to break. Most of these large power lines do have electronic protection schemes and mechanical protection devices; think lightning arrestors or you household electronics power strip/surge protector, But what do we do when the protection devices are fried or broken.
Remember the surges happen in less that a second. In ten cycles or less in a 60 hertz/cycle per second system
I slept at da holiday inn. Ha :)
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Selco and others as well.
We prepare as best we can
I would pinch me every time you moved.
I think I’ll stay in California. We have plenty of fruits and nuts.
Agreed. Not like chicken
More like pork...
Practice doesn’t always make perfect but it helps. I prefer the lights on low.
Did she say when?
Depending on how big the EMP transformers can blow and motor windings could melt
Anything not encased in a metal box is risky
If you have a generator, just make sure it is inside a metal shed or metal case
If the SHTF we wont get a radio or TV announcement of it. It will just be dark and stay dark. About 2 or 3 days later you will get some clue, unless you have short-wave buddies equally prepared by metal-encased generators
Then the mobs will be leaving town - running from the looters OR looting
Most food will be gone in 3 days
if you dont have enough ammo to protect your stash for AT LEAST 2 or 3 weeks you are dead too.
That's not an EMP. That's a full-on, ground level nuke explosion.
Ah well. I guess living out in the back woods ain’t as bad as I thought. Time to be sure the generator works
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He is wrong.
What about cables buried underground? Does that provide any better protection?
http://web.ornl.gov/sci/ees/etsd/pes/pubs/ferc_Meta-R-320.pdf
This is the latest info I could find about EMP. Solar flare/CME results would be similar depending on size
It’s a huge file 168 page pdf. But well worth the read. They show pix of equipment failing under “simulated” EMP exposure. Pg46
Any cable that is underground should be somewhat protected. But that cable has to emerge somewhere.
If you are worried about your equipment/electronics, do what other recommend. Store it isolated inside a metal container, trashcan sealed up or other storage device. Think faraday cage. Solar panels, inverters, chargers, radios, old laptop, generators, spare parts for anything you might want to repair that gets zapped..
IMHO
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