EMP Myths Debunked by NASA Engineer | 2020

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[@CanadianPrepper]

Check out part 1 here kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LVnId7g7aWoK8

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

Every thing he said was an opinion. NASA is full blow deception. This dude is capitalizing on preppers.

[@f.c.laukhard3623]

@@SpecialAgentNoble77 someone using his expertise to also get financial gain? Oh my god, imagine more people would do that. Some day, my neighbour might even get the idea that his skills in making great bread can allow him to sell it to make profit. Of hungry people! Wait? You mean the fact that he owns a bakery is already doing that? What an arse, luckily you give your skills away for free, am I right? Not that anyone wants them but hey, it's the thought that counts. So thanks, mate.

[@f.c.laukhard3623]

@Iamlove Iampeace People like you are the reason why lots of people view preppers as chaos loving, conspiracy theorist idiots. For journos trying to mock preppers, you are a present. For the prepping scene? Not so much.

[@f.c.laukhard3623]

@Iamlove Iampeace There is a difference between someone having evidence for real conspiracies or investigative journalism for example and people who just believe that all the "elites" are in on some plan to lie to the public. The definition of a conspiracy theorist does not include the former even though it is correct that it is sometimes used as an attack on them by their opponents. But the fact that it is used unfairly in such a way does not mean that there are no conspiracy theorists that fit the original negative definition. People denying the moon landing for example are part of that group.

[@ZafOsophy]

I disagree about what he said about cars. The car is a huge capacitor, insulated from earth, by rubber tyres. The EMP pulse would INDUCE a high voltage in the metal car body. If the charge is extremely high, to create a spark to earth, at distance of about 10 CMS (distance of car from ground), then it will discharge immediately, otherwise (which is highly likely), the charge will stay, until a person touched it.

[@CRASS2047]

I live in SW Florida. After hurricane Ian, it felt like a 3rd world country. No water, no power, no internet, and only one gas station opened an only accepted cash. And I knew a guy who waited in line for gas for 8 hours only to find they ran out. So even though most of us had generators and extra food/water, we had a hard time getting gas to run them. I had to run mine every other hour, and off at night. A few weeks like that was like living in a different time. It taught me some valuable lessons

[@billalumni7760]

@@BuildTheFutureYouWant Good thought, (me* goes to store to get bug spray).

[@boa1793]

@@billalumni7760, Bury dead animals fast.

[@mondavou9408]

Propane generator with full tank of propane.

[@billalumni7760]

@@mondavou9408 Better would be to get a diesel generator.

[@mondavou9408]

Diesel spoils, propane keeps for years. For the record I have all three ;-) @@billalumni7760

[@RoboBreaker]

The best prep is physical fitness. It's hard to imagine a disaster scenario where a healthy body wouldn't help

[@fredrickperez4937]

Joseph G. That wont help you much if you cant build a shelter, start a fire, or gather food. Along with other skills.

[@PaddyInf]

@@fredrickperez4937 None of those skills are any use if your body is not in fair running order. Try building a shelter if unfit and have no access to a reliable food or clean water source. Try functioning with an injury if your body is already in poor condition. Starting out fit buys time to get established.

[@scott250r2]

I agree being in shape helps but i would say if you dont have supplies and knowledge on shelters and weapons water etc. Having big arms won't do shit.

[@truthbtold9794]

Been tryna tell the wife. The worlds too crazy not to be in shape.

[@ecduzitgood]

Who would last longer if food was scarce?

[@jonathanhansen3709]

“After a Nuclear War, the living will envy the dead.” - Nikita Khrushchev

[@anselpeneloperainblossom-s3489]

Jonathan Hansen It’s funny how we were raised to believe that everything out of the Soviet Union was pure propaganda, yet Khrushchev’s quote is probably the most truthful statement from the Cold War.

[@Highhook1818]

Had no idea that was Khrushchev.

[@jonathanhansen3709]

Highhook1818 Khrushchev saw real War as the commander at Stalingrad when Stalin sent him there. He experienced War as few modern State leaders ever have.

[@robertthomas5906]

Khrushchev never said that. Mis-attributed. It was Herman Kahn that said it in his 1960 book on thermonuclear war. Khurshchev was fond of banging his shoe on the table though.

[@AlexKarasev]

​@@jtc1947it's like Russian enigma / never as strong or as weak quote - Churchill, Bismarck and many other statesmen did say something to that effect. It's very plausible, seeing as Kennedy and Khrustchev have resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis (on the strength of their spoken promise to each other - what a concept for today's leaders) very likely the both of them have been going around saying that same thing re nuclear war.

[@dcummings7253]

The Amish will be laughing at everyone, and say. "What's electricity."

[@lorieharris2776]

I'm not so sure. Maybe . Where we live, however our Amish community is pretty electric dependant. They do generate their electric via solar and other alternatives. However, here they have personal vehicles, farm equipment. Phones, and weekly are shopping the wal-mart, and local grocery stores right alongside the rest of us. I feel as though our Amish community may be a bit better off than the average person (at least in our location. ) but not those in our area who have invested more effort into living.... More independently under duress.

[@Andy_Holmes]

@@lorieharris2776 Have you noticed they're all transgender?

[@dcummings7253]

@Jon Smith My buddy from Dillingham Alaska wouldn't.

[@Andy_Holmes]

@Gideons Word Did you not realize all the Amish are secretly transgender? That's okay, I didn't until this year, and it was a shocker!

[@Andy_Holmes]

@Gideons Word Uh, no it doesn't.

[@rockpadstudios]

My first job out of college was doing EMP testing for the DoD mainly on the B-1B. It was a great first job for me. I didn't want to work for the government my whole career so I left the government after 4 years. I did all 3 types of testing; Direct Inductive Drive (2000 Watts peak) on the Air Force One Comms system with Boeing (great engineers), high level pulse testing (AFWL), and low level continuous wave testing (Tinker AFB). One thing I remember is the air force would wait until the bombers were over the poles since the magnetic lines are perpendicular and Compton effect is minimized. Shielding is the best defense since the pulse is so quick zeners etc. will not fire in time, a chicken wire cage grounded will do the trick and these were used to protect the test gear many times. I worked in a semi trailer with a 40dB shield room I helped certify. They tested it up to 1 GHz and used horn antennas on screws, it was amazing. There are circuit design techniques but it is complicated and expensive (I remember Norm Rudie saying "up your f sub T" for transistors and we all laughed and used that phrase :)). Think of EMP as a ball peen hammer striking a bell - you get a damped sine wave that decays. The EMP spectrum is 100kHz to 200MHz and air ionizes at 100kV/m so it is less than that. Miles long power cables if they resonate would build up some serious energy but once it hit a 60Hz transformer (and they are high voltage transformers) it would filter, so the max distance for resonance would be between transformers. The best thing would be to disconnect from the grid since the normal home wouldn't have anything long enough to resonate in the EMP spectrum. Pull the circuit breakers out to be super safe. We left the screen room door open and the EMP just reboot our main computer - a uVax II (brings back memories since I learned C on that computer and have been making a living with C ever since).

