To: rwfromkansas
“Seems highly unlikely. EMP would not destroy the entire infrastructure, just the local area”
Yeah, I think the threat from EMP is sometimes overblown.
Long haul internet lines are generally fiber optic, and immune to EMP.
On the other hand, not many vehicles will start today without their ECU. Even diesels.
Does anyone here (other than doomsday scare type people) have any real data on the threat radius from the best EMP burst thus far?
To: Pessimist
I heard some years ago that an EMP 125 miles above Nebraska would knock out most of the Continental United States.
178 posted on
09/25/2011 4:36:09 PM PDT by
GOPJ
(126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
To: Pessimist
Does anyone here (other than doomsday scare type people) have any real data on the threat radius from the best EMP burst thus far? Here's a collection of some detailed info from various sources, most of which matches my basic understanding from USN electronics training. If - big if - it happens all the major cities and a lot of the smaller ones are toast. Plan accordingly.
197 posted on
09/25/2011 5:49:11 PM PDT by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: Pessimist
“Long haul Internet lines are generally fiber optic, and immune to EMP.”
Won't matter, the source, the relays and your PC are susceptible. Then there's the electrical grid.
245 posted on
09/26/2011 4:59:24 AM PDT by
wolfcreek
(Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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