EMP: the enemy of our electric power grid
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debodun
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I think if there was a nuclear attack, electric power would not be the first concern of most people.
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Knight
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The grid as you have posted about is vulnerable. Those massive towers carrying power to substations aren't replaceable overnight. No power to substations no power to homes & businesses.
As for EMP a system of rerouting power least this seems to address distribution
are electric utilities capable of rerouting power - Bing
I haven't read anything about transmission power lines
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I just post information from various sources and don't lose sleep about anyone reading or not reading anything about transmission power lines.
I was going to post unaffected equipment in structures taken off the national grid would be all military and mission critical structures connected by EMP resistant underground cables, the cross continent undersea cables and major hospitals and allied medical facilities with massive EMP resistant reinforced underground rooms containing massive amounts of life sustaining medical equipment including oxygen and regular air. These underground bunkers also have the capability to have surgery performed in them. Good day.
www.thompsonpowersystems.com/resources/blog/requirements-of-hospital-generators/
www.appliedpowerengineering.com/blog/hospital-backup-generator-requirements
I was going to post unaffected equipment in structures taken off the national grid would be all military and mission critical structures connected by EMP resistant underground cables, the cross continent undersea cables and major hospitals and allied medical facilities with massive EMP resistant reinforced underground rooms containing massive amounts of life sustaining medical equipment including oxygen and regular air. These underground bunkers also have the capability to have surgery performed in them. Good day.
www.thompsonpowersystems.com/resources/blog/requirements-of-hospital-generators/
www.appliedpowerengineering.com/blog/hospital-backup-generator-requirements
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Lilac
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@Knight & @nyctrasit5950, I remember how long it took to get power back up in SW Ohio when Hurricane Ike went through in 2008. We found out real quick that no one carries a decent supply of transformers locally just to be used for weather emergencies. They had to ship those in & we had to wait for five days for our power to come back just on our road. I worked with others that had no power at their homes for about 10 days to two weeks. Electrical supplies are like any other company that practices just-in-time-manufacturing/storage.
I don't even want to think of how long it would take for the larger electrical components that would need replaced from weather damage let alone an EMP. The sun could cause a bad EMP, but an intentional EMP could cover massive areas of the US.
One Second After is good book for someone who isn't familiar with what could be possible during an intentional attack. Yes, it's a fictional story, but it should make you think about the what if's.
I don't even want to think of how long it would take for the larger electrical components that would need replaced from weather damage let alone an EMP. The sun could cause a bad EMP, but an intentional EMP could cover massive areas of the US.
One Second After is good book for someone who isn't familiar with what could be possible during an intentional attack. Yes, it's a fictional story, but it should make you think about the what if's.
Perhaps you should start posting some comments about your links so 1) we know where you stand and 2) we don't have to watch the entire video to get the gist of it. You've made it clear that you don't care whether anyone reads about it but you've given us nothing to read.
If this is something that might really affect our lives you should make a statement about it.I, for one, am not just going to watch some random video that someone posts without an explanation at to why I should watch it.