[@NikosKatsikanis]

Jeff, wanna do a quick podcast?

[@elijah_9392]

This is absolutely fascinating. Could you link me to a source to read more? It's difficult to find reliable information.

[@Hankyjane]

I did not understand much. Lol.

[@scottdoubleyou563]

So how would a modern vehicle with computer controlled fuel injection, throttle by wire, etc. hold up to that?

[@rockpadstudios]

The planes are long enough to couple a lot of energy that cause currents to flow, which then flow into the electronics. Cars don't have enough length to do it as efficiently. Then there is the issue of distance. So if your car is right over Kansas (the best position) then it could couple enough to short out MOSFET's et. and kill the electronics. Overall most electronics would just require a reboot imo. It would be interesting to test it though. @@scottdoubleyou563

[@IndigoXYZ18]

Should have more guests on, great vid.

[@Swagtastic22-r9l]

Yeah! Like the head of homeland security!!😉😁😁

[@Bootyhunter1971]

My parents live in rural Southwest Virginia, a heavy wet snow caused a widespread power failure that lasted 3 weeks around Christmas several years ago. I live an hour away, so thankfully we had power and stores were operating normally. They used a wood burning stove at the time and always keep lots of food and supplies stocked. Still they needed some things and the only way to get to their house from the main road was with UTV. So it was a hardship, even though only 2 weeks, it was eye opening. An EMP would be DEVASTATING!

[@marcellabrowning315]

What things did your parents need, that most people would after an EMP attack?

[@cryhavoc9748]

The 10 scariest words that I never want to hear are, " Hi, we're from the government and we're here to help."

[@cryhavoc9748]

@Karen Lee *Well, one thing the expert said made me feel better. "Humans and animals will not be hurt or even aware that the EMP wave just passed over them." Which means our livestock will still be available to provide, milk, eggs and meat. The tractor may work or not. I see the biggest threat (in my area) is people who don't produce food or have sufficient food stored, sneaking up at night to steal livestock. But...in the 1800's we had a cure for that.

[@moose9906]

@@cryhavoc9748 This is for EMP. If there were convention nuclear strikes you have to worry about fallout for at least 90 days (see the 7-10 rule on radiation). The other issue is nuclear power plants will melt down if they lose power and they will continue to pour out radiation forever. Whatever is downwind in the fallout zone will not survive.

[@cryhavoc9748]

@Christopher Gadsden *I guess it would be a good time to take them to the hog lot. Perhaps they would want to contribute to feeding my "babies".

[@helbent4]

I think this phrase is usually completely used out of the context President Reagan (and Ed Muskie before him) meant. But then, it's rarely explained what it means and instead taken as some kind of inherent truth. Sure, if you don't like the government then I guess you don't need a rational reason to feel scared of it or anything it does, but what if you're a normal average American who doesn't actively hate the government already and might be faced with needing assistance after some kind of disaster? First, let's look at what this phrase originally meant. When applied to American conservative ideology, it primarily used to mean something like maintaining a healthy distrust of government solutions, interfering in the free market, imposing regulation or tariffs, handing out subsidies and bailouts, or taking power and authority out of local or state hands and concentrating it at the federal level. This kind of makes intuitive sense, if you believe in small government. It makes much less sense if we are talking about a post-disaster scenario, where you are "scared" of government help. If FEMA is offering you and your family food and shelter, and they have none why would this be scary? If you don't need it then you can always refuse assistance. I guess a mandatory evacuation of some kind (which is constitutional) might be alarming but that's a pretty specific and narrow concern, hardly a reason to be scared of government assistance under all circumstances. I hardly think President Reagan was warning the American people to not eat the MREs that FEMA hands out if they are starving after an EMP attack or insist on sleeping in the rain instead of a dry FEMA tent.

[@chewyalba9824]

I read this with the bus driver from. Tran it voice...

[@donnabrown1518]

Thanks again for inviting this expert in to tell us the real skinny on EMPs

[@doctorartphd6463]

Be self-reliant, self-responsible, wise, and insightful - morally balanced.

[@custos3249]

100% first to go cannibal

[@nigelcrete3901]

And heavily armed

[@dannygjk]

'Normal' morals will go out the window in case of a big emergency like he is describing. It would be similar to being transported back in time hundreds of years and with everyone desperate for food except it would be worse because of our current population.

[@tomlawrence3991]

@@custos3249 I shoot cannibals on sight... So you might want to stock some beans

[@custos3249]

@@tomlawrence3991 Shooting your own kind.... Well, gotta eat somehow.

[@mrf5347]

Hear this fellow nay sayers and conspiracy theorists. What he is putting out is real, factual information I used 20 yrs ago. Electrical principals don't change. (Tesla rules)

[@oldedominion8782]

Faraday rules too

[@davesworld7961]

How does an EMP affect a Tesla car?

[@Tyler-gv8ev]

Good luck charging your Tesla when it goes dead. Unless you have solar panels to charge it

[@Flashahol]

Great guest, real and proven info and no sensationalism. That's how I like my truth.

[@TheNiand]

If those main transformers are so valuable and take so long to build, wouldn't it be prudent for the Dept. of Energy to have some built and stored in an EMP hardened bunker like Cheyenne MT.?

[@davidparker4501]

Or have them already on site the power plant and ready to go!

[@bwana3006]

Diana Knox yes it would but the govt doesn’t have any stores which tells us that all of this isn’t going to happen or it’s part of the plan to eventually get total control over the population

[@TheNiand]

@@bwana3006 The gov't doesn't have any stores? You really believe that?

[@andrewwood6285]

What the government lacks in capability to effectively plan they make up for in corruption.

[@brentacusmaximus6677]

No no. You see that would make sense and well......yea nuff said !

[@lanedexter6303]

A couple of years ago, we narrowly missed another Carrington Event. It happens. It WILL happen again. After 45 years operating generating plants, I can tell you that you grossly uNderestimated recovery times.

[@spatt833]

And there is nothing we can do about it except live our lives, live for the day and the next day, and the next.

[@lanedexter6303]

@@spatt833 For the most part, that is true. Hardening our systems against both CME type EMPs and high altitude thermonuclear events would be very expensive and time consuming (though I did see the City I worked for do a whole bunch of hasty software remediation when they figured out they would neither get paid nor collect money in Y2K). It is also very much worth reading “48 Hours” by Forstchen. Face it: Major EMP means 90% of us dead within a year (and that is NOT a worst case scenario when it comes to solar activity). The Ruling Elite do not care, because they have already planned to survive and to rule the survivors. That’s much cheaper than fixing the System.

[@christiaangeerken4877]

As someone who actually replaces large plant transformers, there is a two year lead time getting one made. Now, factor in the fact the EXTREMELY limited places where these transformers can even be built. Plan on 5-10 years for quasi restoration of the grid at best. Biblically speaking, the USA is not a player in end times. Wonder how that comes to be? EMP.

