[JRandomFreeper]

But they are ElectroMagnetic effects of unusual events. As is EMPulses.

I'm not particularly worried about EMP from nukes. But our feral gooberment takes it seriously enough to spend billions of our tax dollars preparing for it.

/johnny

[HiTech RedNeck]

As a civil defense issue, that probably is one of the few things our modern federales are involved in that makes constitutional sense. I can think of very few complaints about that.