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To: LukeL

I’d think 20-30 hours warning would be sufficient to implement emergency “hardening” even if it meant shutting down the grid and temporarily cutting connections during the height of the storm.

Emergency generators could be secured for hospitals and other emergency services in that amount of time, and shelters could be set up for the populace. Happens all the time with ice storms and hurricanes.

I’d be willing to endure a day or two without power to avoid such a dire outcome as having large portions of the electrical grid destroyed. I do it once or twice a year due to normal weather events here in the southeast anyway. What’s once more?


16 posted on 02/20/2011 3:55:01 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

I believe that it doesn’t matter if it is plugged in or not.


17 posted on 02/20/2011 4:02:02 PM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: RegulatorCountry

In terms of infrastructure you would be fine but some businesses have systems that need 12 hours or more to properly shut down.


47 posted on 02/20/2011 5:16:31 PM PST by N3WBI3 (Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
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To: RegulatorCountry

It does not matter if the device is “plugged in” to the grid or not. If it has conductive components, like wires, it can be fried. EMP is fairly poorly understand by most people, just like other forms of radiation.


65 posted on 02/20/2011 8:47:27 PM PST by ronnyquest (Barack H. Obama is the Manchurian Candidate. What are you going to do about it?)
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