CAJ: Doomsday Preppers 4

The extent of an EMP

The effects of an EMP occur within line of site of the burst. The higher in the atmosphere the atomic bomb explodes the larger the area covered by the EMP is. To calculate the extent of the effect of the EMP the following formula can be used. 

R(tangent)=R(earth) cos-1 ( R(earth) / (R(earth) + HOB))

where R(earth) equals approximately 6371 km

Here you can see the approximate effects radius according to the height of the burst:

 40 km (height of burst) =>  712 km

 50 km (height of burst) => 796 km

100 km (height of burst) =>1,121 km

200 km (height of burst) =>1,576 km

300 km  (height of burst) => 1,918 km

400 km (height of burst) => 2,201 km*

If an EMP hit a large part of the United States it would not cause just a temporary power outage. It could take months or even years to get power back to most of the United States. Electronic equipment and power generating equipment in power plants themselves would be damaged and there will be no way of easily replacing this equipment. Even if the blackout were only for weeks, the disruption to the United States would be immense.

A major EMP over a large part of the United States would cause all major transportation systems to break down. Most means of communication would not be possible.

http://www.thepropheticyears.com/comments/Imminent%20danger%201%20-%20Electromagnetic%20Pulse%20explosion%20(EMP)%20over%20the%20United%20States.htm 

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Immortality... does not exist!

After-death avatars are a doubtful new invention which allows people to talk/chat with beloved deceased person. Since, according to me, they can fuck people's minds up I decided to create a PSA against death-avatars. 

Setting: A couple is sitting on the sofa watching a soccer match. The wife is talking about her day; however the husband doesn’t listen to her and is instead watching the match on TV.

Wife: Robert, you never listen when I try to tell you about my day. What would you do if I told you someone tried to kill me today?

Husband (completely concentrated on the match): Of course sweetie, sounds like you had an interesting day. What’s for dinner?

Wife: I hate you! Maybe I’ll get run over by a bus tomorrow. (starts screaming) Could you at least listen for 5 minutes?!

Husband: Honey, even if you or I die tomorrow, we can still keep in touch. That’s why they invented after-death avatars. You will have even better conversations with my avatar than you have with me now. It will be as if I am still here.  So now let me watch the game.

At the end a public figure/ celebrity says: Don’t get fooled, when a beloved person dies we can’t get her back through some software. There’s only one reality and that’s the one you live in!