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Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/life-after-an-emp-attack-no-power-no-food-no-transportation-no-banking-and-no-internet ^

Posted on 02/23/2012 8:49:06 AM PST by chessplayer

Most Americans do not know this, but a single EMP attack could potentially wipe out most of the electronics in the United States and instantly send this nation back to the 1800s. If a nuclear bomb was exploded high enough in the atmosphere over the middle part of the country, the electromagnetic pulse would fry electronic devices from coast to coast. The damage would be millions of times worse than 9/11. Just imagine a world where nobody has power, most cars will not start, the Internet has been fried, the financial system is offline indefinitely, nobody can make any phone calls and virtually all commerce across the entire country is brought to a complete stop. A nation that does not know how to live without technology would be almost entirely stripped of it at that point. Yes, this could really happen. An EMP attack is America's "Achilles heel", and everyone around the world knows it. It is only a matter of time before someone uses an EMP weapon against us, and at this point we are pretty much completely unprepared.

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To: chessplayer

The last days are described in Revelations and it says for 3 days the world will look at the slain prophets . . . Looks like TV, internet stay intact up until it’s almost all over anyway.


41 posted on 02/23/2012 9:16:43 AM PST by RushingWater (Let's have a brokered convention and page Sarah Palin)
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To: Tonytitan

Silence, infidel! The mighty mighty Cylons will crush your insolence for daring to question the Holy EMP!


42 posted on 02/23/2012 9:16:43 AM PST by sthguard (The DNC theme song: "All You Need is Guv")
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To: chessplayer

No FreeRepublic? This is series!


43 posted on 02/23/2012 9:16:48 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: DH

A Cobalt bomb though possible is impracticable. A nuclear bomb built to maximize EMP effect is both possible and practical. i.e. Neutron Bomb


44 posted on 02/23/2012 9:17:05 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: JRandomFreeper
There are bombs today that are designed to cause EMP.

Yes, according to OSINT nuclear warhead info, was that Russia had 25-50 EMP specific warheads, mainly to disrupt commo in the DC area, Kings Bay, Bremerton, Site R, Camp David, Omaha, Barksdale AFB, Whiteman AFB, and the LCC Minuteman facilities in the Dakotas.

Stay 100 miles away from silos and SLBM/bomber bases and you'll be ok ;) I'm not scared of nukes, they are just big explosives with a some nasty residual effects....I'm scared of the panic that misinformation causes and esp. Demoncrats being on the NCC and JCoS and executive branches.

45 posted on 02/23/2012 9:19:45 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
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To: DH

Good point. While we were not as dependent on electronics at t he time, we need to remember that in the late 60’s and early 70’s, both the Soviets and the US conducted near-earth space detonations of nucs. No major disruptions were experienced as far as I know. I’m skeptical, but would rather not actually have the experience.


46 posted on 02/23/2012 9:20:24 AM PST by Afterguard
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To: chessplayer

We ought to test out the effects of an EMP attack over the nuclear facilities in Iran.


47 posted on 02/23/2012 9:21:25 AM PST by demsux (Obama: THE job destroyer)
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To: EEGator

From Heritage:

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/08/before-the-lights-go-out-a-survey-of-emp-preparedness-reveals-significant-shortfalls


48 posted on 02/23/2012 9:21:51 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: chessplayer
Russia and China don’t need thousands or hundreds of nukes. Just one would be sufficient to completely destroy this country.

Yes, but an EMP needs to be launched on a rocket. A rocket gives you a launch point. A launch point gives you a target. And EMP doesn't do a darn thing to a submerged sub. So while one EMP will wreck the US economy, a hundred or so Trident II D5 missiles are going to wreck the whole day of whoever launched it.
49 posted on 02/23/2012 9:21:51 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: FerociousRabbit
I don’t think it would affect me one bit. I certainly feel for those in cities and suburbs but my family and neighbors would be just fine. Simple country folk we are.

Same here, I don't worry too much about these kinds of scenarios. We are far from any large city, have ten acres among several hundreds of acres, within walking distance to a river for fishing, well water, septic tank, game is plentiful, deer, turkeys, rabbits, squirrels, enough wood for fuel to last us several lifetimes. Our neighbors are the same. And in Florida wear the climate is mild. Life would change, but it would go on fine.
50 posted on 02/23/2012 9:22:28 AM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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To: DCBryan1

This may be a stupid question, but I have a metal roof, will that mitigate the effects on things kept within the house?


51 posted on 02/23/2012 9:23:07 AM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~.. President Newt Gingrich--"Our beloved republic deserves nothing less.")
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To: chessplayer

Worse

No Internet = No Porn.......


52 posted on 02/23/2012 9:23:26 AM PST by njslim
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To: chessplayer

Will my iPhone work


53 posted on 02/23/2012 9:23:45 AM PST by Flavius (What hopes for victory, Gaius Crastinus? What grounds for encouragement ?)
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To: Kartographer
Not many neutron bombs left in inventory. France has cores available, not deployable. It is thought that 10-20 neutron bombs in China's arsenal, <50 in Russia, and approx. 25-30 in Israel's. I can't confirm or deny if we have any neutron bombs left in inventory....might have to travel to Albuquerque or Pantex to find that out.....just ask at the gate.

Oh, and I think that most neutron bombs are more efficient and under 10-20 KT IIRC limiting it as a strategic role unless it goes after command and control.

Neutron bombs don't scare me.....Marxist Muslim national leaders do.

54 posted on 02/23/2012 9:24:25 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
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To: chessplayer

I’ve been wondering if the mystery missile off Southern California back in 2010 might have been a demonstration of an EMP delivery system by a hostile power.


55 posted on 02/23/2012 9:24:48 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: chessplayer

It’s only scary stuff until you realize just how far up the bomb has to be to achieve the effects described. That “single attack” bomb would have to be higher up than the space shuttle. EMPs are a boogie man. A boogie man the sewing fear crowd has been waving around for 40+ years, but the suckers still keep freaking out.


56 posted on 02/23/2012 9:25:32 AM PST by discostu (I did it 35 minutes ago)
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To: Gator113
This may be a stupid question, but I have a metal roof, will that mitigate the effects on things kept within the house?

Depends on how close you are to the explosion! LOL....

Seriesly, I don't know...probably is some mitigating factors, but you'd have to ask an electronic theory/physics type of guy.

57 posted on 02/23/2012 9:26:22 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Id rather have a man who wrecked his marriage as POTUS than a man who wrecked his country!)
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To: chessplayer

No Internet?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


58 posted on 02/23/2012 9:26:33 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: chessplayer

If the grid and other critical components haven’t been HAEMP protected yet, that’s malfeasance. The USAF has been protecting sites since the early 1980s, using bricks-and-mortar type tech.


59 posted on 02/23/2012 9:27:02 AM PST by steve8714 (Yoda's speech to Luke; copied from Jack Webb in "The D.I.")
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To: JRandomFreeper
What makes everyone think our power grid is so fragile?

We believe it because “they” say so.

The power grid is actually a pretty high tech sophisticated system. Want proof? Think of the Enron engineered rolling black outs. With technology today, we are able to pinpoint outages and reroute power.

The next time someone tells you how vulnerable our power grid is ask them what we need to upgrade? More power generation? More wire? More switches? More substations? New technology? Nobody can answer that question because it's become cliche.

60 posted on 02/23/2012 9:27:45 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (With regards to the GOP: I am prodisestablishmentarianistic!)
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