Judge Jeanine a warning to our electric power grid

[opsspec1991]

Judge Jeanine a warning to our electric power grid
Judge Jeanine on Fox News had an hour long program on tonight concerning the United States electric power grid. Everybody really needs to watch it however you can, the info you will view will make you really afraid that we are so venerable to an EMP (electronic magnetic pulse).

 

[opsspec1991]

Judge Jeanine Opening Statement 2/22/2014: An EMP Would Destroy Our Way Of Life And Leave Us in Total Darkness… Are You Ready?

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[Bluestar99]

I saw that. She really spelled out our vulnerability when it comes to our electric grid. Makes you really think.

 

[wolf_fire]

Two words: Faraday cage.

You may not get electrical supply, but if you have your own generator and protected your own house... you're good to go.

 

[BC1]

Two words: Faraday cage.

You may not get electrical supply, but if you have your own generator and protected your own house... you're good to go.

I wonder where I'll be able to get fuel for it though. If the gas pumps don't work we'll have to roast liberals to stay warm.

 

[wolf_fire]

I wonder where I'll be able to get fuel for it though. If the gas pumps don't work we'll have to roast liberals to stay warm.

I keep extra fuel on hand... however concerning "roasting liberals" for fuel... this is messy. They give off a lot of pollutants when burned... hell when they speak too. :smile:

 

[dcselby1]

This show was the full hour, but she has had at least four segments that I'm aware of regarding the electrical grid.

 

[opsspec1991]

Anyone who's watched the TV show Revolution will get a real good idea what it might be like if our power grid goes down.

 

[dcselby1]

Two words: Faraday cage.

You may not get electrical supply, but if you have your own generator and protected your own house... you're good to go.

OK. For HOW LONG??

 

[dcselby1]

Anyone who's watched the TV show Revolution will get a real good idea what it might be like if our power grid goes down.

So, how do they address most of the 100 plus nuclear reactors in just the US when they melt down? Doubt anyone would survive.

 

[CapGun]

For some insight read

I have to install my generator this spring which is sitting in my garage. Any idea on how to build a Faraday cage around it? I did read somewhere that if you left electronics like a radio in your car that would act like a Faraday cage.
AS for fuel as large a tank for propane. Then use the generator for a short while each day for necessities only. Of course this would be easier if the emergency wasn't an EMP attack. It obviously be forever but I bet you could stretch it out foe 3 mos. or more. I do want to buy an EMP proof vehicle. Wish I had my 1970 GTO Judge still! That sure was fun back in the day.

 

[Ringo]

OK. For HOW LONG??

Anyway you do the math, not long enough.

 

[BigSlick]

Anyone who's watched the TV show Revolution will get a real good idea what it might be like if our power grid goes down.

In 2006 a TV show called Jericho aired for one full season and had a short run of eight episodes for the second season. It was about a coordinated nuclear attack on 20 cities through out the US perpetrated by a shadow government corporate entity and how one small town coped with the uncertainty. The first season covered the gamute dealing with lawlessness, EMP's, fallout, you name it. The second season set the stage for the second American revolution. At the time it had very low ratings hence its rapid cancellation. Revolution is ok but Jericho was better and more realistic. If it ran today instead of 2006 it would be an instant hit. I stumbled across it by accident on the internet about 2 years ago and watched the entire first season on Hulu. I had to buy the DVD on ebay to watch the second season. If you can find it it's worth your time. It's sort of like the cast of 90210 meets the cast of The Walking Dead but with nuclear bombs.

Here is the plot summary on IMDB:

When Jake Green returns to his Kansas small-town home Jericho, where his dad Johnston is mayor, everyone is preoccupied with petty private business and family matters, but that changes drastically after a completely unexpected explosion. It soon becomes clear there has been a nuclear attack, but neither by whom nor on which scale. Suddenly life in Jericho, and as the inhabitants gradually discover all over the disintegrating USA, becomes a more primordial struggle for survival, where unexperienced dangers, primitive as well as technological, have to be weighed against pressing primal needs, such as food, fuel and self-defense against plunderers, invaders and even each-other. Jake, whose private story like that of other main characters slowly becomes disclosed to us, proves extremely resourceful and a smart hero, while his father's mayoral authority and even that of the only available medical professionals is soon challenged and undermined, criminal potentials are tapped into by circumstances and good people must rise to the daunting occasion assertively or perish. Even when contact is made with neighboring surviving towns, desperate rivalry soon cancels out solidarity. Furthermore, there is a well-equipped, hidden organization at work, which recently arrived Robert Hawkins belongs to...

