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A surge protector protects electronics from a surge in the power line. An EMP induces a surge of electric charge in all components that are susceptible, including the ones inside the device. Think of it like a power surge that doesn't come from one direction, the power line, but comes from all around and surges from within the device itself.

In that sense, a surge protector designed to protect from surges in the power main will not help against an EMP. I don't know the specifics of how an EMP would affect solid state electronics (such as microchips, etc.), but anything that can have an electric current induced in it would be vulnerable to some extent. It seems that devices that are turned off would be less vulnerable. It depends on a lot of factors, like I said, not just the characteristics of the weapon used but also the characteristics of the device, the geography, etc.

Solar storms, apparently, would not likely do much to computers and the like, but would primarily harm the power grid.

The only true protection from an EMP would be to "harden" your electronics by use of a Faraday cage.

Most of this information is just what I've gleaned from a few minutes of Google. There's really a lot out there about this particular subject. I'm a bit of a physics nerd, but I am by no means an expert on any of this.

A Faraday cage is really a very simple device. A very basic way to shield, for instance, a pocket radio would be to wrap it in plastic wrap or in a sandwich bag and then wrap that in aluminum foil. If you wanted to be super sure you could then wrap that in plastic and then another layer of aluminum foil.

The metal deflects the electromagnetism from the device. This same principle can be used in reverse, to keep cell phones from getting a signal and, presumably, to perhaps keep RF tracking chips from broadcasting a signal. The important thing is to make sure there are no gaps in the metal that the EM waves could get through.

A simple example is the mesh in the window of your microwave. The holes are small enough that microwave radiation cannot pass through them, effectively shielding you from the microwaves. Any EM waves smaller than that would pass through the holes.

Why should I be worried about that? The current university system is a money racket and I know how to farm and live off the land, and have the land to do it. Unemployment is only a problem for people unwilling to do the jobs that no one wants to do; that's why immigrants are so successful at getting jobs.

I'm more concerned about how vulnerable our power grid is. An EMP attack may not happen, but a solar event is inevitable. Unemployment won't kill as many people as a world without electricity will.

In theory, HAARP could be used as an EMP.
sadly, HAARP is much more complex and dangerous than that.

thanks obscurus. i have alot of reading on these topics to catch up on...got overwhelmed with it all for awhile. But "going" to sleep on all these topics would be foolish now. Must trudge on and try to prepare how we can i suppose.

Panic would be just what they want, as Truthers we need to be like beacons of sanity to the sheeple in times of mass panic.

I believe the timing to be off, it seems to me that if it occurs it will be close to august/fall months.

huh sounds like the shits about to hit the fan all comunication will be down