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Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet
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Posted on 02/23/2012 8:49:06 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: DCBryan1
THANK YOU. (caps intentional)
To: Gator113
This may be a stupid question, but I have a metal roof, will that mitigate the effects on things kept within the house?Basic electronic theory would suggest that proper grounding of all electric components would be more important than shielding material.
I'd suggest EMP proofing your house by making sure you can survive an April Thunder/Lightning storm. BTW....I keep my 2m and VHF/UHF in my war box....a .50 cal. ammo can with styrofoam inserts.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:30:26 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
To: MrB
Mr. mm told me that a steel 55 gallon drum could also act as a Faraday cage.
I did talk to a friend of my son’s who understands the electrical grid and apparently the problem with the EMP is that the magnetic field that sets up along the wires can extend out and connect with other electronics and cause electrical surges in them that might be too much for them to handle. (in a nutshell)
I also understand that it’s often more the fragility of the electronics these days than the strength of the pulse itself.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:30:26 AM PST
by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
To: Gator113
This may be a stupid question, but I have a metal roof, will that mitigate the effects on things kept within the house?
I don't really know for sure, but I would think it might help, but only a little, if you attached heavy ground cables to it, but you're still going to have charges coming into your house through any phone/electric lines, and any metal pipes. Maybe you'll get a more knowledgeable response.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:30:52 AM PST
by
ZX12R
(FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
To: demsux
5000 feet of high altitude should work just fine.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:31:57 AM PST
by
steve8714
(Yoda's speech to Luke; copied from Jack Webb in "The D.I.")
To: FerociousRabbit
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:33:03 AM PST
by
steve8714
(Yoda's speech to Luke; copied from Jack Webb in "The D.I.")
To: Tenacious 1
EMP doesn’t blow fuses, it blows chips.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:33:21 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: DCBryan1
The bomb doesn’t scare me it’s as the article pointed out the EMP effect and it’s aftermath that scare me. In 2003 there was a power surge in Ohio which caused a power outage that affected some 45 million. And that was just a malfunction with no actual physical damage to the power infrastructure.
Toss in the physical damage by a bomb plus an enhanced EMP effect, what do you think you will have?
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:34:04 AM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: demsux
We ought to test out the effects of an EMP attack over the nuclear facilities in Iran.From Alamogordo in 1945 to Nevada Test Site in 1992, we have tested EMP effects.
However, I would like to see warhead yield reliability live fire exercise over some Middle Eastern terrorist facilities, command and control, nuclear processing facilities, etc. ;)
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:34:46 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
To: Craftmore
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 empI remember the first time I saw Connections, some 30 years ago, how terrifying the prospect of losing electricity was, and the "technology traps" that threaten to close in on us at any time.....this was really well-done...and I can only imagine it's even worse today, with our over-reliance on technology:
IMHO, Connections should be mandatory viewing in all schools.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:35:08 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: chessplayer
Well then I guess we should go first
To: JRandomFreeper
Right you are. Look up “Argus tests”. A megaton sized device was exploded over the Pacific and had exactly the effect you mentioned. BIG area affected!
To: discostu
Single bomb would need to be 250 miles up, about where Iran has been orbiting their payloads.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:36:14 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Craftmore
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:36:14 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: Kartographer
Toss in the physical damage by a bomb plus an enhanced EMP effect, what do you think you will have?A righteous shooting gallery of entitlement zombies?!
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:37:01 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
To: chessplayer
Most Americans do not know this, but a single EMP attack could potentially wipe out most of the electronics in the United States and instantly send this nation back to the 1800s.Utter BS! Assuming an attack does not mean dozens of strikes.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:37:54 AM PST
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: Gator113
No, for EMP protection you have to have a complete conductive enclosure. Although it would depend on the strength of the EMP spike when it gets to your home and the types of electronics. A metal roof is probably better than no metal roof.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:38:24 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Tenacious 1
You're about right in your assessment. An EMP blast would not be a good thing, but not the end of the world as we know it.
Close in to the blast would be bad. The rest of the country - you're right. Replace fuses, etc etc etc. Cars will still start. Generators will still run. Most power will still run, or will be restored quickly. Lots of critical infrastructure is already hardened, or hardened enough to survive. And so on and so on.
But, it's a lot easier and more fun for people with Armageddon Fantasies to believe the worst and scare everyone else.
BTW, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but I *am* an Electrical Engineer.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:38:48 AM PST
by
wbill
To: steve8714
No, he just went to that website where you can type stuff in and it gets translated into “Yodaspeak”...:)
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:42:02 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
To: DCBryan1; Gator113
And basic electronics theory in your case would be wrong. Circuit breakers and power strips don’t offer protection against an EMP spike. EMP and lightning are not the same.
Circuitry can be designed with protection from EMP but most civilian products are not because it increases the cost.
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posted on
02/23/2012 9:42:21 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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