Scary stuff indeed. We’ve been talking about this for years...it’s criminal that nothing has been done so far to start prepring for such an attack. It’s not as though the world ISN’T full of enemies who hate us.
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As far as I know, iron and steel guns and gunpowder, lead and brass will still work. Can openers, camp cooking stoves, batteries and kerosine lamps will also work...it’s a matter of how prepared you are.
Many years ago the HORROR was the explosion of a Cobalt Bomb!
A single bomb would make the earth sterile and everyone would die. Where is the cobalt bomb today? I guess the hype is now the EMP bomb.
Has the EMP bomb actually been tested over a large area? Do they really know exactly what its capabilities are? Have they ever exploded one in the atmosphere?
I would venture NO. Once again, the lemmings are running in fear over something that has not been proven as destructive as the fear mongers state.
My family would be pretty self sufficient except for the medicines. I have one, without which I will die. Prescription only, and I’ve squirreled away a months supply, by not taking it a day now and then, but anything over about 30 days and and its curtains for me.
I also see it will make computers impossible to use.
How will this differ from using Windows Vista?
It is scary stuff and is just one of the reasons why I garden with heirloom seeds, dehydrate and can things I can get my hands on from my garden or from sales.I do have some concept of what it would be like,My biggest concern would be my insulin.I have about a year unhand but after that is where the problem comes in....
Most cars will start, their bodies will act as a Farady cage, even the Navy did tests on current cars and most will still run although some did exhibit problems with their gauges. I think EMP has been overblown to a 1970’s era Irwin Allen disaster movie proportions. I think we are making an 800 lbs gorilla out of a 500 lbs one. Still I think the huge threat is to the power grid itself, your car will run, your transistor radio will still work but unless you have a generator, a 12v pump and/or a handpump, you will not be pumping gas.
I understand how electricity works and understand how an EMP affects the actual charge in a system (spike up/down). But that doesn't make stuff “Blow up” and ruin everything. Replace fuses, throw switches and start turning stuff back on.
Sure, there would be a lot of damage. But I suspect the blast, heat and bright light would do far more concerning damage than folks being without power for up to a couple weeks.
I could be wrong on all of this. But I have asked several to show me, beyond the theoretical, an instance, experiment or happenstance that would support the theory that one nuclear warhead detonated at the right altitude of the US would destroy all our electronics. It sounds sexy and seems to sell well. It has drama and intrigue. But, like tidal waves from global warming, I hold some skepticism until there is some “real” scientific evidence.
There’s a vid on Youtube of a way to make a metal office supply cabinet into a faraday cage -
caveat - the guy doesn’t ground it, which is necessary, and of course, no one really knows whether any sort of shielding will do any good.
Gosh, I hope the operating system on my M-1 Garand will still work and the computer chips on my Model 445 Minneapolis-Moline won’t be fried.
While I agree there would be sever shortages,I think we underestimate the ability of farmers to bounce back.I grew up on farms surrounded by farmers.Every farmer I know has backup older equipmant that wouldnt be effected by an emp.Up to and including steam powered equipmant.We also forget the Amish communities.Inner cities would suffer the worst,But by the time they got done killing each other,The ones leaving with evil on thier minds best remember rural areas all hunt,and have fairly large aresenals of thier own.I would be more afraid of our governmant in that situation than I would any hordes of thugs.I think in the long run us Bitter Clingers would do just fine.
All this EMP talk has convinced my wife we must buy a pre-electronic ignition car. Since she is stuck on getting a 1967-70 Cougar, I am okay with that. Might as well cruise the post-apocalyptic wasteland in style.
We are also very well prepared to fend off the zombie city-dwelling hoards who might try and take what we have.
I don’t think it would affect me one bit. I certainly feel for those in cities and suburbs but my family and neighbors would be just fine. Simple country folk we are.
Dont worry, our government will take care of us and make sure we’re all comfortable. /s
The last days are described in Revelations and it says for 3 days the world will look at the slain prophets . . . Looks like TV, internet stay intact up until it’s almost all over anyway.