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A Green Beret’s Guide to EMP: Practical Steps to Prepare for a “Lights Out” Scenario (Part 1)
SHTF Plan ^ | 5/7/15

Posted on 05/07/2015 4:52:56 PM PDT by Kartographer

Ben, I’m doing this article for you as I promised, and I hope it will help you (and others) to make those decisions in the critical moments and days following an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) event. Although I had plenty of science courses in college, I am not a scientist. Certainly someone with a scientific background will comment on this article. Let me state this: Scientists, I welcome all comments, positive or negative, but please make them proactive. These articles are forums where the writers are “emcees” that introduce topics for discussion and present some salient points. You guys and gals are the ones who pick up the topics and run the football in for the TD.

We need to be “SME’s” as we called them in the Army: Subject Matter Experts. One of my personal goals for SHTF is not just to draw a large readership base; it is to help readers develop themselves and also develop one another. Let the site become an ORP (objective rally point) where everyone can plan, exchange ideas, and attain better levels of awareness and preparation for the times to come. In this light, there is a lot of knowledge out there awaiting use. Take the knowledge you amass, step up to the plate, and take the swing: do the best you can with what you have. And if it isn’t perfect, so what? You give it your best shot and then adjust fire from there.

(Excerpt) Read more at shtfplan.com ...


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Of course FR's own resident EMP experts will be along shortly to explain how there isn't such a thing as EMP.
1 posted on 05/07/2015 4:52:56 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!!


2 posted on 05/07/2015 4:53:29 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

BFL


3 posted on 05/07/2015 4:58:52 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Kartographer
A Good Automatic Movement Watch: You need to keep time and coordinate things with your family after the event. You’ll have to really shop and find one with a good warranty.

I am sorry but the part about the warranty made me laugh. TEOTWAWKI but the watch shop is still open?

4 posted on 05/07/2015 5:00:30 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Kartographer

An EMP might just be an act of mercy by the Almighty.


5 posted on 05/07/2015 5:01:37 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: Kartographer

If the ammo cans and gun safe don’t keep my electronics safe ill be screwed. My old tablet with all my games will be ruined and I won’t be able to survive.


6 posted on 05/07/2015 5:02:45 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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To: Kartographer

1977 F250 351 M.

1966 Ford Falcon with an old 289 Hypo.

When SHTF the antique value gets set a side.....the F250 is my go to vehicle.


7 posted on 05/07/2015 5:05:18 PM PDT by Johnny_cash
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To: 9thLife

Maybe it will be good in the long run for the survivors descendants, but not the survivors.


8 posted on 05/07/2015 5:05:28 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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Of course FR's own resident EMP experts will be along shortly to explain how there isn't such a thing as EMP.

Not me. I don't need any convincing of how horrible an EMP event will be. I pray this is not our fate.

If it's gonna be nuclear, I hope it's on the ground nuclear. IMHO, gone in a flash is much better than slowly starving to death after an EMP.

9 posted on 05/07/2015 5:07:52 PM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

A Good Automatic Movement Watch: You need to keep time and coordinate things with your family after the event. You’ll have to really shop and find one with a good warranty.
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I am sorry but the part about the warranty made me laugh. TEOTWAWKI but the watch shop is still open
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You shouldn’t have laughed. A watch maker who is confident enough to offer a GOOD warrantee does so because he expects few (or no) claims to be filed against the warranted product. :6)


10 posted on 05/07/2015 5:10:56 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: DirtyPigpen
Compared to the risks inherent in the unchecked "progress" we are now experiencing, stopping it would be an act of mercy, imho. Allowing it to proceed is a death sentence -- barring some unforeseen interruption, which an EMP could be.

It certainly won't be without collateral damage, but try telling that to all the people ISIS is beheading, all the people being forced into some form of slavery by collectivists and other gangsters; to the million or so babies being ground into dogmeat every year, etc.

11 posted on 05/07/2015 5:15:24 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: upchuck

I pray it is.


12 posted on 05/07/2015 5:15:48 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: Kartographer

EMP is like a chemtrail of nasty energy.


13 posted on 05/07/2015 5:16:55 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DirtyPigpen

Read about Faraday cages and how to build them.An old microwave oven is an excellent Faraday cage.


14 posted on 05/07/2015 5:17:41 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Kartographer

What are the odds for EMP when on an elevator with a beautiful blonde?


15 posted on 05/07/2015 5:19:10 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))
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To: Farmer Dean

Read about Faraday cages and how to build them.An old microwave oven is an excellent Faraday cage.

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Using the AM/FM radio test, it was found that both Mylar bags and microwave ovens were not good Faraday cages. Both of these failed inside my home. They simply did not work well at all.

http://thesurvivalmom.com/why-and-how-to-protect-your-gear-from-emp/


16 posted on 05/07/2015 5:22:02 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: bunkerhill7

She won’t be so beautiful after the first 24 hours


17 posted on 05/07/2015 5:22:06 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Ted Cruz for President ... all others are cheap imitations)
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To: House Atreides
They also do that for watches that need regular upkeep.

I am fairly sure my faithful Bulova's warranty ran out a long time ago.

18 posted on 05/07/2015 5:25:08 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Kartographer

Choosing the right truck for the upcoming unpleasantness

(Before you ask, no, the truck pictured above is not my truck. But it's perfect, imo. I've been looking for something like it ever since reading this article. But I'm discovering a big problem is finding one at a reasonable price, which I have not been able to do. A bigger problem, perhaps, and one I haven't even tried to tackle yet, is running the idea by my better half for her approval!)

19 posted on 05/07/2015 5:30:33 PM PDT by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is follow by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfiel)
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To: Johnny_cash
1977 F250 351 M.

1966 Ford Falcon with an old 289 Hypo.

There are electronic parts in even these that may not survive an EMP.

The capacitor in your distributer. The starter relay. The voltage regulator and the alternator itself are all subject to the heating caused by the induced currents of an EMP.

Granted they are less susceptible than integrated circuits but are still susceptible.

20 posted on 05/07/2015 5:34:37 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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