EMP Myths Debunked by NASA Engineer | 2020

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[CRASS]

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

[RoboBreaker]

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

[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).

[jonathanhansen]

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

[dcummings]

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

[doctorartphd]

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

[Bootyhunter]

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!

[cryhavoc]

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

[IndigoXYZ]

Should have more guests on, great vid.

[mrf]

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)

[donnabrown]

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

[lanedexter]

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.

[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.?

[paulbland]

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.

[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.

[mcdevious]

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.

[johnndavis]

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.

[ApethGrader]

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

[Sagart]

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.