Solar Storms... only a matter of time....

[farmaholic]

Well then, you better have as much ammunition as diesel on hand because if there is a meltdown we will really see how "socialized" what we call "civilization" really is under lawlessness...

[farming101]

Add drugs to the mix.

<a title="WW2" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-nazi-death-machine-hitler-s-drugged-soldiers-a-354606.html">WW2</a>

[farming101]

LOL Power went out here.

[cottonpicken]

here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikOiAQS21g

[burnt]

Can you buy a generator that does not require any electronics to run? I don't think so.

That's the trouble - our whole system is so dependent on electronics that we can't even see to the back of the line of what all is going to fail when EMP hits.

Not just your cell phone's gonna quit buddy.

Your electricity is gone, of course, but your car won't start, tractors, generators, - anything with a chip or printed circuitry is vulnerable to the effect of a powerful magnetic burst.

There are ways to protect or "harden" a system or equipment but I haven't put much time into figuring it out. Everything still runs, so why worry? LOLL!

Does the solution lie in developing a method of protecting essential equipment against a strong electromagnetic field - like an earthen structure, perhaps? IDK

Ask the US gov't - they've been putting some effort into it...what does that tell us?

[boarderbloke]

Thanks cotton for posting that link. Might even watch it this weekend if the forecast stays cold and windy.

[burnt]

What the heck, I only posted that comment once??

[boarderbloke]

burnt, would a generator be damaged if it wasn't being used at the time of the EMP blast or during a solar storm?

[burnt]

I don't know anything about it. However, my son, who is an electrician, says that it would affect anything electronic.

EMP is a magnetic blast that exceeds anything we could imagine.

Hopefully it is just a bit of fear-mongering.

[dmlfarmer]

BB: It depends on the severity of the pulse. A strong pulse will fry chips and circuits regardless if they are powered at the time of the pulse. You could build a faraday cage around a generator to protect it but even if the generator did operate, what would you be able to run with it. Likely everything connected to the grid would fry under major pulse. The question you really need to ask is how long could you survive without anything powered by electricity or has any components that relies on electricity or electronics. There is not a lot!