EMP Blast protection

[squishware]

Mountain Bikes are the only survival vehicle that make sense to me. The roads would be full of dead cars.

 

[Bushman5]

Yes! and build a hat as well

way ahead of ya!

 

[milani74]

Good point. It would change the way we live thats for sure. I think people in the biggest cities would be screwed. Everything from electical power and utlities, cars, to hotwater heaters are controlled by electrical circuits.
On a brighter note, the amish would look very wise folk indeed at that point in time!

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

On a brighter note, the amish would look very wise folk indeed at that point in time!

Until they died laughing at us! :thumbup:

 

[Calebklyne]

i think someone has been playing too much modern warfare

 

[Shotgun]

My only concern would be getting water. Everything else I can live without if I had to. If any of you want a good read google "Lights Out." It should be on the interwebs somewhere.

 

[Joezilla]

Just as long as I could get to my tin foil hat.

 

[abo4ster]

If one is close enough to a nuke blast to be affected by the EMP, I suspect that one would have bigger problems to resolve first - like finding one's skin, and digging one's flaming eyeballs out their sockets with a Bic pen. Maybe I'm wrong, though, and the EMP radius exceeds the "where did my skin go" radius.

Although very unlikely, a nuke could be detonated several hundred miles above the middle of the country in essence putting us back in the stone age as the EMP would knock out the grid and virtually all electronics including nearby satellites. Hundreds of thousands would almost immediately die were this to happen; anyone in flight or on lifesupport. Soon, those on medications for diabetes, heart condition, etc. Then for the majority, starvation, disease, violence, etc....

There would be no fallout or radiation in this scenario. Vehicles lacking solid state technology (late 70's and older) and some diesels would still work as well as anything in a faraday cage. You probably already have one in the form of your microwave oven.

As mentioned, the book One Second After discusses this. Here is the website. www.onesecondafter.com.

 

[dawsonbob]

Although very unlikely, a nuke could be detonated several hundred miles above the middle of the country in essence putting us back in the stone age as the EMP would knock out the grid and virtually all electronics including nearby satellites. Hundreds of thousands would almost immediately die were this to happen; anyone in flight or on lifesupport. Soon, those on medications for diabetes, heart condition, etc. Then for the majority, starvation, disease, violence, etc....

There would be no fallout or radiation in this scenario. Vehicles lacking solid state technology (late 70's and older) and some diesels would still work as well as anything in a faraday cage. You probably already have one in the form of your microwave oven.

As mentioned, the book One Second After discusses this. Here is the website. www.onesecondafter.com.

You don't have to sugarcoat it, you know: it could be even worse that you've described. I've done some minor research on the subject (and I've yet to read One Second After), and it scares the holy living heck out of me. I had a conversation with someone from our local power company about what would happen if the grid went down. He pointed out things that hadn't occurred to me, but sure got me thinking.

There's not a thing we can do about it, of course, except prepare as well as we can for the aftermath. Is a scenario like this likely? I hope not, but then... we never know what tomorrow will bring.

 

[abo4ster]

You don't have to sugarcoat it, you know: it could be even worse that you've described. I've done some minor research on the subject (and I've yet to read One Second After), and it scares the holy living heck out of me. I had a conversation with someone from our local power company about what would happen if the grid went down. He pointed out things that hadn't occurred to me, but sure got me thinking.

There's not a thing we can do about it, of course, except prepare as well as we can for the aftermath. Is a scenario like this likely? I hope not, but then... we never know what tomorrow will bring.

Yes, it would be very, very bad. Well over half the country would likely die and it could be years before the grid would be up.

Although I believe it is unlikely for this to happen (at least anytime soon), history has shown that every weapon that has been created has eventually been used.

 

[HaroldB]

Keep an extra ignition coil for your vehicle (older type or diesel cars) and any walkie-talkies in old metal ammo cans. Cheaper than Farraday cages ~;-)

 

[dawsonbob]

Yes, it would be very, very bad. Well over half the country would likely die and it could be years before the grid would be up.

Although I believe it is unlikely for this to happen (at least anytime soon), history has shown that every weapon that has been created has eventually been used.

And that's assuming they can find people who know how to get the grid up and running again. An EMP pulse like that would have far more disastrous consequences than almost any natural disaster I can think of off the top of my head.

You're right, abo4ster: to the best of my knowledge, every weapon that has ever been developed has been used, including nukes. A sad commentary on mankind, isn't it?

 

[99f250]

Well we wouldn't have to worry about going to work or paying bills, I could finely catch up on some sleep, but seriously if something like that did happen, I'm papered to defend my home, I have a few weeks of food and water, kerosene heat, on a septic system, a good supply of fire wood and my safe has a good old fashioned lock. My main concern would be procurement of more food right away, water wouldn't be such a high priority as I have many niebours with pools,(for flushing) and I only live about half mile from a natural spring,(drinking). I would hate to loose the internet though, not being able to buy more knives would suck.

 

[dawsonbob]

Well we wouldn't have to worry about going to work or paying bills, I could finely catch up on some sleep, but seriously if something like that did happen, I'm papered to defend my home, I have a few weeks of food and water, kerosene heat, on a septic system, a good supply of fire wood and my safe has a good old fashioned lock. My main concern would be procurement of more food right away, water wouldn't be such a high priority as I have many niebours with pools,(for flushing) and I only live about half mile from a natural spring,(drinking). I would hate to loose the internet though, not being able to buy more knives would suck.

Well, loss of the internet would be the worst thing, of course. The thought of no more Blade Forums leaves me speechless.

 

[Joezilla]

Ya'll oughta read "The Stand" by Stephen King. Its a pretty neat dichotomy of good vs evil, virus take over, and trying to get power back on in a newly established community.

 

[untamed]

Build a big arse farraday cage

Yeah LOL!

 

[Zombie Zeke]

The economy will fail long before anyone gets ballsy enough to nuke the U.S.

To my way of thinking the list of far-off worries to prep for goes like this:

-Economy (inflation rampant, cash loses its value, anarchy rules with gold and bartering .22
s)
-Wrath of God (Asteroids, Earthquakes, Fires, Floods oh my..)
-Zombies
-Rip in space/time continuum (thanks Hadron collider!)
-Alien Invasion
-EMP Strike.

Not to make too much light of it but where I live in the Mojave Desert an EMP takes away the internet and TV, everything else will be ok...there is an operational 63 Chevy Pickup that I tinker with, well water, 500 Gallons of propane and nice lil Mexican Milf to keep me warm.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Just as long as I could get to my tin foil hat.

Ten steps ahead, buddy!

 

[Aubrey]

The economy will fail long before anyone gets ballsy enough to nuke the U.S.

Looking at the US economy right now ...... guess it's time then

 

[wolfenhawk]

Yup, Ozy is right, a faraday box or cage is the only thing I have read that will work.

The thing is to start NOT being so dependant on electronic stuff right now.

Like switch to a real paper day planner instead of a program on your computer.
This also helps with security as well as no one can hack your paper day planner, LOL.

I agree. As convenient as electronics are i never want to become dependent on them.