 

[wolf_fire]

OK. For HOW LONG??

Ok, and after an EMP, how long before they get the grid back up or partially up. A few months, a year?

I'm good for that time.

Also, there are ways to harness electricity without carbon based fuels too.

 

[dcselby1]

If there is a widespread EMP in the United States as many envision covering, say 90% of the country, the grid won't be back up. I found a map a while back (forget where) that I saved and, based on this, should all of these reactors (or many of them) melt down, looks like we're pretty well screwed.
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[r1derbike]

Hmmm. One of those active reactor locations is a Babcock & Wilcox (remember 3-mile island?) design not too far from me. I know an engineer there who would be well-versed in EMP effects on reactors, if any, and whether plans are in place to minimize detrimental effects (of course they are). Might have to give him a ringy-ringy, with some questions I have.

Anyone could build a Faraday cage, but its ground system would have to be isolated from the mains. I'm not sure anything in it wouldn't be damaged anyway, if a catastrophic EMP with enough amplitude is encountered. Lots of variables, but having one is better than not having one, and I intend to have one with all my ham radio gear and other electronics tucked inside it. I fear after an EMP, the HF/VHF/UHF and beyond noise floor would be of such amplitude, to seriously interfere with RF communications in the area around ground zero. Hell, the RF blackout could extend much further, now that I think about it. Decisions, decisions.

My entire ham station, including HF/VHF/UHF amplifiers may be operated entirely off 12 volt batteries. Whatever electronics issues rear-up, I'll deal with them, if any of this tinfoil hattery becomes reality...

 

[Ringo]

If there is a widespread EMP in the United States as many envision covering, say 90% of the country, the grid won't be back up.

Your correct, the grid would never be back up. And the vast majority of the population would be dead within a year one way or another as a consequence. The total loss of electricity is simply the beginning of the nightmare, the tip of the iceberg. It's time for people to get real.

 

[dcselby1]

Hmmm. One of those active reactor locations is a Babcock & Wilcox (remember 3-mile island?) design not too far from me. I know an engineer there who would be well-versed in EMP effects on reactors, if any, and whether plans are in place to minimize detrimental effects (of course they are). Might have to give him a ringy-ringy, with some questions I have.

Anyone could build a Faraday cage, but its ground system would have to be isolated from the mains. I'm not sure anything in it wouldn't be damaged anyway, if a catastrophic EMP with enough amplitude is encountered. Lots of variables, but having one is better than not having one, and I intend to have one with all my ham radio gear and other electronics tucked inside it. I fear after an EMP, the HF/VHF/UHF and beyond noise floor would be of such amplitude, to seriously interfere with RF communications in the area around ground zero. Hell, the RF blackout could extend much further, now that I think about it. Decisions, decisions.

My entire ham station, including HF/VHF/UHF amplifiers may be operated entirely off 12 volt batteries. Whatever electronics issues rear-up, I'll deal with them, if any of this tinfoil hattery becomes reality...

R1derbike, when you talk to your buddy, let us know. If all of these plants melted down, seems like the entire country would be irradiated.

 

[dcselby1]

Your correct, the grid would never be back up. And the vast majority of the population would be dead within a year one way or another as a consequence. The total loss of electricity is simply the beginning of the nightmare, the tip of the iceberg. It's time for people to get real.

Seems like most would be dead before a year of radiation poisoning.

 

[r1derbike]

R1derbike, when you talk to your buddy, let us know. If all of these plants melted down, seems like the entire country would be irradiated.

I'll do that. He recently retired (a few weeks ago, or he said he was going to) and I have one of his sidearms. If he wants it back, he better sing like a songbird!