[@lanedexter6303]

@@christiaangeerken4877 you are 100% correct. For nearly 30 years now, our main transformers have come from places like Brazil and Korea, NOT the U.S. of A.

[@Uriah625]

Would an EMP actually damage a transformer? What is there to damage? I guess I was thinking the metal housing and ground grid in the substation would protect it. I could see all the modern relay protections, digital governors, and computers being damaged which would cause long term plant trips. Without generation, the grid is irrelevant.

[@ricksilver7398]

Love the resistance of updating and keeping up to what can possibly happen and expected if the SHTF. Love watching the show and tune in every time I come across the post. Canadian prepper is the go-to if you need informed

[@MrJRW1]

I am really enjoying these videos! Some very useful information. Great job!

[@paulbland5625]

I feel that many people don't realise how much their lives would be effected if we had a massive power outage over a lengthy period of time. I live in a semi rural location outside a major city here in Australia. We have been effected by the aftermaths of cyclones in the past and power has been interrupted in some cases. I found with only 2 days without power, people were panic buying. The SHTF scenario will happen very fast and with no responsible attitude by people to think outside the square. We, here in Australia have the attitude that, She'll be right mate! This is to our determent and arrogance. We live day to day and this will be our demise, and most likely deserve it. The techno bubble will burst and 99.9% of the population will have no idea what to do. If the US was to go to war with, say China, Australia will be up shit creek and hope the US will save us, economical. That's not going to happen! Australia is approximately the same size as the US, but with only 30 million people. We are sitting ducks to any country that wants to take our resources, that's all we have to offer. Please excuse my ramblings, I just like to get it out there.

[@dlynn6180]

IMHO, even the "ultimate preppers" don't know what to expect. When looking at history, war tends to create pandemics, followed by hyperinflation, with panic mixed in. Even with a limited exchange, even the experts can't accurately predict a realistic outcome. So, what happens to all the reactors we use to create power if any are damaged? They don't just trip a breaker and shut down. It takes time to cool down a nuclear power plant. Otherwise, you get a Fukushima or Chernobyl level event, along with fallout from an exchange. For us in North America, that's a major bummer.

[@raiolampievich773]

Resources isn't yours , it's corporations who owns it , you just a sheeple.

[@benitovaladez7596]

I try to tell people the same thing here in rural US, but they don’t understand how serious of a problem it would be. I think within a month and a half we would all be dead by killing each other over resources, sadly the unprepared would attack those who were prepared. I hope I don’t have to see that and die before it happens.

[@paulbland5625]

@@raiolampievich773 I would presume, just like you.

[@pouglwaw5932]

It seems that "political correctness" and leftists who trample freedoms in Australia are the greatest enemy. If the population was trusted to own firearms, then even 30 million people would be feared by any would-be conquerors.

[@izegrimcreations]

Every time there's a discussion about EMP, I always have to address the myths. Nice to see you put this video that give some objective information.

[@jackdundon2261]

I think he's speaking a bunch of bulshit looking starfish prime or the big new tech for the Russians in 1962 it's a stable those cars and those cars didn't have electronics at the Modern cars have.

[@apollo8352]

I have years in electrical engineering, and my opinion is that most cars are there own faraday cages so almost none would be effected by the EMP.... likewise in a metal garage and even under an earthed metal roof the effects of an EMP will be well reduced. The things at risk is any unearthed metal or wires and whatever they connect to... of course if your close enough to a strong enough bomb the EMP might do damage but being that close may give you other things to worry about.... If your not sure back up your computer files and store them along with back up radios in metal biscuits tins as additional insurance against loss. Great you posted this one.

[@FulcrumMW]

I'm loving this series so far! Excited for part 3 tomorrow. The whole country being out of power for a year would be devastating for many, including myself I'm sure; There would be a lot of unexpected tragedies I think..remedies for countless emergency situations just simply would not be be available or accessible.

[@LaurelsChannel]

Regarding hospital generators: the best-prepared hospitals have 96 hours (four days) of generator fuel and 96 hours of stored water for patients and staff. Many hospitals have less. 96 hours is not the average. That's the best-prepared hospitals. Just before a hurricane, hospitals might stock up on more, but normally they don't have more than 4 days.

[@blackham7]

But the real question is: Will they have wifi?

[@rattlecanpaint]

So here's the thing. Everything in today's hospitals is computer operated. Including the lights. They might have electricity but they won't have anything else.

[@Sagart999]

One of the larger problems of trying to recover from an EMP that took out the eastern, western, and Texas grids is that of bootstrapping the recovery. There would be no electricity in the lower 48 to power the factories needed to replace the damaged equipment. What agreements or treaties do we have in place with countries in the EU for the rapid replacement of equipment? And if those agreements are in place, would they be providing equipment compatible with the remainder of our electrical infrastructure, factory equipment, and IT infrastructure? My serious guess is that everyone in positions of power is sound asleep at the switch.

[@kerryclark1926]

Guess who makes the transformers or some of the needed equipment? China. Think they will hurry up and send parts or transformers?

[@marcellabrowning315]

Great questions. I thought the utility cos keep large supplies for bad storm damage...

[@Serious-Man]

I'm not too sure that the US has these factories you're talking about.

[@mcdevious2229]

Ten percent sounds reasonable to me. I think the Hollywood EMP does a lot more extensive damage than a real one will. I look at it like picking up a radio signal. As most people probably know, radio reception can be spotty at best. There are a lot of variables that will impact the damage caused by an EMP to cars and other electrical systems. Thanks, Dr. Bradley.

[@sean3533]

Unfortunately with such a long time since a large-scale disaster most of the general population would die in a situation like this. few people have the common sense to realize that when the public order breaks down the weak perish first.

[@yumisoaresgjrum9493]

Enjoying these videos all the way from Norway

[@connie3717]

Thank you for this video. I appreciate more now than I did when you first released it!!

[@Maskedminnesota]

Thought provoking interview series. Emp with weather and situational factors could wreck the grid for long term.

[@blakearth]

Very informative, thank you. I'm more worried about an x-class solar flare hitting Earth directly which it sounds like we just narrowly missed one within the last few days sounds like that could actually be a lot worse than any nuclear device

[@tomfelts8980]

Yea an people don't even know about it or just have know idea ,I need to get with the program,I've got a old Ford I really need to get going ,so I can have a bug out 🤫ride almost got another one an need to fix the others I've got ,the timeliness I had got pushed way back I got deathly sick for a very long time glad my health is better my God. Good luck everybody yall need to wake up ,oh an sorry for the gramer an no punctuation I did talk and text. And may the lord Have mercy on our souls,we are in ww3 now an it sucks

[@johnndavis7647]

Vehiles were tested to 50k volts. A few were damaged. Most stalled but started again. New Russian and Chinese supsr emp weapons are 200k volts. Still think cars and generators will run? Dont bet on it.

