These unintentional antennas would pass the current spike on to any other electrical components down the line say, a network of computers hooked up to phone lines.
A big enough surge could burn out semiconductor devices, melt wiring, fry batteries and even explode transformers. There are a number of possible ways of generating and "delivering" such a magnetic field. In the next section, we'll look at a few possible EMP weaponry concepts. Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close. Electronics can be affected and in some cases an EMP can result in physical destruction of things such as structures and vehicles.
After a nuclear explosion, the EMP will radiate abruptly, and is likely to cause unspeakable damage to electrical systems as unnaturally high voltage surges through valves and transistors. The SHTF will epically hit fan in biblical proportion and could forever change life as we know it on planet Earth. That, my fellow preppers, is the deep and dirty mega secrete neither the mainstream media nor government officials are paying enough attention to or want us to know.
If you grew up watching the Little House on the Prairie and Grizzly Adams like I did and ever wondered what it would be like to live an s style existance, you just might get your chance to find out. An electromagnetic pulse, whether it is caused by an Earth-directed X Class solar flare or a more nefarious man-made attack, WILL fry out fragile and antiquated power grid, anything hooked to it during when the EMP occurs, and ALL sensitive electronic equipment,.
An EMP is a short, but very strong burst, of electromagnetic energy caused by a rapid and intense increase in charged particles in the ionosphere. The acceleration of particles can occur as the result of a solar storm, a nuclear bomb, dirty bomb or an a small scale, even due to a simple, yet strong, bolt of lightning.
Once the ionosphere experiences a particle surge, a wave of electrical currents emerges and shorts out all, modern equipment which needs electricity to function — including the transformers are necessary to make power grids all around the world, work.
An EMP disturbance has the capability to not only destroy sensitive electronic equipment, but can even burst power lines, down airplanes, and damage brick-and-mortar structures. The same type of scale also exists for electromagnetic pulses.
E1 — This classification of an EMp is the most brief. An E1 typically lasts for hardly even a microsecond, but is still regarded as being substantially powerful and highly destructive. An E1 EMP would occur after the detonation of a nuclear bomb. E2 — This classification of an electromagnetic pulse lasts at least a little bit longer than an E1 and could be caused by a man-made dirty bomb depending upon its capacity, or a nuclear explosion.
During a nuclear blast, what would most likely occur is an E1 level EMP would happen followed by an E2 class event. Our power grid might be capable of withstanding an E2 event if it is really as hardened as the government claims, but there is currently no known way to harden the electrical grid or anything else, for that matter against an E1 class EMP event. It can last for hours to days, depending upon the originating incident.
This is the type of EMP disturbance that commonly occurs due to solar flares during the summer months. When the most recent and only recorded EMP provoking solar flare happened in , it was dubbed the Carrington Event.
Richard Carrington, an astronomer, watched the EMP unleash its power through his telescope lens and documented the event.
A monstrous power outage resulted, leaving more than six million people in the dark from Canada through New York to New Jersey. At the time, NASA experts proclaimed the solar flare possessed approximately one-third of the power that the Carrington Event carried. Telegraph lines, the most sophisticated type of technological equipment of that era, not only snapped and caught fire, even the papers and desks of operators also burst into flames.
An EMP strike is actually more likely to occur than a nuclear bomb or a war because of money and power. Why spend billions on war, manufacturing weapons, training and dispatching soldiers, when you can discharge an EMP attack, wait a few months, and then survey the inevitable damage?
By simply launching a few SCUD missiles a storable-propellant, single-stage ballistic first developed by the Soviets from a ship anchored off the coast, you could unleash a silent, quick, and clean attack on an enemy, without so much as a single bullet. Human nature and the force of evolution will take care of the rest, as populations become defenseless, weak, and increasingly desperate.
North Korea claims to have the ability to launch such an attack right now. The bottom line is that an EMP assault is cheaper and less messy for our enemies than anything else. Following an EMP attack, financial and communication systems would fail.
Transportation systems would derail. The unprepared portion of the population, all Depending upon the origin of the electromagnetic pulse, a man-made disturbance can stem from an electric, radiated, conducted electric current, or magnetic field. The positive ions take over the electrons and a gigantic pulse bursts out towards the Earth below. Simply put, an atomic reaction takes place and the electromagnetic pulse that is created scorches all the electrical devices within a vast radius, including batteries.
The effects of a solar geomagnetic storm are often attributed to that of an electromagnetic pulse. It is untrue that an EMP has limited range because it follows the inverse square law. The explosive charge detonates from the rear forward. As the tube flares outward it touches the edge of the coil, thereby creating a moving short circuit. Published results suggest ramp times of tens of hundreds of microseconds and peak currents of tens of millions of amps. An Air Force spokesman, who describes this effect as similar to a lightning strike, points out that electronics systems can be protected by placing them in metal enclosures called Faraday Cages that divert any impinging electromagnetic energy directly to the ground.
Foreign military analysts say this reassuring explanation is incomplete. An Indian Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis study of E-bombs points to two problems that have been largely overlooked by the West. The first is that very-high-frequency pulses, in the microwave range, can worm their way around vents in Faraday Cages.
A car is well grounded because of tires. So the tires isolate the vehicle and the metal frame and panels can protect the electronics to some extent. The tires isolate the power flow.
Do not get out. Getting out causes your body to create a ground route a circuit from the power line to the earth through YOU. This same protection helps you if there is a smaller EMP so all cars and trucks might not fail like in the movies. The older the car or truck the less sensitive it would be to an EMP.
