MEN! STUNE YOUR BIEBERS!
Posted on 09/16/2011 1:13:22 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
Interesting thought.
“Take your old electronics, computers, etc. and wrap them in several layers of aluminum foil alternating with a non-conductor (cardboard).
Best place to store them is in a metal trash can with a metal lid.”
Um. What will happen when we plug them in? Anything?
That presumes that we knew who launched it. It could be done from a sea launch platform by deniable assets. Do you think our current President would launch retaliation on a hunch?
For all who want a good knowledge of the EMP threat, here is a good site:
I suggest all who are interested to download the 208 page 7 mb report. It has some fascinating information in it. They tested quite a few items. All cars that they tested, that were turned off during the EMP, started afterward. About 90% of those who were running when the EMP hit, once they were powered down, started up again.
We also have many vulnerabilities.
I visited the facility where the testing was done. I have a colleague that collects data there.
Best info I have seen. Thank you! Lots of reading to do now...
As long as you can get electricity they should work just fine.
I got the aluminum foil advice from an EE who studied EMP and how to protect against it.
I will grow poppies and start my own weirdbeard religion.
“As long as you can get electricity they should work just fine.”
Did he tell you how the power grid was supposed to survive an attack?
A great read. Real page turner and chilling to consider the after effects of an EMP.
EMP, please, Michael Faraday had ya beat in 1836:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
The Faraday Cage, I worked on one at the AWACS Command Center at Tinker AFB in the 80s.
And the world will vomit.
Newt wrote the forward to a book that deals with an EMP attack.
We should give props to Ben Franklin who first observed the isolating effect in 1775. EMP is no threat, just gets everyone’s juices going.
BTW, the Faraday Cage is easily seen in any coax, its the woven wire around the conductor.
Gotta wrap that backup generator!
It would be a good idea to wrap up a car alternator to be used with a bicycle and battery plus inverter.
I am wrapping up old computers, my short wave, and my radiation meter among other things.
I am interested in your analysis that EMP is not a threat. In the Commission Report, they talk about naturally occuring EMP from solar flares as well as weapon attacks. They seem to put forward legitimate concerns.
In the old days when it took 50 missiles to destroy the United States we would know where they were launched from...
An EMP device could be shot off from a freighter off shore ... might never know who was behind it. A guess maybe - North Korea, Iran, China some terrorists group, etc... still a guess.
There are now purely electronic Faraday Cages for moving objects. EMP was first noticed during atomic testing in the 40s.
The trick is allowing wanted electromagnetic waves into the Cage.
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