Posted on 07/30/2021 6:38:22 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
This is the article on which Dr. Phillips' article is based:
Down to Earth with nuclear electromagnetic pulse
A NASA article about Starfish:
(The October 28, 1962, explosion over Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. mentioned.)
USAF publication regarding EMPs and Air operations Michael B. Hughes, Maj, USAFR (approved for public viewing.)
IMPACT OF EMP ON AIR OPERATIONS. AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY
Freepers can search "EMP hardened computers" . Looks like there may be some information regarding this subject.
I think you are onto something there. The piezoelectric effect with quartz would definitely be a good primary candidate. And the iron thing would be confusing, because there is more iron and metals in igneous areas than sedimentary. This is what confused me in the first place.
Candor7 :" We know little about geo conductivity, and even less about the array of energy being conducted,
electricity being only one of several, such as gravity, magnetism, heat, tectonic etc."
" In their paper, Love et al describe how a high-altitude nuclear blast jerks Earth’s magnetic field.
First, the EMP ionizes a layer of air underneath the bomb. This layer presses downward, pinning Earth’s magnetic field lines in their pre-blast locations.
Next, as the ionization subsides, the magnetic field springs back. It’s a sort of heaving, lurching geomagnetic storm.
Geomagnetic storms are famous for causing power blackouts. Usually the sun is to blame, but EMPs can do it, too.
Lurching magnetic fields cause electrical currents to flow through the ground. Literally, rocks beneath your feet begin to tingle with electricity.
These currents, in turn, make their way into grounded electric-power grids,
potentially damaging transformers and blacking out power supplies."
See also, Post #2 by FReeper janetjanet998 which is a video time lapse graphic map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998.
This informational graphic is a time line and identifies which nations employed nuclear blasts tests, and where they were conducted.
This graphic is interesting and informative.
See also, Post #18 in terms of what you can do to protect yourself and your electrical and electronic equipment from and EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse).
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Store one week of food, water, and other supplies for personnel. • Use battery operated AM/FM/NOAA radios to receive Emergency Alerts
I used to keep a handheld scanner with wx channels wrapped in foil and kept inside an ammo box.
One week of food would not be near enough if a large solar flare or specially designed nuke set off at just the right altitude hit us and damaged most electronics. Try a year's worth.
The only rabbit hole with Sedona would be the hippy version, and the scientific version of there being a geomagnetic vortex hotspot there.
The second is real, the first is Shrooms... lol :)
... but if they KILL ya’ ... who cares ?
“Nuclear Bombs Can Cause Geomagnetic Storms”
Nuclear Bombs Can Cause EMP
If detonated over the US EMP will destroy most all electronic devices in US. Iran and N Korea would love to be the country that achieved this.
Double J 998! Thanks for the link!
Wow 1520 nukes have been set off since 1945? I have NO IDEA the number was that high.
Ray; It does not discuss the Tsar bomb, but it does discuss the effects of an Exo atmospheric explosion in one of the links in 21. If you have something about what happened in Russia post it here!
Steeley; See the USAF link in post 21
“In the aftermath of the Starfish Prime detonation, reports would identify several incidents in which permanent damage to electrical lines and equipment was attributed to the blast. This included up to eight known satellites that operated in Low Earth Orbit, the region in
which the detonation occurred, that were completely destroyed. Perhaps even more troubling
was the simultaneous destruction of a series of streetlights in Oahu Hawaii, located 800 miles
from the epicenter of the detonation. It was at this moment the potentially devastating effects of
electromagnetic pulse, commonly referred to as EMP became known.”
I wonder, were there Freepers at Pearl Harbor/Scofield in 1962 who witnessed the street lights going out?
! Hive mind !
The iron and quart are in loose unconsolidated soil, so I am not certain it would conduct very well.
Water and dissolved minerals create a better path for conduction. I know that there are sometimes electrical discharges associated with earthquakes. (There are some youtube videos about this.)
I think most surface naval vessels are hardened to handle an EMP. (Excluding harbor launch ferries, garbage lighters!)
If this nuc was exploded 250 miles above the pacific where was is launched from in 1962 vandy???
... but if they KILL ya’ ... who cares ?
Humm: what are you reading? But fine, whatever, you don't need to worry about it.
I think the key is silica in the form of quartz crystals.
Yes, this is part of the discussion. (See post 21)
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