[Nowhere Man]

I remember there was a similar movie about EMP and solar flares that was made in 1974 where the flare made some people sick as well. I remember one family in the movie had their alternator burned out in their Chevy Blazer so they had to keep recharging the battery to run their vehicle. They later found out that if the vehicle was turned off during the event, their alternator would have been fine.

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.

[Travis McGee]

I think the electronics on cars today can’t be compared to even 20 years ago.

[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.