[@lhd7105]

Thank you so much Canadian Prepper for working together with an evidence-informed professional to produce this report I am subscribing keep rock'n on n rock hard!!!

[@Apethgrader]

He didn't debunk anything. He just confirmed everyones fears.

[@dannydestroyer]

Up To Zero Exactly!

[@danieltakacs8222]

He debunked the phrase "oh there will be no problems, everything will be functional in one or two weeks".. Just as my parents always tell me "why are you storing food? You are crazy, nothing bad would happen, the government has everything under control"

[@glock907]

No he debunked the auto theory that all cars would stop running

[@seandafny]

Right i was confused Likw what did he debunk

[@conchobar]

If the US grid went down for a year, we'd be a prime target for an invasion. Most imported supplies would go toward maintaining the nation's security. The rest of the country would fall under martial law.

[@jeffscott7770]

I wonder what his thoughts are about the “EMP Shield for vehicles”. A quick connect device to harden any vehicle against EMPs 🤔

[@SK-ty6oi]

Amazing 100 years ago no one would have even noticed if the power went down

[@simplyhuman3982]

And today almost everything is electronic.

[@30AndHatingIt]

The telegraph wires glowing cherry red and the offices catching fire certainly got a few people’s attention...

[@dodgeplow]

100 years ago people died left and right from the most basic infections of today, they had frequent food shortages, died in common fires, and suffered from malnutrition. You gotta take the theoretical risk with all of the actual benefit

[@30AndHatingIt]

@@dodgeplow I don't think that was his point though.

[@dodgeplow]

@@30AndHatingIt I understood his point. he was saying that people were not relying on modern technology to live their lives so they would've considered a loss of electricity as nothing significant. My point is that in their lifetime, they suffered significantly and died from things we consider trivial today. When was the last person you know of that died of tetanus for example?

[@mrreymundo5383]

Useful information, thanks. Gotta check out the book!

[@ericlyons2852]

Dang bro, you been killing it lately.. Great vid.

[@corrigan88101]

Good Video. I have been following Dr. Bradley for a while, so it was nice to see him on your channel. I'm happy he is able to give some good answers despite being from NASA (Never A Strait Answer). Keep these videos coming!

[@tazweiss7970]

I see a lot of comments asking about the effect of EMP on solar panels. In July of 1962 the US government conducted high altitude nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Some EMP effects were felt in Hawaii, a thousand miles away. A number of low orbit satellites were knocked out. The most significant damage suffered by the satellites, was to the solar arrays. This tells me to have some spare solar panels stored in a protected container.

[@oldolfmann8927]

the spare panels would not need to be in a protected container

[@matthewsoules7064]

@@oldolfmann8927 what about all the other components? If they are unplugged could I not have to worry about putting them in a faraday cage?

[@oldolfmann8927]

​@@matthewsoules7064 It would depend on what types of other components and how they are constructed. EMP's are more likely to affect items with long runs of wire as opposed to small electrical circuits, unless those small circuits are connected to long runs of wire or antennas. So as you said, unplugged is good, unplugged and caged is better, But even better is old school equipment that doesn't use sensitive components. Such as I own a few old 70's vehicles that have electronic ignitions, but I also have the old point and condenser distributors as a back up. It wouldn't hurt to keep around some old lead acid batteries and some old PWM chargers also

[@oddforestcritter]

Great video. Looking forward to part 3

[@markusaurelius8807]

Great info! And good music choice, love it. This soundtrack is already a signature of Canadian Prepper.

[@patelemail]

Dr. Bradley - AMAZING thank you ! Question: How sensitive to EMPs are my solar panels ? I have a pretty much "off the grid" home in suburbia -and wondering what I need to do to achieve relative EMP survivability.

[@DasMoose9001]

Look into Sol-Ark Solar See KZbin Channel: empdoctor

[@tomgibbs3089]

I’m a retired electrical engineer, with 40 years experience in an electric utility. The impact of an EMP on the grid is limited and temporary. EMP scares people into buying his books. The bottom line is that if an enemy of the USA detonated a nuclear weapon in our atmosphere, WW3 has started. Having your porch light out will be your last concern.

[@kimmer6]

@@tomgibbs3089 Having my refrigerator and chest freezers out is my first concern. The hell with the porch light.

[@isettech]

I found actual hard facts data on the subject very difficult to find. As an electronics engineering technician who designs RFI, EMI protection, among other things, there are several subjects with completely missing data on the subject. 1 Frequency distribution. If you are protecting against lower frequencies such as produced by local lighting strikes, normal lightning protection of spark discharge, zeiner diode, MOV, and harmonic filters would be very effective. If the energy distribution is higher frequencies, then low pass RC noise filters are very effective. If most of the pulse is VLF, such as large solar CME events that saturate substation transformers and long communications lines, then the CME galvanic isolation, relay protections, fuses, etc will protect most substations that have been upgraded to survive and operate in high intensity CME events. Glossary for this section. MOV -Metal Oxide Varistor. VLF - Very Low Frequency. CME - Coronal Mass Ejection, the charged particle mass ejected from sunspots responsible for the Northern Lights. RFI - Radio Frequency Interference. This is the buzz you get when your cell phone is too close to cheap computer speaker or other unprotected devices. EMI - Electro-Magnetic-Interferance. This is similar to RFI but more magnetic in nature. This is noisy magnetic fields such as the TV interference you get when the cheap blender in the kitchen makes patterns on your old analog TV. Unsheilded ignition wires on classic V8 cars was a common example. 2 Energy intensity and effective danger zone. VHF, UHV, and Microwave frequencies are line of sight. If the fireball is far enough to be below the horizon, only very low intensity scattered reflected energy would be detected as this is radio frequencies so EME bounce and other very weak reflections would be seen past the twilight zone. HF could travel further depending on propagation. Before you panic, these frequency bands are already filled with transmitted energy 24/7. AM radio talk radio is 10,000 watts to 500,000 Watts per major station. FM is 5,000 to 50,000 watts based on market. Television is similar and takes up good portions of the UHF band. Cell phone, WiFi, wireless boradband, etc take up good portions of the microwave band. Most cars, computers, phones, etc not only use these frequencies, but are protected against nearby strong sources such as safely driving past radio and TV towers. 3 Energy distribution. EMP like any other radio or light source (also a radio source) travels in waves from the source and with distance spreads out rapidly. The only exceptions are very tightly focused beams such as LASER and radio with specialized antennas such as your satellite TV antenna. The math is simple for this one. Distance is your friend. If you use a movie projector and move the screen twice as far away, the picture becomes twice as tall and twice as wide. This makes the area lit 4 times larger. Let that sink in. Double the distance, you get 1/4 the light intensity. If an EMP source destroys the substation and car electronics within 40 miles, anyone 80 miles away would have 1/4 the exposure. 160 miles away would have 1/16th the energy. A high altitude airburst would be ineffective simply due to distance a couple hundred miles away, meaning it would be a localized event with localized damage. Beyond a couple hundred miles, and the airburst would have been below the horizon so all VHF, UHF, and above effects would have been attenuated below the horizon. Most EMP publications have over hyped the size of the affected area from an EMP attack. Many satellites are older and do get damaged by CME events, but distance again limits the range of damage from an EMP attack. Newer satellites are hardened for the harsh environment with better RFI, EMI protection. For as long as the scare has been out there as a possible real threat, engineers have been building in protections and upgrading systems. Fiber optics are immune except the power distribution to repeaters and end points, Substations are installing Y to Delta transformers to break DC current paths, etc. Citations, certainly Google "Protecting the Electrical Grid from Geomagnetic Disturbances" for more information on the subject. The vulnerabilities of the 1960's electrical grid have been phased out. Geomagnetic disturbances include CME and EMP. Copy and paste.. 14 17 Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 824o) requires the Electric Reliability Organization to develop mandatory and enforceable reliability standards, which are subject to FERC review and approval. FERC-approved reliability standards become mandatory and enforceable in the U.S. on a date established in the Orders approving the standards. Reliability standards are MANDATORY and ENFORCEABLE.

