EMP Blast protection

[quietmike]

For those who don't want to bother with the faraday cage, but still need to get the guns out of the safe, there is always the Stanley FUBAR!!!

Also EMP effects can, and have occurred without nukes-solar storms can do the same thing.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/23oct_superstorm.htm

 

[mkhop]

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.

Best move IMHO, also you can save money to buy knives and guns and bullets and other needful stuff.

 

[Gaurdian_A1]

i dont, and would never have my guns in an electronic safe...never.

yeah, humanity in the effected area of an EMP blast would be living on borrowed time for sure..i bet pacemakers would stop too...i guess one needs to be prepaired for the possibility of an EMP blast...all of your refridgerated food would be spoiled eventually, no water, no flushing toilets...that would get serious fast.....stock up on non perishables while you can,haaha

 

[DennisStrickland]

some great nuke info with fallout patterns & megaton nuke damage radius is in an older classic Life After DOOMSDAY. nuclear is cleanable with proper clothing.[fallout] the hot zone on most newer weapons is much smaller but blast wave is potent. we probably would see more primitive nukes. the real danger is bio since it's self sustaining.

 

[coop1957]

As a previous poster said read "One Second After". Scary stuff. In a matter of one month 2/3 of the US population is dead.

 

[sodak]

If the possibilities of an EMP bothers you, then check out what a "Carrington Event" is. Here are some stories about past ones, basically a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun. It will take out all the things an EMP will, along with power line transformers. Current estimates are that it will take more than a year to build new ones.

That's a year without refridgeration, water, transportation, electricity, heating, medicine, communication, etc. Stock up on water and canned foods!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_event
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478024,00.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031027.html

 

[never too sharp]

If the possibilities of an EMP bothers you, then check out what a "Carrington Event" is. Here are some stories about past ones, basically a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun. It will take out all the things an EMP will, along with power line transformers. Current estimates are that it will take more than a year to build new ones.

That's a year without refridgeration, water, transportation, electricity, heating, medicine, communication, etc. Stock up on water and canned foods!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_event
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478024,00.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031027.html

The sunspot cycle is 11 years. The last peak was 2001. Do the math and put on your tinfoil hat.

 

[Phil in Alabama]

Oh dear, that's 2012 isn't it!

 

[untamed]

^^ Yep!

http://www.mondovista.com/sunspot24.html

 

[Foilist]

It seems like a safe would BE a Farraday cage. Just toss in some lights, batteries, vehicle ignition parts, generator parts, etc. along with whatever is already in there.

 

[Mark J]

It seems like a safe would BE a Farraday cage. Just toss in some lights, batteries, vehicle ignition parts, generator parts, etc. along with whatever is already in there.

Yeah, just don't let any of them touch the walls of the safe.

- Mark

 

[lambertiana]

I got a safe without electronic lock, primarily because I did not want to worry about batteries. But I guess the fact that it is not susceptible to an EMP is a bonus. The old mechanical combination dial will still work.

Smaller EMP devices are not hard to build. I have seen plans for several types on the internet. You don't need a major thermonuclear device to cause problems.

 

[Ozy]

Anyone with Red dot sites may find targetting the ensuing Zombies difficult as well.

 

[SPXTrader]

I'm not sure if this has been posted here before or not. If so I apologize. If not, its a great read, along the lines of One Second After, a book by William R. Forstchen. Its titled Lights Out and is a downloadable 2.53mb pdf file (611 pages), so those with a dial up or slow internet connection be warned. Here's the link: http://www.survivalmonkey.com/SF books/LightsOut!/LightsOut-Current.pdf

EMP is an interesting phenomenon. Less like lighting, it acts more along the lines of radio waves. So an improperly built cage may actually increase the potential damage done by an EMP. One small warhead, say 20 mega-ton, detonated 200 miles above the USA can effectively knock out the entire north American hemisphere. Something to do with the reaction of the EMP and the ionosphere, creating a broadcast of the pulse over a much wider area than would be caused by a low altitude or ground blast.

As an aside, and to keep on topic, I have the mechanical safe. But I can't remember the combination, so I have it strategically hidden in my email files. A lot of good that will do after the blast! I'm going to get a pencil and piece of paper now...

 

[untamed]

EMP is an interesting phenomenon. Less like lighting, it acts more along the lines of radio waves. So an improperly built cage may actually increase the potential damage done by an EMP. One small warhead, say 20 mega-ton, detonated 200 miles above the USA can effectively knock out the entire north American hemisphere. Something to do with the reaction of the EMP and the ionosphere, creating a broadcast of the pulse over a much wider area than would be caused by a low altitude or ground blast.

Thank you for the very apt description! :thumbup: That was my understanding as well, but could never put into words.

 

[SPXTrader]

Thank you for the very apt description! :thumbup: That was my understanding as well, but could never put into words.

You're welcome. Simple fact about a high altitude EMP is you wouldn't hear a blast, be quick-fried to a crackly crunch or vaporized. Most likely you would just notice that nothing electronic worked. Oh, and perhaps the planes dropping from the sky might be a tip off too!

 

[never too sharp]

Oh, and perhaps the planes dropping from the sky might be a tip off too!

That is a horrifying prospect, when you consider the amount of planes in the sky at any given time. When I watch the news in the morning, it's usually around 1500 planes, and that's before the west coast really gets going. If one were to assume that they were all 737's carrying 150 people each, that's 225,000 people. Of course those factors will vary, most likely on the larger side.

 

[sodak]

Wouldn't the body of the plane act as a Faraday cage? Or would it be overwhelmed? Or perhaps because it's not grounded, which Faraday cages need to be, IIRC.