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Posted on 05/23/2015 2:14:13 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie
That seems to be the consensus. As far as a fuel supply goes, if you have a working vehicle and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of vehicles are stranded, draining/siphoning those fuel tanks will keep you going for quite a while. If you can stock up on extra fuel cans and a stabilizer, you might be able to maintain your vehicle for a year or more.
The trick will be dealing with stalled vehicles on the road, roadblocks, and people who decide they want your car, no matter what. :)
I’ll probably open a cold beer (I’ll keep one in the fridge for that ‘special occasion’); then sit out on the porch watching all the neighbors freaking out. Not prepared, don’t care.
They’d have a hard time driving it with a bullet in their braincase.
Won’t happen with Obunghole as CIC.
>>This massively powerful wave has the potential to damage nearly everything electronic over hundreds of miles.<<
Will an EMP interrupt the effectiveness of a pacemaker?
Very likely, although some reports I’ve read say that not all small electronics will be affected.
Found an excellent site on the actual effects of EMP. Lots of inaccurate information out there.
http://www.futurescience.com/emp.html
For later. Thanks.
Popular Science had an article on how to build a conventional explosive EMP. A person could probably wipe out a city. There was discussion that older vehicles might now be be damaged. The hood could shelter some of the ignition electronics.
As little as a year ago I didn’t think an EMP was anything to worry about, but lately, with the increase in cyber-terorrism, ISIS (where are they getting their funding? could they be used as a proxy to attack the U.S.? Clearly, they couldn’t care less about destroying The Great Satan), and then the news item about Cheyenne Mountain being re-opened to store vehicles, etc. from EMP ... I’m not quite as nonchalant about this threat.
Completely hysterical nonsense. Will the next article be about the fifteen things you must do immediately after an extraterrestrial invasion?
Lots of good suggestions. But most of them are worthless if you are dead, which is where you going to be if you do not have the capability of defending yourself and what you possess. Make no mistake about it, once people realize the severity of the disaster they are going to turn into animals.
Is it your belief that EMPs complicating an emergency situation is impossible or just overblown?
The military takes it seriously, and has for generations, some of us found that annoying when it meant that we had to carry extra weight.
“I still think EMP damage estimates are a little overrated.”
Well, I know nothing about this stuff, but I never understand why there seems to be a conviction that nothing can ever be repaired.
We did live on earth for millennia before there was any electricity or cars or anything like that.
Hardening military electronics is one thing; telling Joe Six-pack that the entire world will shut down if someone detonates an EMP is ridiculous. Sorry, but I think this is just dumb fearmongering.
You had better have some friends with short wave radio, right?
If military electronics shut down because of an EMP, why wouldn’t non-military electronics?
I would think that the electricity delivery system is very vulnerable to EMP, in fact it is already vulnerable and often whacks out without EMP.
I have read everything from one end of the spectrum to the other.
Sometimes you need to take the dormers with a grain of salt ( you will need that salt to preserve your pickles!)
Nothing in the list is bad, nor am I suggesting you not prep. A couple of weeklong ice storms woke up my family a few years ago. It is easy to fall prey to real terrorizing doom porn.
Read more than one source and read the rebuttals from the naysayers. You will find EMPs could hurt limited areas and really screw up cities. Are they going to shut down the entire country? It’s a low probability.
The folks who would do these kinds of attacks would use their nukes tactically, not strategically.
I've given a lot of thought to the "perfect" vehicle for a post-apocalyptic event, and I've concluded that there isn't any single vehicle that fits the bill. I see a small motorcycle -- no bigger than 500cc, maybe even a dirt bike -- for maneuverability, fuel efficiency, and minimal storage requirements. But when the weather gets crappy or you need to haul something, a large 4wd pickup with some heavy off-road cleats. For those big jobs, and to clear the road ahead, a heavy-lift towtruck. Or a bulldozer.
Plus a variety of smaller, fuel-efficient cars for foul weather in-town or nearby driving.
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