Aug 27, 2011 -- 3:08PM, Paravani wrote:

Aug 27, 2011 -- 2:53PM, jane2 wrote:

Claudia

This one just didn't fly.

The Heritage Foundation ??? Right-wing fear mongers.

Hi, Jane!

Sorry, which link?

Certainly, some links to EMP may be posted by "wingnuts", but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

If you'll do an online search, you'll find many, many, MANY reputable sources of information and "fear-mongering".  EMP has also been the topic of the recent "GRID" act in Congress -- more on that later.

The bottom line here is that just because only physicists and electrical engineers understand our vulnerability doesn't mean it isn't real.  You may not understand how EMP works (I do, BTW, having a BS in electrical engineering), but please don't mistake your ignorance of a phenomenon as proof that it doesn't exist, or as evidence that only "wingnuts" are concerned.

Again, raise the topic with your genius grandson, and see what he says about it.  If he doesn't think Grandma needs to be coddled and sheltered from scary information, he'll probably tell you some really interesting stuff -- that is, if he's studied it at all.

Love,

-- Claudia

 

Different radars, Claudia.

My son, dad of genius grandson will visit it me next week-end--solo trip.He did two years of EE at the Coast Guard Academy and switched to applied math when he resigned and went to GA TECH. Said son  found EE too confining and looked for a more creative field.

This coming semester my grandson will study special relativity, but also electronic music composition.

My degree is in English Lit, languages, history, philosophy,theology--the humanities.

I still refuse to live in constant fear, which this tends toward for me.We do have engineers who post here. And engineers who oversee national priorities. Vigilance is always prudent.

Jane

"The Heritage Foundation ??? Right-wing fear mongers."

 

 

YEP

Aug 27, 2011 -- 3:08PM, Paravani wrote:

Aug 27, 2011 -- 2:53PM, jane2 wrote:

Claudia

This one just didn't fly.

The Heritage Foundation ??? Right-wing fear mongers.

Hi, Jane!

Sorry, which link?

Certainly, some links to EMP may be posted by "wingnuts", but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

If you'll do an online search, you'll find many, many, MANY reputable sources of information and "fear-mongering".  EMP has also been the topic of the recent "GRID" act in Congress -- more on that later.

The bottom line here is that just because only physicists and electrical engineers understand our vulnerability doesn't mean it isn't real.  You may not understand how EMP works (I do, BTW, having a BS in electrical engineering), but please don't mistake your ignorance of a phenomenon as proof that it doesn't exist, or as evidence that only "wingnuts" are concerned.

Again, raise the topic with your genius grandson, and see what he says about it.  If he doesn't think Grandma needs to be coddled and sheltered from scary information, he'll probably tell you some really interesting stuff -- that is, if he's studied it at all.

Love,

-- Claudia

 

Interesting attempt to try to legitimize rthese paranoid ideas by trying to make people believe that ALL "physicists and electrical engineers" AGREE with what you've posted from Rightwing religious End Time conspiracy nutz.

But  OOOPS--you've presented NO PROOF that they all do.

 

Agreed, Wgal.

I was reminded of that 50's nuclear attack aftermath novel, _On the Beach_, about survivors' basically fruitless efforts to survive awhile longer.

Five days' worth of stored water and food might be useful after a hurricane or earthquake in areas prone to those, but I can't see a great deal of usefulness where catastrophes might leave you needing them but more than likely you won't ever in a very long lifetime.

I'm simply not into fearmongering enough to appreciate alarms such as this one, I suppose.