China just landed a set of their astronaut (CommieNuts?) this week. They were
up there for around 100 days. Probably doing more nefarious things than the
nice folks on Inspiration4. NorKs tested their rail based ICBM and Cruise
missiles this week.
Clay
> On Sep 17, 2021, at 7:31 AM,
I don't want to prolong this thread but one more point deserves saying.
Guidance for an EMP weapon is not hard; a WWII V2 rocket could do the job.
Even primitive guidance technology that can't hit the broadside of the
proverbial barn door is good enough. Any nuclear country that can reach
near
> https://www.doh.wa.gov/portals/1/documents/pubs/320-090_elecpuls_fs.pdf
Somewhat refreshing. A fairly concise and readable document on a gov site!
The high-altitude nuke EMP generator is probably so effective because the
gamma-induced source causes a blanket effect in the atmosphere, which
https://www.doh.wa.gov/portals/1/documents/pubs/320-090_elecpuls_fs.pdf
What happens during an EMP, and how big of a device is needed to cover an
area the size of USA.
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On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 3:18 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
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> Solar cells,
Solar cells, charge controllers, and EV motor controllers are all built on
semiconductors and all are vulnerable to permanent EMP damage.
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> Ain’t your neck of the woods already getting ready to implement the death
> panels?
Don't get sick. IMHO there should now be two COVID wards in hospitals. Which
one
you go in should be predicated on the answer to the questions: "Were you
vaccinated?
And why not, exactly?"
Ward 1 is
I can scavenge fuel from an abandoned vehicle with ICI. There is no way to
suckle electrons from a dead EV. EV goes all of 250 miles at best then needs a
half day to dribble power back in, while I can siphon gas out of all manner of
lawn mower, snow blower, or even toss a garden hose into a
CME would do a pretty good job of making an errant Nork nuke look like a
mosquito bite. There have been a few doozies this summer that just missed us,
having burped out in places that will make for really nice Northern Lights come
winter. Will have dissipated by then, but if it happens come
Love Niven. Ain’t your neck of the woods already getting ready to implement
the death panels? Think I heard from the Seattle Times columnist that
hospitals there are lacking staff enough to provide basic health services
anymore. Pretty sure it was Spokane as well as SEA and down PDX as well.
My _personal_ survival vehicle would be my trusty '97 Dodge 4wd diesel pickup.
100% mechanical if you lash up the P7100's fuel cutoff solenoid, and you can
push/tow-start it if need be. (Steep hill recommended!) But I am not a
prepper, in any real sense, so I don't have all that other stuff.
I presume your survival vehicle is a pre-computer controlled diesel , and
part of your survival tool kit is a reliable fuel transfer [multiple
options] mechanical device? Aux tanks to extend range?
See Mad Max movie... ;))
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 1:04 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> I think you're putting a lot of faith into your ability to refuel, especially
> after, say, a month...
Again, not MY ability to refuel. Just that enough people would be able to
refuel,
probably by violence and theft, to help spread the fall of civilization. With
EV
the rot is a day's
I think you're putting a lot of faith into your ability to refuel, especially
after, say, a month...
I'm also not sure, if the issue were country-wide, that there is anywhere to go
short of getting out of the city.
-Curt
On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 03:43:31 PM EDT, Jim Cathey
With an EV, your radius from home is essentially fixed. With a fueled vehicle,
it isn't.
That's the distinction I'm calling out. Think of the citizens as a disease
vector.
Starving, violent resource-less people overrunning those who might have a chance
of survival/recovery, if they weren't
I guess I don't understand, we're assuming a case where both vehicles start
with no fuel/electricity? Why would we do that? An electric car sitting, turned
off, will no doubt lose charge but what time period are we talking about? You
seem to have some assumptions there that you haven't
> How is that different than ICE vehicles?
Fuel stores.
> If I've got an electric vehicle and an off grid solar power system I can
> generate power to charge my car. It might take weeks but I could do it.
What are you eating while you wait for the charge?
> If I'm out of gas/diesel and there
You might want to rethink that plan to use solar panel system to recharge
your EV car after EMP event.
How is that different than ICE vehicles? If I've got an electric vehicle and
an off grid solar power system I can generate power to charge my car. It might
take weeks but I could do it.
If I'm out of gas/diesel and there has been a disruption to supply I'm screwed.
-Curt
On Wednesday,
The best thing that could happen to ensure the survival of our civilization,
in some form after a major disruption, would be a widespread reliance on
electric vehicles. When the shit hit the fan the cities and their residents
would mostly all die right away, because they couldn't get out very
> The Amish would be screwed. Too many know they're there, they'd be overrun
> by two-legged rats in no time. And they're non-violent.
I'd guess they forgot to read the part about "beating plowshares into swords."
That said, they do own and use guns, for hunting. If they were being overrun,
EMPs are not magic. They're radio, and are subject to inverse-square laws.
The devices in question are capable of surviving some level of unwanted
signal, the EMP failure scenarios are just where the pulse is too strong
and swamps the inputs, destructively. Things with long wires (antennae)
are
When I was at military survival school, the question was, "What is the
difference between a gourmet and a violent scavenger?"
Answer: "About 7 days without food."
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 11:36 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Our civilization, having opted for
An effective EMP event does not require a huge nuke. A small nuke,
detonated at altitude to maximize coverage.. or several small nukes
perhaps, could fry every circuit board and computer system. Your "smart
phone" would be a brick, TV stations, banks, gas pumps, food stores, cash
registers the
Our civilization, having opted for efficiency over resilience, is fragile.
Any sufficient disruption would have a domino effect, ending up in
the 'Mad Max' scenario. People would starve/sicken/die BEFORE
infrastructure repairs could be accomplished. The desperate would
plunder those working to
So you're thinking of a really massive EMP right? Something let off in the
upper atmosphere?
It's hard to an imagine an EMP of that size.
Besides which theres the rest of the world, or are you imagining a world-wide
EMP?
-Curt
On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 02:23:03 PM EDT, Scott
Which is why I'll never sell my 300SD. But expect many roads to become
impassible with manned checkpoints (where robbers will kill you and steal your
car) and millions of dead modern cars, frozen in place since the event.
-Original Message-
From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin
In a wide-spread EMP event essentially all modern electronic systems, including
the power grid, stop working, permanent damage. Without deliveries of food (or
anything else), inability to pump water, lack of refrigeration, and no modern
medicine, things get bad fast. The breakdown of law
Those driving a 240D might survive also.
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> On Sep 15, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> How would an EMP event cause 90% fatalities?
>
> Instant return to Amish living. No groceries, no gasoline, no natural gas, no
> propane, no
>How would an EMP event cause 90% fatalities?
Instant return to Amish living. No groceries, no gasoline, no natural gas, no
propane, no electricity.
With supply chain disruptions what they are currently, it's difficult enough to
get repair parts, etc. With no supply chain at all, what happens.
I think they mean over the medium term, lack of access to clean water, life
supporting drugs etc.Certainly my own survival long term without certain
medications is a bit suspect. Based on past experience I'd have about 10 years.
Sometimes when considering post apocalyptic type scenarios I
How would an EMP event cause 90% fatalities? I’m not disputing, just trying to
understand.
Certainly stuff would break and cause some fatalities, but I find it difficult
to imagine a number so high.
-D
> On Sep 15, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Not unlike the
Not unlike the era when ships were made of wood and the men were made of
steel. They say that a wide-scale EMP event would result in 90% fatalities.
I suspect higher, especially urban areas. Given systemic failures to harden
the grid maybe we would be better served learning how to survive
Now THERE'S a scarce skill.
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