[@debbilangham5357]

I have a home solar system how would that be affected?

[@isettech]

@@debbilangham5357 The short answer is "It Depends" Factors, distance from the blast, Length of wire to the panels, Grid tie or not, Lightning protection, Surge protection, RFI/EMI filtering, etc. A good controller with good lightning and surge protection will shunt most energy if you are not too close to the source of the EMI. Even robust protection and filtering can be overpowered, but only at very close distances. Poorly designed equipment with little to no RFI/EMI and lighting protection will require less EMP to damage. Use equipment with good EMI/RFI, and install it with good ground bonding, and good spark gap + surge protection, and you should be good for most except the most severe nearby events. Distance is your friend due to the inverse square law. Look it up. Double the distance = 1/4 the power received.

[@lilalightandlove421]

Isettech - you sound more knowledgeable than anyone else I have encountered. What are your thoughts on grounding a Faraday cage? I’ve lost hope it will be effective during a ground EMP

[@isettech]

@@lilalightandlove421 Due to the nature of the "EMP" the laws of magnetism and induced currents are very well known. As a low frequency pulse with a wavelength longer than the cage, your concern is to keep currents out. Due to this you do not want high current flowing along the floor, which produces magnetic fields, so use a single point ground to a ground plane under the structure, that rings the structure. Current in the ground is conducted around the structure and not directly under it. For higher frequencies, such as VHF, UHF, Microwave, you do want to induce currents into the cage skin. This is how the magnetic wave interacts with the skin by inducing current in the skin that mirrors the incoming wave, so it is reflected on the surface and does not penetrate below the surface. This does not need grounded. The single point ground is for the long waves. For example, an airplane is often stuck by lightning in flight. Most of the instruments inside are protected by the metal skin. Low frequency (long wavelength) magnetic fields from the high current and change magnetism on metal parts in the plane. Sailboats for example have had compass magnets flipped from a lighting strike on the mast. The area of high current has a strong magnetic field. Grounding the stays (cables) supporting the mast for most current to be distributed on the shell of wires, shields the compass near the mast. Consider the current paths. You want them to go around, and not through. This includes magnetic induction currents. Hope this helps. A car frame with a single discharge cable off the bumper makes a good Faraday cage able to survive direct lighting strikes. Loss of electronics in a car is most often by a strike on the antenna with current inside the shell, and also arcing at the wheels channel current from the shell, inside the engine compartment to the steering, to the wheels. You don't want high current inside the shell to get to the wheels. Think the same way on a Faraday cage. You will have the high frequency part fixed when your cell phone has no signal inside. you will have the low frequency fixed when your AM portable radio can't find a local station. Good luck.

[@lilalightandlove421]

isettech thank you for the detailed information. Your explanation is as I thought. With ever hurdle I cross during my prepping, I’m concerned about multiple ground EMPs delivered by China or Russia. Those who survive will find their end under another countries rule. What better way to overthrow America than come to her aide during crisis. Sorry for the dismal thought. I just can’t shake the feeling something is coming and it’s not good.

[@coryjenkins4179]

Really great video with great advice thanks for sharing.

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

Thank you for your time and information.

[@jeffhayden2737]

Ironically I was introduced to Preparedness through a book given to me at a survival store . The book "One Second After" written by a Colonel who's job it was to assess the result of an EMP attack on the United States , he soon determined that in any part of the country wether city or country those who had prepared were over run by those who hadn't by passive or aggressive means. However his report was predicated on the attack taking down the entire US grid, as alway being prepared for local or regional disasters is alway wise.

[@marcellabrowning315]

What was written about the prepared people's defense?

[@jeffhayden2737]

@@marcellabrowning315They we’re given a choice, either keep their supplies and stand on their own. Or join the town and all supplies were divided equally. Those that stood on their own eventually were over run and killed. In our world today the idea of survival presents interesting conundrums.

[@marcellabrowning315]

@jeffhayden2737 thank you!

[@PreppedinKansas]

so line of sight is how you are saying this would work, and the cover for cars... i'm curious then... would an aluminum enclosed trailer be a viable faraday cage? like maybe keeping communications equipment or lighting equipment etc inside it safely? The trailer i have in mind is a steel framed, wood bottom. but the rest is aluminum sheeting.

[@brutus5612]

keep up the great info I learn a lot thank you,.

[@jennystarnes180]

Thank you so much for this info, everyone needs to hear this 🤔👂💖

[@mikeray1544]

As a life long mechanic I advise that preppers should save/purchase an older vehicle/motorcycle/boat that has analog electrical systems- my 86' dodge has a solid state Engine cont module -I keep a spare one in a faraday container, as to modern vehicles you could do the same thing by keeping a extra PCM (powertrain controll module) in a faraday container. keep a chilton manual and a few tools around, Its not really too bad or time consuming to swap most PCM's.

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

Walking and bicycles will be the primary transportation.

[@toxicooze2220]

I'm curious, if you lived metal mobile home that is grounded with hurricane straps to the frame will these protect electronic devices inside the trailer? Or a grounded chain-link fence in the garage ceiling. And finally the electrostatic grounding straps that used to be on tractor trailers that carried gasoline. With the car itself be a Faraday cage with such a ground strap touching the ground?

[@Mountainrock70]

I am warehouse parts purchaser for electric power generation and transmission company. Today current transformers and breakers have up to a 18 month lead time. If there was a EMP attack along with other attacks, figure the grid down for a decade.

