HOW TO PREPARE FOR EMP STRIKES

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2018 BY CLAYTON SEEK

When we think of power failures many have not factored in some being caused by electromagnetic pulse bursts. Various forms of electromagnetic pulse bursts occur daily, we are mostly unaware they happen or just don’t equate power failures and damaged electronic equipment to them. But the most deadly of them all are electromagnetic pulse weapon systems developed to attack a nation’s power grid. These electromagnetic pulse weapons our created to cause widespread disruption to a country’s electrical grid infrastructure, including damaging electronic devices, mostly communications equipment. If a weponized electromagnetic pulse struck this country causing us to lose power, we could literally go back to the Stone Age.

Electromagnetic pulse, (EMP) is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. EMP’s can be generated by natural phenomenon or man-made occurrences such as radiation, electrical, magnetic fields, or conducted electrical currents. Electromagnetic pulse interferences can be disruptive and damage electronic components. Higher levels of EMP bursts like solar radiation and lightening can be dangerous like causing breakout fires, physical damages to trees, buildings, and other large structures. EMP weapons are designed to produce high levels of damaging energy.

EMP Weapons

As mentioned before there are many different events that can generate electromagnetic pulses but the ones that could be most threatening are weapons developed to produce damaging levels of energy for malicious intent. There are groups and countries that are focused on taking down other nation’s electrical grid infrastructure by way of EMP strikes. The goal is to overtake their opponents by rendering them electrically impotent, therefore making it easier to attack. If our electrical grid were to suddenly go down long-term, that would mean interference with food production, water purification, communications, healthcare, travel, heating for winter time, air-conditioning in hot climates, construction, emergency protocols, the country’s defense systems, basically the collapse of society as we know it. A nuclear bomb can cause a wide spread electromagnetic pulse burst but that would expose enemy countries involved and give legitimate reason for the countries under attack to retaliate. The Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse, (NNEMP) systems are favorable because EMP bursts can be generated a little more discretely. These devices can be delivered as pay load on cruise missiles and drones detonating in low atmosphere or in the sky causing very little infrastructure damage to the targeted environment.

Irony

The more we built electronically advance systems in our society to depend on for our livelihood, the more we become vulnerable to EMP strikes from natural sources and man-made. The irony is that when we lived before the electronic boom we didn’t have to worry about becoming functionless because we had mechanical systems that didn’t need electricity to run. Today almost all our daily routines need some form of electrical equipment to accomplish our tasks and without them we could almost be totally functionless and cause our lives to come to a shocking halt.

Another threat we face is living in a toxic pool of invisible, harmful electromagnetic fields produced by our electronic systems. These electromagnetic fields are harmful because they are produced artificially by are electronic appliances causing an imbalance to the natural magnetic fields around us. Ever wonder why so many people now a days have trouble sleeping? The toxic pool of electromagnetic waves disrupts sleep partners. Our bodies need specific brain wave patterns to sleep with interference coming from our electrical devices sleep becomes difficult.

Also, by being surrounded in so many artificial electromagnetic fields this makes it very, very easy for EMP strikes to manifest because the environment is highly electrically conductive. The problem has already developed in the form of cell phone fires at gas stations. The gas vapors in the air makes it possible for cell phones to ignite into a burst of fire when transmitting and receiving calls, these are small scale EMP eruptions. As a precaution better to have cell phones turned off before entering gas stations. Also, lithium batters in portable devices are becoming problematic because they too are igniting into flame because of the overabundance of highly active artificial electromagnetic fields. Yet another example is when people build up high levels of electrostatic electricity then pick up their electronic portable devices and cause a discharge which shorts out components’ circuitry. These are just a few small examples of how we’ve turned our environment with electrical systems into a pool of harmful artificial electromagnetic fields that can cause dangerous outcomes in our society. If there were a large scale EMP blast, it would be very easy to wipe out our major electrical grid then we could be knocked back to the Stone Age. Question is how many would fair out since most of us have forgotten how to live without our electronic devices.

Preparation for EMP

The recommendations below are for an EMP strike that would cause long-term, total breakdown of the electrical grid and damage to mostly all electrical equipment.

Nonperishable Food

It’s a good idea to store nonperishable food so that if there were an electromagnetic pulse strike you could mitigate total loss of refrigerated food supply by having stored food available.

Gravity Water Filtration

Always have a simple backup nonelectrical system for cleansing drinking water. One great way to clean water is with a gravity carbon filtration system because it’s easy to setup and portable.

Kitchen Hand Tools

Without kitchen hand tools it would be a little difficult to open canned goods, grind down seeds or grains, and cut fibrous foods. Include manual can openers, grain grinders, coffee grinders, kitchen knives, and utensils in your supply.

Hand Tools

Power tools make construction and repairs easy but without electricity they become useless. It never hurts to have a full set of manual tools around.

Lighting

Obviously, if the power grid is down there won’t be any way to turn building lights on, having candles and gas lanterns are good inexpensive ways to produce light.

Fire Starter

Unless you’ve had some scouting experience in your past, starting fires for cooking and to keep warm can be complex. Get a good fire starter kit to simplify the process.

Portable Solar Power System

A portable solar power system can be useful if some electrical devices haven’t been totally damaged from an EMP strike.

Faraday Cage Container for Portable Electronics

Faraday cage is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. Use a Faraday cage container to store and protect small portable electronic components like communications devices and batteries.

Communication Devices

If you have a Faraday container you’ll want to store in it all or a combination of walkie-talkies, CB Radio, portable shortwave radio, flashlights, clocks, watches, and batteries.

Time

Keeping time for monitoring food shelf life and maintaining schedules can be possible with mechanical wind-up clocks and kinetic watches.

Bicycles

When you have to travel far and vehicles are nonoperational bicycles make a great substitution. For trips that may take time on foot you can get to your destinations quickly with a bicycle.

With all our technological advancements, we live in a toxic soup of harmful electromagnetic fields that can easily be tampered with an electromagnetic pulse burst. We won’t know the severity of a large scale EMP weapon strike until it’s too late. That’s why it’s important to take this matter serious and make preparation for the possibilities of going lights out long-term.

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