[archy]

I don't think EMP is the big 800 pound gorilla it is made out to be, during tests by the Navy, almost all cars would start up again although there were a few that would not and/or still run but with problems like the gauges on the dashboard not working correctly and so on. Most transistor radios would be OK if the antennas remained folded and so on. Still, it is a 500 pound gorilla where it would wreak havoc with our power grid and telephone system. So your car should be OK but pumping gas would be hard unless you had a generator, a 12 volt DC pump or a hand pump.

On the other hand, railroad communications, centralized traffic control systems, and dispatcher-operated power track switches are likely to be VERY problematical. And that's a MAJOR chunk of our transportation infrastructure that's likely to be nonfunctional at a time when it'd be needed most.

[Justa]

Groan, not this again. Hasn’t anyone heard of Lightening? Nearly all public systems (rail, airports, traffic control, communication, power generation and transmissions, etc.) as well as most private systems are designed against EM interference which is what is transmitted in an EMP. You can thank lightening for that and stop fretting. It’s MSM scare tactics as always.

[Nowhere Man]

On the other hand, railroad communications, centralized traffic control systems, and dispatcher-operated power track switches are likely to be VERY problematical. And that's a MAJOR chunk of our transportation infrastructure that's likely to be nonfunctional at a time when it'd be needed most.

Worse comes to worst, we can send somebody out in an SUV with a VHF radio to switch things manually.