[@invaderjoshua6280]

Just keep your vehicle under a faraday sheet at home in the garage whenever your not using it, and keep a solar generator and a few 200w folding solar panels in it under the sheet. I'd suggest the Ford F150 lighting or Rivian R1T, and either the Yeti Goal Zero 6000x or Anker 767 solar systems. Also I'd suggest picking up a few hardware IT manuals especially manuals on how to replace lithium batteries and fix vehicle electronics. I'd also suggest keeping your bugout bags in the back seat of the truck that way they are with you at all times home or on the go, plus they get protection from the faraday sheet.

[@imogenbespokesewing2968]

Youd think they'd do a risk assessment and have some spare parts about , bad management ! X

[@gordonlawrence4749]

Not really. Those transformers cost a fortune and then they would be criticised for having billions worth of kit that was not used.

[@oddforestcritter]

Also the govt needs to harden the grid

[@BearlyOutdoors]

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or man-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.

[@stephenwilliams5201]

I got the shock of my life. After getting Three vertabrae fused and fixed with titanium in my neck. A bolt of lightning struck within 50 ' of me and scared me badly. I've learned to expect such. After that. Thanks

[@benthere8051]

That is very good information. I was totally wrong about cars. I didn't know about the conductive cloth.

[@workworks4453]

Build your garage out of shipping containers and make sure they are well grounded.....

[@farmsteadpreps]

How do you make it grounded?

[@yongjianyi3556]

I would imagine that the steel body of the car itself would serve as a Faraday cage, protecting most of it's electronic components.

[@chuckchuck-ei1ss]

True ?

[@yadjekim]

I wish he would have talked about improvised Faraday cages. What may work and what wouldn't.

[@TinyTitan50]

Fantastic series so far... nice

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

I think that he is being overly optimistic about the modern automobile.

[@McTroyd]

Well, consider that most of the conductive parts of a car are body and/or chassis, maybe the engine block. The electronics running the vehicle barely register by comparison, and are often in metal housings grounded to the body and/or chassis. An EMP would energize the entire car, including both the live and ground connections. Electrical engineers might call this a "bias voltage." Essentially, the whole car could be charged to a million volts. But, as long as the relative voltage between live and ground remains tolerable (nominally ~14v in most cars), the electronics might not even notice.

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

@@McTroyd Ted, there are some exceedingly touchy bits of digital do-do in the modern car. You don't need anything like a fourteen volt difference in voltage to make them go on the fritz. If we were talking about the good old fashioned care built back in the 1960s, I'd agree with you, but my Nissan is horribly tetchy. So are a lot of other cars, especially the cars made in Germany.

[@dannygjk]

@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj You are missing the electronics/electrical theory he alluded to in his comment. For example look up Faraday cage, shielding against electromagnetic radiation, etc.

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

@@dannygjk So, you really and truly believe that the automobile makes a perfect Faraday Cage? I think that's wrong. Would you be willing to bet your life on that idea? The longest distance I can walk is roughly 100yds. What will I do if my car is on the fritz? Hitch a ride with someone? This is simply not a good bet. Worse, I don't like the way cars are built nowadays. The new designs have created a shortage of good mechanics who know what they are doing. Most of them just guess about what might be wrong -- that is assuming you can find one to work on your car.

[@30AndHatingIt]

Buddy of mine said lightning struck pretty close to his ‘94 Volvo years ago and it melted a lot of wiring. Not sure if that’s relevant to this, but someone talked about a million volts and the wiring not noticing...

[@DeathMond.]

In this guy's mind who providing the power to rebuild the transformers that supply the power to build the transformers?

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

@@RadiationNetwork Large Power Transformers (LPT) that are not currently shielded, will blow. You don't know what the blank you're talking about.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@ZealousZ_]

Here because of the "balloon".

[@HAWKSTA24]

Why?

[@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader]

I have a few of his books great guy, we featured a few of them on our channel. Thank you for sharing this.

[@USFREEDOMU]

If we had a major grid down event talked about . why go back when we have the capabilities for Zero point energy Instead of costly high maintenance grid . zero point would be independent self sufficient power supply for each building on it own source...

[@preppertechnicianee6013]

Zero point energy does not exist Sorry to burst your bubble

[@christopherrowley7506]

@@preppertechnicianee6013 This explains it very well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJmbamuPp5qMkJo

[@piccolosan19]

ZPE is dangerous because it can used more easily for weapons and security self reliance evasion stick with fission/fusion

[@preppertechnicianee6013]

@@christopherrowley7506 thats vacuum energy not what he is displaying thats not true usable energy its in balenced it cannot be used as a power source

[@preppertechnicianee6013]

@@piccolosan19 its not a usable source

[@yardbirds8904]

Understand the Dr. is laying out his answers in laymans terms so that most folks like me can understand the basics and provide a solid foundation which to build upon...and he's doing it on purpose...I realize the comment section is rife with Rocket Scientists, but this and most videos have to be able to communicate information to a broad spectrum of viewers, from all the prepping experts, to the noobs. So, to all you geniuses in the comment section, ..relax....the rest of us need to at least buy the Dr.s Handbook's......and maybe, just maybe,... you'll be amongst the 10% that survive a year after a full blown EMP....

[@michaelfrymus]

What if the device is not on or plugged in? Let's use phones for example; If they arent plugged in and charging, or if they are completely off will it still damage them?

[@MJYouAreNotAlone1]

Amazing information thank you and God bless you!

[@Willy_Tepes]

Would a garage with aluminum siding and roof protect your car if it was grounded? I know I can hardly get a radio signal in there.

[@MarkProffitt]

Most likely yes, it's effectively a Faraday cage.

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@paulbarclay4114 Well, it really does not matter as I have based my survival strategy on centuries old knowledge and techniques. Being dependent upon technology is a crouch. I guess bicycles will be in great demand. LOL

[@dougiequick1]

@@Willy_Tepes Bicycles are crouch killers ....

[@dougiequick1]

@@Willy_Tepes horses will be in greater demand .....yummy horses!

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@dougiequick1 Modern bicycle seats are shit. They seem designed to cut you in half.

[@123edwardzpad]

Thank you, Canadian Prepper for another quality 🇨🇦 informative preparedness video. I was hoping it's not too late to ask Dr. Bradley a question about EMP hardening car garage, by lining all the walls, door and ceiling, with one or two layers of metal window screen; in essence creating a rudimentary Faraday cage? And would covering all the walls, ceiling and doors, of a garage with the conductive fabric protect a vehicle and Equipment inside the garage? Also a big thank you to Dr. Bradley for taking the time to engage and inform the preparedness community. Would a room lined and layered with heavy duty aluminum foil offer any EMP protection?

[@jameswitte5167]

Yes . yes . and yes ... Anything is better than nothing ... The tigher the coverage the better ... Screen vs foil ... Metal garbage cans would be great gor storing spare communications, clocks, anything with a chip in it ... If you have a vehicle with relatively inexpensive chips or modules in it spares might be handy ... Even tractors and lawn mowers have electronic feul injection now ... And remember ... To be most effective, your precautions MUST BE GROUNDED ...

[@123edwardzpad]

@@jameswitte5167 thank you.

