Keep a Cat D11 in a faraday cage to rule the post EMP world
Just imagine when an EMP takes out our grid?
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Agreed the US would be proper f'd if an EMP hit, but I'd say this thread is not about the ignorant masses but rather about the smaller portion that is aware of it's surroundings and wants to discuss/plan for an unlikely scenario.CDUB98 said:
Can we just all agree that the US would be proper ****ed if an EMP hit and call it a day on this thread?
Call it the end of US 1.0 with the ignorant masses and the beginning of US 0.1 with whomever is left
. Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Why the fear porn?
Real porn isn't allowed on TexAgs.
Speaking of,LeonardSkinner said:Real porn isn't allowed on TexAgs.Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Why the fear porn?
Analog porn might be a good thing to have stashed away for the hard times.
Stat Monitor Repairman said:Speaking of,LeonardSkinner said:Real porn isn't allowed on TexAgs.Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Why the fear porn?
Analog porn might be a good thing to have stashed away for the SOFT times.
FIFY
Simple, fearless living outdoors with a tent, knife, axe, skillet, and water purification system.
so if I am going to build out a basement bunker on Hilton Head island- do I have to create a company of soldiers to defend Peak Creek as the only fresh water source on the island?
good luck in the winter- even here in Maryland today there is 4 inches of snow.TRADUCTOR said:
Simple, fearless living outdoors with a tent, knife, axe, skillet, and water purification system.
not if it's 3 nukes exploding in the atmoshpere simultaneously over the west coast, chicago and new yorkaggiehawg said:
EMP attacks do have a geograpically limited effects.
Hurricanes and tornados take out electricity in areas, too. But relief can still come in from other areas not affected.
unfortunately at the end of the worldStat Monitor Repairman said:Speaking of,LeonardSkinner said:Real porn isn't allowed on TexAgs.Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Why the fear porn?
Analog porn might be a good thing to have stashed away for the hard times.
the LAST thing you are going to be thinking about is hot chicks
Stat Monitor Repairman said:Speaking of,LeonardSkinner said:Real porn isn't allowed on TexAgs.Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Why the fear porn?
Analog porn might be a good thing to have stashed away for the hard times.
Adding that to the bug out bag…
Jericho season 1 was outstandingApache said:Was that show any good?Quote:
This is pretty much what would begin to happen:
season 2 started to unravel as it seemed that the enemy was not the North koreans or Iranians but... the CIA.
still it was worth it for Alicia Coppolla
LMCane said:
been reading my new "One Second After" delivered a few days ago-
nearly 3/4 way through it!
it's pretty hokey dialogue and does not ring true as the way people actually speak
but the underlying story is pretty awesome and engrossing
who else has read this
I just reread the 3 novels and finished the 4th novel yesterday.
you recommend?AlaskanAg99 said:LMCane said:
been reading my new "One Second After" delivered a few days ago-
nearly 3/4 way through it!
it's pretty hokey dialogue and does not ring true as the way people actually speak
but the underlying story is pretty awesome and engrossing
who else has read this
I just reread the 3 novels and finished the 4th novel yesterday.
also incredibly the south is fatter than the north, and their diabetes pills and other drugs would rapidly run outP.U.T.U said:
It is so hot and we won't have any way to preserve meat without refrigeration. Most people won't be able to get food plots developed enough to prevent starvation.
imagine being obese and trying to survive with no car, no drugs, no food, and heat.
Yes, they're all quick reads.
I just read Patriots, first time I had ever heard the term 'Quisling', so had to look it up. The next day, someone is using it on the forum. Go figure. The author used 'Schumer' as a replacement for a specific cuss word, as in "we were in the Schumer" or "the Schumer hit the fan".LMCane said:
been reading my new "One Second After" delivered a few days ago-
nearly 3/4 way through it!
it's pretty hokey dialogue and does not ring true as the way people actually speak
but the underlying story is pretty awesome and engrossing
who else has read this
LMCane said:not if it's 3 nukes exploding in the atmoshpere simultaneously over the west coast, chicago and new yorkaggiehawg said:
EMP attacks do have a geograpically limited effects.
Hurricanes and tornados take out electricity in areas, too. But relief can still come in from other areas not affected.
If 3 nukes explode over those cities, the emp issue is one of the least ****ed things going on at the time.
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.
Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
If 3 nukes explode over those cities, the emp issue is one of the least ****ed things going on at the time.
An EMP is a problem when nukes are exploded high in the atmosphere, far too high to cause damage on the ground.
CanyonAg77 said:Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
If 3 nukes explode over those cities, the emp issue is one of the least ****ed things going on at the time.
