[GeorgefromGeorgia]

This article ignores the EMP damage to everything electronic. Our cars (except those old 57 Chevys), TVs, Radios, telephones, computers, and more will be inoperable. Cars might be fixable, but what happens to commerce. What happens to all those banks with their servers and electronic data. Will records of savings and investments disappear?

[netmilsmom]

Would that include my crank radio?

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

"This article ignores the EMP damage to everything electronic..."

Not entirely; read the guide, it refers to how to protect your radios. Concerning your financial accounts: "Will records of savings and investments disappear?" You bet! Keep hard copies of all your current important documents, which will make recovering your records by the banks, etc. easier. BTW don't expect your insurance to cover any damage or other casualty losses you may incur. (Act of war, terrorism clauses)

[JoeFromSidney]

This article ignores the EMP damage to everything electronic. Our cars (except those old 57 Chevys), TVs, Radios, telephones, computers, and more will be inoperable. Cars might be fixable, but what happens to commerce. What happens to all those banks with their servers and electronic data. Will records of savings and investments disappear?

Not all nuclear blasts generate EMP. A ground-based terrorist bomb will generate little if any EMP. It takes a high-altitude burst to generate strong EMP.

[familyop]

"This article ignores the EMP damage to everything electronic. Our cars (except those old 57 Chevys), TVs, Radios, telephones, computers, and more will be inoperable."

Protecting electronic equipment from EMPs is similar in some ways to preventing RF interference.

In the event of ICBM attacks, we'll probably get some advance notice (about half an hour during the Cold War). Unplug your vehicles' solid state electronic gadgets--especially the computers. Wrap them individually in multiple layers of insulating materials (paper, plastic or whatever). Wrap those those bundles with aluminum foil, taking care that there are no gaps in the foil. Secure the foil around the packages with tape. Put the resulting packages in a steel trash can that is already lined with layers of paper and/or plastic. Cover over the top of the packages with more paper/plastic. Put the lid on tightly. The tighter the metal containers, the better your chances of saving electronic equipment.

Reinstall the vehicle parts after all detonations have occurred (and while observing safety procedures against fallout exposure--preferably before fallout arrives or after it has washed into the ground).

[familyop]

For vehicles, having spare electronic parts stored and shielded in advance would be much more convenient than trying to remove parts after launches of nuclear weapons against us. [g]