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Somewhere, somehow, the Islamists have people working on an EMP bomb for us. It will take everyone back to the 7th century.
There Will Be No Peace Until There Is No Islam.
Well, the sun could do it way more effectively than the Islamists. At any time. WIth no warning.
I suppose if you are a billionaire on paper, with most of your assets tied up in digits that are traded over the internet, and only have value because of the relationship of your digits to other digits owned by other people with whom you interact on the internet, you would think that an EMP attack is the scariest of all possible things.
Yes, I read “One Second After”, frightening. I always worry when my children travel 50 or more miles away about how we will get back together. My 19 year old is a dirt bike racer and frequently travels out of state to race.
Another Carrington Event is inevitable.
We need a tax.
First it was the Van Allen Belt. Now it’s the Plasmasphere. Given the threat to civilization by either a massive nuke generated EMP or a Carrington Event, maybe we should start calling it the Irwin Allen Belt.
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Good time to invest in coal-fired power plants?
On the bright side, electromagnetic pulse will have zero effect on Americans guns and ammo.
Singer: Nothing is scarier than losing my money.
The UN demands a global electromagnetic pulse tax immediately!!!
You may be right. An EMP would probably set us back a ways, but I need an explanation as to why it would necessarily take us back beyond 1800. Prior to that we had nothing electrical, let alone electronic.
An EMP only lasts for seconds, and then is done. While that impulse would knock out electronic devices and controls, a lot of electrical things could still be gerry rigged to still operate.
And what about the recent sunspots and mass ejections that were ballyhooed to be so potentially destructive? Did they do ANYTHING of note anywhere on the planet other than a light show over the poles?
Just asking?
Is an EMP attack possible?
Research “Starfish Prime” and learn about a high-altitude nuclear test in the Pacific that caused trouble in Hawaii, hundreds of miles away. Just a few months after Starfish, the Test Ban Treaty did away with open-air nuclear testing, so we don’t know everything that an EMP burst can do.
Short version ... a nuclear weapon detonated at high altitude (40+ miles up) will cause a catastrophic wave of electromagnetic energy to sweep over the countryside, potentially frying all electronics below. Will it fry the computer in your car? Or your cell phone? We don’t know.
For additional amusement, research “Scud In a Bucket” and how Iran has been training for an EMP attack.
An EMP does present a great threat to America.
In the aftermath of an EMP many countries would come here to provide “aid” but while they might help keep people alive I believe that they will come here and chose to stay and keep what they can.
America’s greatest value is in our vast natural resources and we would be in no position to stop them.
This is my biggest fear.
Firearms will still work.
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The term ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP) is mostly used to describe a strong electromagnetic wave or pulse that accompanies a nuclear explosion. Solar flares can also produce similar electromagnetic waves. Both threat scenarios will be discussed here, with some analysis of similarities and differences.
Would a small home inverter power lights after an EMP?
If Al Gore and Obama could figure out some way to market “EMP Offsets” this issue would suddenly become front page news.