[Poohbah]

EMP won't affect the fiber itself, just the routers and switches that use the fiber.

However, this story ignores the biggest problem: EMP effects realiably lethal to electronics are also going to be reliably lethal to a large part of the civilian population in the immediate area (imagine sticking your head in a microwave oven, jimmying the safety interlock, and turning the thing on at full power). And you can write off anyone with a pacemaker, as well.

[Chemnitz]

My biggest question would be, "Will my TV remote still work?"

[Paul Ross]

Stupidity Bump!

EMP effects realiably lethal to electronics are also going to be reliably lethal to a large part of the civilian population in the immediate area (imagine sticking your head in a microwave oven, jimmying the safety interlock, and turning the thing on at full power).

You've said some foolish and absurd things before, Poohbah, but this just takes the cake.

[dinasour]

imagine sticking your head in a microwave oven, jimmying the safety interlock, and turning the thing on at full power

 

 

Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself.

[desertcry]

Yeah, but the tolerance to EMP radiation is much higher for People than the NANO metal interconnects in micro chips. But people close to the EMP Radiation pulse may have thier brains baked, their eyeballs roasted, and water in their bodies boiled off.