Locking down America doesn't take a stroke of specific brilliance, so DHS doesn't have to be concerned with something like EMP.
EMP is a blast of energy from something like a nuclear detonation. It propagates, getting weaker along the way. As it travels, induction causes energy to enter whatever circuits it crosses, and by crossing, I mean other than parallel to a wire. That burst of energy burns any delicate parts, such as IC chips, transistors or points.
It's no mystery, and a nuclear device detonated high over Kansas is not going to wipe out the electrical components of the U.S., as movies make out to be, or some people let on to be possible.
As Leon stated, my first concern is the blast, which is going to shred me with flying debris as it turns me into flying debris. The heat will also be problematic as my face melts off. Not that my face will be much use, as the blinding light will have smoked the ol' eyeballs. These are the first concerns over anything that will produce EMP of any importance. Chances are, if I am not close enough to be concerned with these things, I am not going to be close enough to have to worry about EMP.
There are much greater things to worry about.
Agreed. Let's you and me play devil's advocate for a moment and throw some more realistic scenarios out there.
Say my solar storm theory comes true, probably as close to an EMP event as you'll get. Ok SO- the earth is suddenly and unexpectedly bathed in the coronal ejection of an annual rogue solar flare spoken of in legend and conspiracy theories on youtube. What's going to happen first is you'll hear and see anomalies and events in the sky. You would hear roaring and humming noises from the sky as most of the initial impact was deflected by the magentic field of earth. You would hear something like giant power transformers humming and see waves of obvious white light through the sky. As the growing coronal fire and solar radiation began crashing against the starship enterprise-like 'shields' of our planet, the magnetic field would deform and shift like a candle flame in a slight wind.
Cell phones and higher end VHF equipment would immediately start acting up like my phone did a few weeks ago, some to the point of severe malfunctioning that would render such radios, police scanners and transceivers all but useless in the growing storm of radio noise and electrostatic activity. Dish TV, Dish network and Hughesnet customers would begin seeing static on their signals and soon lose all connectivity. Soon after that, the satellites would begin acting up in ways that are too random for IT professionals to counter and begin falling into the sky or get thrown from orbit like water off a shaking dog. GPS systems would go haywire and barely function, tingling the sphincters of hundreds of commercial airline pilots worldwide. Truckers would begin crowding already failing airwaves over the CB on every interstate from here to Fairbanks. Communication would be quickly reduced to land line phones and courier, which would back up worldwide systems to the point of nothing but a busy signal in most cases. Car radios would pick up on several channels at once, the sound too garbled to decipher. Only people close would be able to hear one another on a CB with the squelch set high.
As the onslaught continues, computer services and internet begin to garble and get clogged as millions of people turn to it for information. Servers overheat, banks of data processors get fed jumbled instructions and reset often. All hell breaks loose as far as IT professionals are concerned. Iphones give error messages, android phones start asking
US questions and the Bermuda triangle comes
right up to your doorstep.
That night, as a tense population looks to the sky, they witness wild and never before seen auroras over every town and section of the globe. Peacock waves of blues and reds and yellows flow through the sky like some dire portent from the bible. People begin to talk of
revelation and
end times. Millions flood the streets, only making travel and problems worse. People begin to worry. Hours later, chaos sets in as governmental agencies attempt to help like bad, under-prepared and uncaring parents. Suicides occur. People panic and quickly fall to mob mentality in several regions.
Never one to waste a good catastrophe, the governments raise up in arms and assure everyone that they have the answer despite only repeating what everyone already knows. Emergency power is assumed all across the world, by means of the barrel of a gun. Cities are locked down, roads are closed and utilities are immediately rationed. Riots break out. Military and police across the globe are spread thin, leading to tense confrontations that in turn lead to tense gunfights and revolts with terrifying speed. Those protecting their own band together. Areas are evacuated. Without the ability to communicate over long distances, even military relief cannot function. Sheeple across the globe rail against the current system, blaming it for the act of god.
Meanwhile, world leaders conspire with their remaining powerbase to enact new and Hitlerian laws that benefit only themselves. Collectives are formed and demands made within only
days.
See, humans are highly intelligent PACK PRIMATES-
The only ones of our kind. Any alpha male knows that it only takes one dog to lead the pack. Big money and the promise of riches gets shit done. That has never changed. 10% of us understand this. And coincidentally about 10% of us are preppers.
Scary enough? That's far short of an EMP event as they tell it, and it's
bad enough. Screw EMP Armageddon, HUMAN Armageddon and HUMANS are what we should worry about foremost because
we are our own worst enemy. There is nothing more dangerous on this world than us and nothing more immediately destructive by a longshot. Give me an EMP and we will survive it. Give me a horde of angry, hungry people and I have my doubts.
Can an EMP happen?
Theoretically.
Can people turn against each other at the beheadst of sly politician's words following such an event?
Definitely.
As for threat levels, my money is riding on people.
God bless
-Leon
