Thursday, 24 October 2013

Electromagnetic Pulse Attack

By Willie E. Vazquez


Protecting your electrical devices from an EMP attack means you will have to safeguard them from the effects of electromagnetic pulse. Being the victim of a nuclear, or non-nuclear EMP attack from a hostile country is a real threat.Following the detonation of a nuclear bomb from 25 to 250 miles above the horizon line, the magnetic field lines of the earth would be disrupted by a massive pulse of x-rays and gamma radiation-containing photons. Electrons trapped in the field lines of the earth would cause a dangerous fluctuating electric current capable of disabling electronic equipment.
[How To Protect From An Emp]


People at home in their houses should have a safe, perhaps with an inner lining of these materials to park their electronics at night. Back up hard drives for important financial institutions, government operations, emergency services, military operations should be stored in rooms, which are underground and lined with these materials.

The Graham Commission recommends storing electrical grid components and any hard to make devices that are necessary to keep our infrastructure working.US citizens are not prepared for an EMP attack. Most people do not have more than three days-worth of food and water stored. Many do not have batteries on hand for flashlights, radios or other equipment for any length of time. Most people have no idea what an EMP attack is and how it could affect them.

Citizens who are interested in protecting their data or electronics should be able to buy such items as these boxes at Wal-Mart or Home Depot for $24.95 to fit a couple of laptops and four family cell phones. There is more and more talk about a detonation device launched high above our country or a suit case pulse detonation EMP bomb being deployed atop a building in a large city instantly frying all you electronics.

Following an EMP attack above the United States, a rapid and complete breakdown of our infrastructure would happen. Like a house built of cards when one supporting card is pulled out, our electronic infrastructure would come crashing down in seconds.Faraday Cage.You can protect your own devices by keeping them in containers made from aluminum or copper, commonly referred to as faraday cages. Your protected devices will be able to resist electromagnetic pulse effects.A galvanized metal trash can lined with insulation like thick cardboard makes a great EMP shelter. Metal filing cabinets work well too as long as the devices you are protecting do not come in contact with the metal cabinet.You can wrap smaller electronic devices in aluminum foil, but be sure to wrap them in plastic first and use two or three layers of foil.

We know today that our military, government and many financial institutions have their important data stored underground in salt mines, yet most all facilities which run the flows of our civilization are kept out in the open in simple structures using mundane building materials which often cannot even survive a small Tornado, Hurricane, flood, fire or eco-terrorist. We need to be thinking here on ways to protect our electronics and protect them from EMP. Think about it.




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