A grounding unit fuse on the car battery would help, but will not eliminate the risk. The problem is that a car still has a 12v positive and negative in the battery, an antenna for the radio and wiring. The electronics in a car or truck would likely survive. A solar flare or Coronal Mass Ejection CME is created by the sun through normal activity results in electromagnetic radiation that travels through space.
This type of EMP is normally less damaging to electronics but more damaging to the power grid. Scientists can detect a coronal mass ejection CME and have time to issue a warning. It takes about 5 days for a CME to reach earth.
Our magnetosphere protects us from most solar radiation and EMP effects. Although rare, larger solar flares get through the magnetosphere and impact the earths surface. That is what we are worried about. A very large, extended Solar Flare EMP could destroy some or all of the high voltage backbone transformers, locally or globally.
These transformers are critical to the U. Even if only a few hundred of the larger transformers were destroyed it would likely disable the entire interconnected system for weeks, months or even years.
Small electronics could survive a solar flare, cell towers could, some cellphones may survive also. The bigger problem is the power grid damage. An extended Solar EMP is a big problem. In general a large long lived solar flare would be far worse than a single nuclear EMP, damaging or destroying satellites and the power grid.
You can get warnings and alerts for known solar flares on your computer or smartphone. Here are some references:. The recovery time for small solar EMP could be days to weeks like in Canada. The time to recover from a large solar flare EMP could be months to years. The effects of an EMP vary widely depending on the scope, weather, grounding, location, intensity and length of the burst. The largest risk is damage to the electrical grid and technology infrastructure.
A major EMP would not directly kill people but the resulting loss of power and communications would result in short and possibly severe long term impacts. It could also disable or destroy some satellites if the flare was strong enough. Although unlikely, a solar flare could also cause cars and trucks to stop working temporarily or permanently. The largest recorded CME was the Carrington event.
It lasted multiple days and impacted the entire planet. It caused telegraph wires in the United States to burst into flames, starting fires along the telegraph lines. Telegraph machines scorched paper printouts, gave operators electric shocks, and transmitted gibberish. Telegraphs continued working for hours even after being unplugged from the batteries that powered them.
For two days, the light show northern lights and electromagnetic storm continued, then faded. A repeat of this event would be disastrous to our electronics dependent modern environment, impacting part or all of the planet. The scope of a larger flare would be devastating. In there was a small solar flare that caused Toronto to be without power for an entire day. There was also a smaller flare that knocked out power in the entire province of Quebec in The odds of these events are hard to predict, but the likelihood is as high as 1 in 8 for the next 10 years varying with the solar cycle.
You can shield or protect devices by protecting them from the pulse or radiation. These are primarily for a nuclear EMP. Here are three ways:. Would a power strip protect my device from an EMP?
It would protect your device from a power spike from a power spike from the power grid, and help with a small EMP but it would not protect from a larger EMP. It would protect from power spikes, but not direct EMP radiation. Does an EMP permanently destroy electronics? Only if the EMP is large enough, and close enough and the device is not protected.
What is an EMP Gun? A device that creates a short electromagnetic pulse or beam. Is a solar flare or nuclear EMP more dangerous? If the CME were large enough and long enough it could take out all power grid sources in the world.
A nuclear EMP would damage electronics in an area but not the entire planet. The best course of action for most people is to focus on events such as a 72 hour power outage. Short duration trouble is more likely than long term problems. It is possible but quite unlikely that a global event could occur due to: a solar flare, major meteor storm, pandemic, major volcanic activity, war or any number of other catastrophes. We suggest you plan for the far more likely small solar flare, snowstorm, power outage, tornado, earthquake or hurricane.
Prepare for likely short events first. Then if you have the resources and understanding, prepare for the less likely ones like a solar or nuclear EMP or a very large CME. Prepare like you would for a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or other extended natural disaster. The government recommends 72 hours of supplies.
We recommend 7 days to start, 30 days as a target and your stretch goal of 1 year. Stockpile food and water, fuel, prescriptions, general medical supplies, personal hygiene items — the basics you need to survive.
Use those stocks first in first out meaning use the oldest first. Plan for cooking, shelter, self defense, heating, cooling, clothing, hygiene, handling medical emergencies and garbage disposal as if you were camping without power.
Having 72 hours to 1 year of food and supplies stashed can serve you regardless of the event, even as simple as a job loss. This is harder and far less likely. The time to recover from a large Solar or Nuclear EMP would depend on location and many other variables. It could be weeks, to many months or in a worst case scenario, years.
There would also be chaos as supplies dwindle, and the military would likely be called in to maintain order but would be stretched beyond its capacity. During Covid we've all seen how quickly grocery stores empty during emergencies. A large EMP would be worse. Effectively, you would need to be prepared to live without power, i. If you are preparing for a single nuclear EMP, the recovery time would be quicker. For a large solar EMP or multiple nuclear bursts the recovery time would be much longer.
Basically, you would need to prepare to live an s lifestyle — wood stove, hand-tools and no electrical power. You would need tools and equipment necessary to garden, hunt, prepare food without electricity or gasoline. You would need a good stock of books, tools, medicine, and learn a LOT of skills. The other option is to store a completely protected and isolated power generation system, solar, bio diesel equipment, gasification, wind etc.
If you are planning on keeping modern conveniences you will need to a full electrical power generation system protected from the EMP and spare parts. Box up everything electrical in Faraday Cages. Practical things you can do that would help in small and large emergencies…. Stockpile at least 3 days of the foods you regularly eat. Once you have 3 days, build up to 3 weeks, and so on. Extra stored food is useful for a snow storm, tornado, short power outage or even simply feeding your family while you hunt for a new job.
Related Article: Home Food Preservation — 10 ways to preserve food. Don't forget to have a way to cook your food, too.
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