EMP--anybody else thinking about this stuff?

That may be true in older cars, but the newer ones with computers continue to draw a small amount of current even when the car is off. They'd be fried.


jonny said:
According to an electrical engineer buddy of mine (I posed this question to him 2 years ago) EMP's only affect items that are currently running/charged. So if you're flying, you're screwed, if you're on the ground your airplane will still work as long as you didn't have it running. So after the blast, if you go out and try to start your car, it should still start. Who knows if he's actually right or not...
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Yes it is a real threat. The biggest dammage would be to banking and data handling infrastructure... A work a round could be found for most other things untill permanent fixes were available... but with no money and data records everything would come to a grinding halt.
 
It is possible to protect sensitive items from EM waves. At this point in time I doubt terrorists would be able to successfully make an EM pulse that would be large enough to reach aircraft, let alone take out a city block without using a nuke.
 
brent p h said:
Yes it is a real threat. The biggest dammage would be to banking and data handling infrastructure... A work a round could be found for most other things untill permanent fixes were available... but with no money and data records everything would come to a grinding halt.
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<sarcasm>
Finally a solution to my debt problems from going to a pilot mill.
</sarcasm>

b.
 
The reality being, arpanet, Aka Internet was designed to operate in a manner of multiple redundancy, which makes taking it out nearly impossible. There will always be a way for the data to flow... Combined with off site back up and banking servers being housed in vaults... The $1.99 in your act is most likely, safe.

(the net was not designed to be em warfare resistant, but the reliability of early devices, and interneting of services resulted in the ability to maintain effectiveness even with the loss of large sub nets)

old electronics with massive amounts heatsinks are thought to be resistant to emp devices as well, so older sections of power grids, and those sections carrying high tension lines would likely remain intact, as the emp effect would not be much stronger than what they already experience. Myth has it that Russia, due to older, lower quality electronics would be more likely to survive an atack, where as modern high efficiency devieces are more susceptible.

Kinda sounds like the OP just played COD MW2 :)
 
What kind of scale are we talking about here though. That device looked pretty big for a range that seemed to be small, a radius of only a couple of yards. Any physics people here to explain how powerful the waves are from an EMP blast?
 
AndrewT said:
That device looked pretty big for a range that seemed to be small, a radius of only a couple of yards.
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That was pretty typical,

You CAN set up a non nuclear EMP with a lot of bulky heavy equipment drawing VAST amounts of power, and it will cover about a city block. Anything larger than that is simply not practical.


I'm not losing any sleep.
 
Very informative replies.

Thank you all; I feel safer now.

Now...on a more personal note...

Can I harness this so that the next time some rapper dude pulls up beside me in traffic blasting his "music" I can melt his stereo system?

From your replies, I think I can--but I don't want to fry his car--only his stereo .

:bandit:


Cordially,

b

p.s.I guarantee that if this can be done, we can market this and get rich. Think of it "The Zap Rap Blaster!" That would make one heck of an infomercial imho.

:bandit:


p.p.s.

Mods that will make it play Ethel Merman singing "God Bless America" before the stereo system dies will be greatly appreciated.

:bandit::bandit:
 
A-300F4-622R said:
Sorry Boris, you'll still be walking. EMP will disable ignition systems, even point ignition systems. You need an inertially started diesel with a mechanical injection pump.
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'70 mercedes diesel. Inertially started = stick shift + a hill. Mad Max, here I come.
 
Why would anybody worry about what they are going to do if a EMP bomb destroyed their nav equipment while flying ifr in a cessna? If such an event were to happen where the grid went down for even a week, most (myself included) would be so ill prepared it would be downright nasty. It would get exponentially worse week by week. Other than holing up until "the day" on a farm with a running creek and stored goods (plus ammo). Were all screwed if such an event were to occur.
 
Hootie said:
Why would anybody worry about what they are going to do if a EMP bomb destroyed their nav equipment while flying ifr in a cessna? If such an event were to happen where the grid went down for even a week, most (myself included) would be so ill prepared it would be downright nasty. It would get exponentially worse week by week. Other than holing up until "the day" on a farm with a running creek and stored goods (plus ammo). Were all screwed if such an event were to occur.
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Give up my constant connection to the net? Not in my life!!!

In all reality, I'd be just fine... Inconnvienienced, yes, but fine. ESP if it happened close to or in winter, so I've got an easy way to keep the brew cool!
 
Back in 2004 a large section of the NE including NYC lost power, and no mass hysteria ensued.

If an EMP "bomb" went off in an area that was predominantly inhabited by welfare recipients, you'd have big issues (think Katrina but worse). If it went off in an area that was mostly self sufficient and resourceful, that area would be back up and running in no time.
 
What you guys don't get is that it gets crazy AFTER the backup generators run out of juice and there is no running water. Inna city is gonna go off the hizzy fo shizzy!
 
minitour said:
What are you implying?

*stirring the pot smiley*;)

-mini
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That people who rely on Government will be screwed. I was careful to not use the word minority in my post, as there many just as many if not more lazy ass white people out there.
 
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