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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3556558, member: 77814&quot;]Many of the &quot;prepper&quot; documents such as this state</p><p><a href="https://www.askaprepper.com/vehicles-emp-survival/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.askaprepper.com/vehicles-emp-survival/" rel="nofollow">https://www.askaprepper.com/vehicles-emp-survival/</a></p><p>&quot;The survivors of a major EMP event are going to have to adjust to doing without a lot of technology that we take for granted right now. Most electronics will be fried beyond repair and <i><u>it will be years – in some cases decades – before anyone is able to start making replacements</u></i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus I assume that means a worldwide EMP attack to prevent shipping from unaffected location.&nbsp; Of course if not a &quot;global EMP thing&quot; then manufacturing/shipping stuff from unaffected locations shouldn&#039;t take decades (plural).</p><p><br /></p><p>In the Detroit area, people would just pull out their classic cars and go about driving around. Imagine the Uber rates you could charge.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; In certain neighborhoods older cars outnumber newer cars, so they would have working automobiles. (remember too, you don&#039;t have to have a functional dash, speedometer or blinkers to drive; you need need basic functionality for mobility - press the gas/brake and go).&nbsp; In Cuba they have bunches of old cars&nbsp; <a href="https://thenewswheel.com/why-does-cuba-have-so-many-classic-cars/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thenewswheel.com/why-does-cuba-have-so-many-classic-cars/" rel="nofollow">https://thenewswheel.com/why-does-cuba-have-so-many-classic-cars/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, they may have to fix the alternator initially.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nowadays, they also wrap houses etc with the aluminum insulation, which I think in that previous link I gave listed it as something to use for your house/garage.</p><p><br /></p><p>but preppers don&#039;t want to hear these things ...</p><p><br /></p><p>ooh, and make sure you don&#039;t have an electronic lock on your safe, unless it&#039;s one of those EMP shielded ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>forgot to add ... in one such EMP test with cars &amp; trucks up to 2002</p><p><a href="http://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html</a></p><p>&quot;Automobiles were subjected to EMP environments under both engine turned off and engine turned on conditions.&nbsp; No effects were subsequently observed in those automobiles that were not turned on during EMP exposure.&nbsp; The most serious effect observed on running automobiles was that the motors in three cars stopped at field strengths of approximately 30 kV/m or above.&nbsp; In an actual EMP exposure, these vehicles would glide to a stop and require the driver to restart them.&nbsp; Electronics in the dashboard of one automobile were damaged and required repair.&nbsp; Other effects were relatively minor.&nbsp; Twenty-five automobiles exhibited malfunctions that could be considered only a nuisance (e.g., blinking dashboard lights) and did not require driver intervention to correct.&nbsp; Eight of the 37 cars tested did not exhibit any anomalous response.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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