[@darthhodges]

Regarding cars it should be noted that different designs may be affected differently by an EMP. Some are probably inadvertently hardened against some levels of EMP while others would be easily disabled. Whether a car is gas, diesel, hybrid, or all electric is far from the only factor. Older cars that don't have electronic fuel injection or control computers have fewer electric circuit failure points BUT they still need electricity. The placement and mounting of electrical components, whether the body is steel, aluminum, fiberglass, or something else, whether it has a discreet steel frame or unibody contruction may all be significant. But since conclusive testing hasn't been done this is all guesswork. I remember in the War of the Worlds movie with Tom Cruise replacing the solenoid (part of the starter) on a car disabled by Martian EMP allowed the car to run normally thereafter. It's possible that depending on the design only some components would be affected by an EMP and their repair or replacement could be that effective.

[@martonlukacsy3743]

If you were in charge of these power grids, I would hope you would be aware of the vulnerability and have back up generators sitting idle, and protected, to be ready to put into service in this instance. Obviously you would not have a complete, duplicate system on stand by but there should be sufficient transformers to get the major grids operational, very quickly. It isn’t only the preppers that prep. The transformers are taken off line for routine service and the power is routed through alternative transformers. So there are some in place, it would make sense, if you were responsible for it, to have a plan in place. Waiting until it happens, is not a plan.

[@mark2073]

Get an old car without computer electronics to be sure.

[@mark2073]

@William Vagabond They didn't say that, he estimated maybe 10% of the cars would be fried but he didn't know because they didn't do proper testing on them up to full EMP levels. To be sure you'd need a faraday blanket over it which isn't cheap or practical.

[@dandahermitseals5582]

Wont bither old mechanical injector. pumps in old trucks and tractors. No electrics cept starter motors. Everything I have is from that era just like me. Haha

[@scott250r2]

I have a 75 GMC 4x4 truck and it will run if this happens.

[@dodgeplow]

@@scott250r2 Does it have electronic ignition or points? What about your voltage regulator?

[@scott250r2]

@@dodgeplow I have 2 distributors 1 points and 1 GM HEI and I have a spare ig module in a farraday box to shield it from any spike.

[@stevelinbergbaby135]

Will part 3 be shown tomorrow on Faraday - I mean Friday?😉

[@PaulBuikema]

Informative, thanks.

[@DarrellWefel-ts2kr]

I've been Prepper for over 10 years, And I have a followed you for at least the last 3 or 4 years! Thank you so very much. I have learned a lot ! But I am looking for ways to protect my generator from a EMP attack !!! Any suggestions ?

[@moose9906]

Its worse than he says regarding "how long would the grid be down worst case." I know a former top executive at GE who told me those large transformers take two years to deliver from the time they are ordered and the level of production is set based on current demand. If hundreds were destroyed at once (as in the worst case EMP), you would never get the grid back up. First, what is the government going to pay for them with? The dollar will be no more, taxes will be no more and the US has no gold reserves (fort knox is empty). Even if the government could arrange payment, the manufacturers of these transformers would have to put the US ahead of all its existing orders. This is highly unlikely but even if the US has the money, paid in advance, and jumped the line and took 100% of the worlds production of those transformers, only a small number of those transformers could be produced per year and and those would be send to support the areas under the complete control of the federal government. Those areas will not be a nice place to live so from a practical standpoint, if a worst case EMP happens, you will not see grid electricity in your lifetime.

[@pityparty9955]

Moose You need a lot of electricity to build transformers, beginning with steel, copper, etc.

[@moose9906]

@@pityparty9955 absolutely and you also need shipping, cranes and operators to unload the ships and a way to transport those massive transformers to where the government wants them. None of those transformers are manufactured in North America and have not been for decades. They would all come from overseas if they came at all. This is why I maintain if those transformers are destroyed the grid stays down permanently.

[@tomnapier8040]

He mentioned that an EMP pulse was an RF type energy. Why is it there are no EMP simple home detector types readily available (that operate on batteries) to give people an early warning that a pulse has happened and the subsequent power outage is from that type of occurrence so they are not left wondering if the power blackout in their town/area is a main substation problem. What would be the center/main frequency of the EMP/RF pulse if any. Just wondering.

[@TheTyrial86]

Because something that small and that sensitive can be tripped from your electrical system in your home, like appliances, or conduction from other things in your house.

[@michaelharris1455]

and the emp would probably fry the electronics in IT, too....

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

Your suggestion is viable, a detector that informs you if your power goes out because of EMP. Would have to be cheap. Word of mouth about EMP would spread rapidly anyway.

[@jmurphy6767]

Because the warning would be simultaneous with the damage.

[@5thhorseman559]

Excellent series.

[@PamelaMcKay]

Thank you for this information!!

[@JugglesGrenades]

Even if your car is not damaged by an EMP, just think of all that gasoline in underground tanks at the gas stations... with no electricity to run the pumps.

[@pazi402]

You would have to figure out a way to hand pump from the tank to your vehicle without being jumped!

[@gizmofire]

I believe he incorrectly answered a question. He understood the question as the emp pulse would electrocute you and the question was the electricity induced in a mental object would electrocute you.

[@everettumphrey]

Good to know, shared. Thank you

[@Mercurio-Morat-Goes-Bughunting]

Copper scourer's instead of conducting cloth. They're made from a conducting mesh, they're cheaper, and they stop induction damage dead. I've used these to protect 3.5" floppy disks from magnetic and induction damage on Melbourne's trains and trams back in the 1990s and it made a huge difference to the durability of 3.5 inch media.

[@JonBvideostuff]

How would you rebuild things like those transformers without electricity? Hand tools?

[@dirtyd9792]

There built over seas mostly in Germany.

[@allangibson8494]

They are mostly hand made now - one of the slow delivery issues, the other being the time it takes high voltage varnish to dry.

[@diyanzlatev]

How does the isolation of the three national grids (by damaging interconnects) prevent each from continuing to function autonomously? He glossed over that.

[@allangibson8494]

@@diyanzlatev The biggest problem is damage to generation station transformers. Each one is custom built so an insulation failure is a major problem. Surge protectors are however becoming more common in new installations at both the generation and load ends. On the other hand - power stations capable of islanded black starts have become very rare, most need grid power to bootstrap themselves (this was the problem at Fukushima - no grid, emergency generation failed (Fukushima had its emergency generator in the basement and it flooded (killing two operators)), plant goes boom).

[@dodgeplow]

@@diyanzlatev I think he was implying that if one grid were damaged they wouldn't be able to shunt power from an adjacent grid.

[@MrKtrl]

Thank you!

[@brianhenson6141]

It reminds me what can be done with the right frequency, because when I was a kid back in the 70s I had a pair of toy walkie-talkies and it had a Morse code feature on the side and I played with and held the button just so, so that it emitted a long steady hum instead of short beeps and needless to say after a couple of minutes the downstairs TV abruptly shut off and then my dad yelled what the hell are you doing up there!!, LOL!

