Posted on 09/25/2011 1:30:34 PM PDT by IbJensen
It is NOT time to fix the grid.
First we have to fix the bridge that connects Cincinnati with Covington, Kentudky that isn’t even broken.
Perhaps we could accomplish necessary things like defending the American nation if only we could overthrow this evil regime that’s ruined our lives and our economy.
” So in other words, Obama’s administration and the dems in congress causing a total financial collapse isn’t the worst thing that could happen... “
Yep - it just shows another of the myriad of paths that lead to the same outcome — some faster than others...
(And yes, there are possible paths that lead to rosier outcomes, but that part of the map seems to have been washed out...)
At least my old Jeep doesn’t have a computer. Of course it may be hard to get fuel.Actually, there will be hundreds of millions of "dead" cars full of gas. Don't forget your syphon hose!
Hardly. This information has been in the public domain since at least the 1970s.
“EMP DOES NOT destroy all things electrical and electronic, counter to what all the ignorant survivalist types claim otherwise”
LOL. I hear ya. I’ve seen people claim “anything with an electric motor”, etc.
The only devices threatened are microprocessor circuits. Granted, a lot of things have them today, but they are not uniformly vulnerable (ie mounting, enclosures, type, etc), and then only within some radius of the burst.
As I posted on another EMP thread, “The “EMP Threat” seems to come up every three or four months. Must be important for us to know, to get such regular reminders.”
You’d need absolutely reliable thermonuke bombs ( a 50 kT bomb is not big enough) plus a reliable missile system that can land a nuke at the right place at the right time, and the entire setup from construction of the launch pad up to the detonation would need to be stealthy and secret.
If our radars/sats detected an incoming from a threat country, what do you suppose the response would be? I mean after we launch THAAD, SM Block II, and EKV?
They don't have enough firepower to take the US on militarily. They will have enough to detonate a nuclear device high over the CONUS. I guess when it happens we will find out whose theories about EMP are correct.
I think that's the concern over the Iranian nuclear reactor and missile programs. Mahmoud Ahmanutjob and friends do not think logically or rationally, and might be willing to loose an EMP nuke over the skies of the "Great Satan" in the belief that the Mahdi would then emerge from his cave to protect them and usher in an Islamic paradise over all the world.
Exactly! Welcome to the 2nd dark ages. It’s time we started looking out for ourselves. After guns and plenty of ammo, a propane powered generator could keep your tent, cabin, travel trailer, or house in lights, refrigeration and heat, maybe air conditioning. I hope you have plenty of food for emergencies. Then incinerate whoever did this!!!
EMP most certainly is a clear and present danger to our nation!
http://www.dakotavoice.com/2010/12/emp-death-of-america-in-the-blink-of-an-eye/
I’ve got to consider this article a bit hyperbolic about the effect of an EMP. Since most cars are still made of metal, they are effectively faraday cages. A car will, after all, protect you from a direct lighting strike. So, if the electromagnetic effect of a lighting strike can be deflected, certainly a far less energetic EMP would also be deflected by the metal shell of the vehicle, leaving all the contained electronics unaffected.
Not bloody likely. We live in a forest.
They’re leaving out the rioting, murder, and looting that would go down nationwide. Most people wouldn’t starve, they’d be slaughtered by other desperate people. It wouldn’t be the 1800s. It would be the Zombie Apocalypse.
EMP DOES NOT destroy all things electrical and electronic,Sources? Based on everything I've read, you are wildly wrong.
Ditto checks on those main ones. We might go through FR withdrawal but that free time could be used to keep the zombies at bay.
I have antibiotics, seeds and water purification tablets.
Hunt, plant some crops and try to live off the grid.
Speak for yourself. Some of us do.
/johnny
Its always the other guy coming unhinged that you have to worry about.
I suppose whatever happens most would ban together in small groups.
For good and bad.
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