An EMP is a problem when nukes are exploded high in the atmosphere, far too high to cause damage on the ground.
I get that.
I'm saying that we've got other really messed up issues that are more pressing. The emp is the side effect of a much worse disease.
I don't see a reasonable scenario where nukes are exploded only for their emp capabilities.
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.
That essentially the plot of the novels. A Rouge nation/actor manages to get only 2. High altitude burst results in catastrophic damage as the citizens destroy society and the death toll is 80%. Plus no real nuclear damage. Much more effective than popping one off at ground level and wrecking a city when you can destroy entire nations.
Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:CanyonAg77 said:Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
If 3 nukes explode over those cities, the emp issue is one of the least ****ed things going on at the time.
An EMP is a problem when nukes are exploded high in the atmosphere, far too high to cause damage on the ground.
I get that.
I'm saying that we've got other really messed up issues that are more pressing. The emp is the side effect of a much worse disease.
I don't see a reasonable scenario where nukes are exploded only for their emp capabilities.
If you don't want to radiate the land you are conquering, and you don't want to use many warheads to hit the entire country, the use of three in a high atmosphere, can totally destroy the land and it's people from within. Wait a few months then March your military forces in through Canada and Mexicoif you have to.
Why hasn't this happened yet?
My new life goal is to be Ernie (minus the obnoxiousness)
Sarge 91 said:Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:CanyonAg77 said:Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
If 3 nukes explode over those cities, the emp issue is one of the least ****ed things going on at the time.
An EMP is a problem when nukes are exploded high in the atmosphere, far too high to cause damage on the ground.
I get that.
I'm saying that we've got other really messed up issues that are more pressing. The emp is the side effect of a much worse disease.
I don't see a reasonable scenario where nukes are exploded only for their emp capabilities.
If you don't want to radiate the land you are conquering, and you don't want to use many warheads to hit the entire country, the use of three in a high atmosphere, can totally destroy the land and it's people from within. Wait a few months then March your military forces in through Canada and Mexicoif you have to.
It makes for a great book but not reality
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.
Brother Shamus said:
Why hasn't this happened yet?
EMP - hasn't happened because only a few actors could pull that off, we'd almost certainly know who did it and they would be turned to glass in short order.
A debilitating grid cyber attack could cause similar effects and could be pulled off by a wide variety of state actors, terrorist groups, or individual hackers and it would be difficult to definitively place blame. Given all that, it is harder to figure out why that kind of attack hasn't happened yet.
As mentioned before, the other reason to harden the grid is for a Carrington Event. Which has happened.
https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event
https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event
AlaskanAg99 said:
As mentioned before, the other reason to harden the grid is for a Carrington Event. Which has happened.
https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event
I think we are coming up on a solar maximum in a couple of years. The 1859 Carrington event happened one year prior to a solar maximum.
Latest prediction is that solar maximum will occur between January and October 2024.
Been lurking on this thread but came across this today. Not a super significant event but interesting given the timing of this discussion.
https://www.newsweek.com/solar-storm-hitting-earth-gps-radio-issues-coronal-mass-ejection-1862699
https://www.newsweek.com/solar-storm-hitting-earth-gps-radio-issues-coronal-mass-ejection-1862699
Quisling was a Norwegian Nazi stooge who was in power until the end of the war- thus the term became synonymous with "traitor"Sethtevious said:I just read Patriots, first time I had ever heard the term 'Quisling', so had to look it up. The next day, someone is using it on the forum. Go figure. The author used 'Schumer' as a replacement for a specific cuss word, as in "we were in the Schumer" or "the Schumer hit the fan".LMCane said:
been reading my new "One Second After" delivered a few days ago-
nearly 3/4 way through it!
it's pretty hokey dialogue and does not ring true as the way people actually speak
but the underlying story is pretty awesome and engrossing
who else has read this
like the Norway version of "Benedict Arnold"
wessimo said:Brother Shamus said:
Why hasn't this happened yet?
EMP - hasn't happened because only a few actors could pull that off, we'd almost certainly know who did it and they would be turned to glass in short order.
A debilitating grid cyber attack could cause similar effects and could be pulled off by a wide variety of state actors, terrorist groups, or individual hackers and it would be difficult to definitively place blame. Given all that, it is harder to figure out why that kind of attack hasn't happened yet.
Iran won't care if they are turned to glass,
as long as the Twelfth Mahdi appears after Teheran annihilates Tel Aviv and the USA
I just finished The Jakarta Pandemic this morning, really happy I didn't read it before covid, because it would have made me paranoid af. A good read, though.
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