And speaking of end-of-the-world events and EMPs, I find this a frightening scenario:

... with regards to an EMP event, with commissioners testifying that up to 90 percent of Americans could die within a year of such an attack. All the functions communities rely upon — hospitals, water, waste, transport, telecommunications, air control, medical care — could potentially be decimated for not days or weeks, but months or years.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...ons-over-lapses-in-us-grid-security-rise.html

Unlikely, we would head north/south/east/west where there was power over that year. Our military would still be operational as their systems are protected from EMP so we would take it if necessary.

 

And speaking of end-of-the-world events and EMPs, I find this a frightening scenario:

... with regards to an EMP event, with commissioners testifying that up to 90 percent of Americans could die within a year of such an attack. All the functions communities rely upon — hospitals, water, waste, transport, telecommunications, air control, medical care — could potentially be decimated for not days or weeks, but months or years.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...ons-over-lapses-in-us-grid-security-rise.html

Hi,

Yes and what bothered me the most is that it has been said that there is no way to prevent the high altitude EMP blast which can knock down the whole power grid.

I've read about building a Faraday cage for protecting electronic devices, but if there are no working cell phone towers for month then there's no service anyway. Not even sure if there will be any radio stations left .

 

hi,
If I get my statuary 15 minute warning in time, I will put the kettle on and make tea and crumpets.
[ Damn it all, I am English, tea and crumpets are mandatory, in times of a crisis].

Go out into the garden, sit in my deck chair, sip my tea and wait.

IMHO there will no point in surviving the initial holocaust, only to die a lingering death caused by radiation poisoning, starvation and the Mad Max Epoch.!!!

E

 

hi,
If I get my statuary 15 minute warning in time, I will put the kettle on and make tea and crumpets.
[ Damn it all, I am English, tea and crumpets are mandatory, in times of a crisis].

Go out into the garden, sit in my deck chair, sip my tea and wait.

IMHO there will no point in surviving the initial holocaust, only to die a lingering death caused by radiation poisoning, starvation and the Mad Max Epoch.!!!

E

Hi Eric,

Well an EMP would not do anything except knock out all the electrical devices and grid, which reminds me of that old movie, "The Day The Earth Stood Still".

So you wont get blasted out of existence it will be slow due to lack of clean water and food i think.

 

hi Al.
It will most likely be a Neutron Bomb, kills living animals, leaves the infrastructure intact.
An EMP bomb will be used at the same time in order to knock out any retaliatory action.

E

 

hi Al.
It will most likely be a Neutron Bomb, kills living animals, leaves the infrastructure intact.
An EMP bomb will be used at the same time in order to knock out any retaliatory action.

E

A preemptive EMP bomb attack would do very little to stop a retaliatory strike. All of our (and likely anyone else with nuclear forces) strategic assets are protected from EMP including communications links with the possibility of 'Dead_Hand' capability similar to the old Soviet system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System

 

If you want an inkling of what an end of the world apocalypse would look like, you don't have to look too hard.
Look what is happening in PR right now today.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-puerto-rico-describe-devastation-160800603.html

 

If you want an inkling of what an end of the world apocalypse would look like, you don't have to look too hard.
Look what is happening in PR right now today.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-puerto-rico-describe-devastation-160800603.html

I wonder how long it's going to take them to get their power grid back online 100% ... weeks? months?

 

I wonder how long it's going to take them to get their power grid back online 100% ... weeks? months?

PR was low hanging fruit for a electrical 'End of the World'.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rico-recovering-much-more-194211895.html

The blackout is partially due to the island’s aging infrastructure. Its power plants are 44 years old on average, compared with the industry average of 18 years. In a report in April, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority — Puerto Rico’s only power supplier — noted that “years of under-investment have led to severe degradation of infrastructure.”

If we put in too much support too quickly into PR it might, tip over.

 

Our cellphone overlord.
http://www.thethemeparkguy.com/blog/view.html?bid=21

 

Can't blame those missiles for trying to escape.

 

Hi,

When i look at pictures or videos of Puerto Rico now i cant help but think of an ironic song playing in the background:
Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World"...

 

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0928/DOC-346949A1.pdf

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/28/16379316/fcc-iphone-fm-radio-activation-request-ajit-pai

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/9/1...ergency-broadcasts-storms-hurricane-explained

 

No need for EMP, high winds also get the job done.

https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california