[@williampeek7943]

Specifically what components or electrical equipment in vehicles or computers would be affected by the EMP? I.E. batteries , wires, circuit boards, etcetera. Also, would a Faraday cage protect vulnerable electronics from an EMP?

[@BonnieBlue2A]

While I like Dr. Arthur Bradley’s work, I tend to trust Dr. Peter Pry on the EMP Commission as the final word on this topic. I believe the two of them are fairly close on their opinions.

[@NL-gn2dl]

Dr. Bradley's approach is more practical for ordinary folks. Dr. Pry and the commission report, and the congressional report, are focusing on the national and macro grid level.

[@hansolo7205]

IF it happened, it would make the walking dead look like Disney land. I think the question is do you want to live under those conditions?

[@chaddelong998]

correct. the zombie apocalypse is the absolute best scenario we could ask for. the enemy is obvious, the infrastructure stays intact. the EMP is devastation to humanity. it will bring out the absolute worst of all of us. hunger. a cold restart would take decades considering the massive loss of life and societal breakdown. how many engineers and scientists will survive the chaos? how willing will they be to engage with others to help rebuild everything by hand? in a year, all we will have left will be the sneakiest, most ruthless, tactical manipulators. reset the calendar to 1500AD and lets try again.

[@benthere8051]

Would welded wire fabric work? It depends on the wavelength but I don't know what frequencies are involved. 1/2" WW fabric would be good up to 5 GHz.

[@chuckchuck-ei1ss]

How about an enclosure made up from space blankets? Metallic & cheap as hell. Could that work?

[@thomasmyers9128]

I remember seeing a documentary about the Soviets setting off an emp as a test…. And weeks and months later they started have problems with generators and diesel motors breaking down… it was something unexpected…. but I can’t remember exactly what it was….😳

[@robertgelatt7625]

I wonder what effects if any an EMP would have on solar panels.

[@dodgeplow]

the panels would be fine. The voltage controllers, inverters, and, in the case of battery stored power, BMS units, however, would get damaged just like our cell phones and other electronic equipment.

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

@@dodgeplow No, the panels would be fried. The semiconductor junctions in the panel would be exposed to the EMP. You don't know what you are talking about.

[@BosleyBeats]

Keep spare coms (ham handhelds) in conductive protection along with small vehicles such as a ATV. Keep a small cache of electronics and small transport protected and fresh. Gives you a little bit of an edge in a SHTF scenario

[@HelgatheHorriblez]

BosleyBeats yeah, I was looking into how deep to bury things to protect them. I’m wondering if that would be more immediately cost effective, layering things in a metal trash can lined with mesh and cardboard maybe and sealed up, might help reduce it enough to not damage what’s inside. Who knows though.

[@zolozek3327]

@@HelgatheHorriblez I bought some of those little bunkers for burial. It might fit a gun or a gun. 😉✌️

[@zolozek3327]

@@HelgatheHorriblez by the way I got them at Amazon. Check them out

[@BosleyBeats]

Heather Conway nice and effective, practical thinking Heather. It’s worth an experiment for sure.

[@scott250r2]

I have a 75 GMC 4x4 truck and an 87trx250r quad. I would be Mobil if it happends

[@user-ji1xs3jl3s]

Nate, i saw premonitions over 1.5 years of nuclear bombs ( later this summer) and ET’s (fake first then real) but it started my prepping journey. I pop on here from time to time but it was valuable info to help so much. I gave all info to those who would listen, stock water, food, candles, secondary heating, etc. yesterday had family over, talked of all the things i have seen that came true, planes falling from the sky, war in middle east and all to watch for….and family asking again what they should do. I am just done, they have had over 1.5 years to prep to save, to be in better place for family. There are those who want to survive and those who want to just poke holes in everything. Free will, up to them. Thank you. Prep, be safe.

[@alphacentauri1757]

Do you think it could be over some countries or the entire world?

[@Maniac742]

EMP attacks are far more terrifying that people give them credit. They're one way to use nuclear warheads without inducing the "mutually assured destruction" outcome. EMP warfare strongly incentivizes striking first. If one side of a conflict successfully attacked the other with high altitude detonations before that side can launch its own warheads, it could inflict enough damage to prevent that side from being able to counter-attack entirely. You strike first and end it first. EMP does not disable or disrupt electronics. It destroys them. It induces currents into conductors that they were not rated to handle. They will either burn or melt, or both. Microchips cannot be repaired. They must be replaced. What's the problem with that? We use electronics to build electronics. Both the chips and the means to replace them, not to mention schematics, coding, and software, all of which are stored electronically, would be destroyed simultaneously. That could set back electronic advancement in the United States decades. All those fancy new fighter jets we have that are packed full of cutting edge electronic warfare suites? Gone. Your new electric vehicle with 1100 batteries and dozens of microchip controlled computers? Gone. Hell, even gasoline cars are heavily electronic dependent. Fuel injection alone, which is electronically controlled, will make the vehicle useless once destroyed. Not to mention steering, alternators, speed monitoring sensors, fuel level sensors, computer controlled accelerators, electronically actuated solenoids that engage your brakes. All of those things are essential to your vehicle's operation, and all of them would be gone. The power grid we depend on would almost certainly go down. In fact, Russian tests of EMP found that ceramic insulators on power lines were particularly vulnerable. So vulnerable, in fact, that they overheated to the point of break down and the power lines actually fell from their mounting posts. Imagine all of the power lines in your city falling down around you. EMP can cause actual physical damage to the power infrastructure beyond just destroying micro-electronics. All of those powerlines would have to be re-run and re-mounted. That would take years.

[@granite676]

I work in the energy sector and some of the larger substations have massive transformers that are filled with oil to cool them. The damage probably wouldn't damage the hv side of transformers but would destroy the modern telecomms that connect all substations for switching capacity. The older transformers are solidly built like tanks. Modern switchgear has been 'upgraded' to be ELECTRONICALLY controlled so would more than likely be very susceptible to large scale EMP. The modern age has taken us into relying on very small digital electronic devices with semi-conductors etc that MAY get damaged if they got a full EMP whack. Governments have probably run countless experiments on how much damage an EMP burst weapon can do and might not even think it would be worth the launching. One things for certain the following launches would be far worse in destructive capability and you wouldn't want to survive after that ,see kruschevs comment . 😟☹😔😞

[@WJV9]

EMP attack may not be nearly as bad a our sun hitting the earth with another "Carrington Event" by outburst of solar energy particles that will induce currents in our electrical power transmission wires.

[@danofthenorth2]

Would an EMP knock out Natural Gas? In other words if I had a generator that worked on natural gas would it work after an EMP?

[@kyleboland1820]

Yes

[@scundoorsup5342]

Still uses electronics , your generator would be phkd

[@bsalightning69]

Was wondering about how a half horse induction motor for a well pump would handle a EMP. Was hoping a surge protector would help....