The idea of a high altitude EMP — otherwise known as an electromagnetic pulse — is enough to make a calm person no longer calm and collected! It is likely that a human-made pulse of energy that will, in theory, destroy the electronic's infrastructure as we know it.
If and when that should happen that means no lights, laptops, clocks, TVs, radios — anything that needs electricity to run. It also has been suggested that if something like this should happen that cars and other vehicles will also go down because of the electronic systems that are integrated!
Speaking of cars, since there is a 50-50 chance you may be at work and away from home during an EMP it's important to be prepared. Yes, a bug out bag is important, but better yet is a ‘get home bag' that'll have supplies that will keep you going until you reach your destination — a bug out retreat or home.
After all, it's hard to know where you'll be when an EMP strikes and SHTF — most likely at work — or how long it will take for you to reunite with loved ones or retreat into the woods until it's safe to come out.
For tips on what to pack and what to do when an EMP hits at work, go over to the next page!
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For this realistic possibility I have a simple Bob in my truck
Everytime I leave my house, I plan to walk home with a full pack. Get into that mindset and you will never be let down. I have changed my B.O.B. recently. I removed the MRE I usually keep in it and opted with a 3 day ration bar set. It’s easier to manage in the event it takes me longer than a day to get home.
My edc should get me home..if not there are 3 gas stations and a sporting goods store between home and work
Luckily I work just a few hours walk from home and I’m confident that my EDC bag would get me home comfortably.
Maddie
I have a long travel between work and home but I have various friends houses I can stop at along the way. Realistically it could be 2 or 3 days home for me so that network is nice to know I have.
Travis W. Cooksey Jason Thompson
Thanks for sharing
Portable radio. Ferriday cage. Edc. Travel at night. Blend in. Idk about this article. Everyone should have an evacuation plan from work but leaving immediately may not always be wise.
Or…Think how you would get your kids from school. The last thing I want is the government watching my child if this should happen!
That is a nightmare scenario for me…. Considering I work night shift in a group home with low functioning non ambulatory vulnerable adults
Hahaha, I work an hour from home, I am planning on Debowing a bike if my car isn’t working. I have a BOB with multi-tool, 2 different ways to make fire, Mylar blanket, 50 ft of 550 cord, roll of duct tape, knife, hiking boots, change of clothes, trail mix I rotate. I am going to get 2 MREs. Still I am hoofing it to wally world and going shopping for a bike.
Read the novel series “going home”. Has great info on this article in wrapped up in a book
Thanks for sharing. I have already have these steps in place… in fact Damien Castro I also have my bicycle in the back of my work Truck. I even have a set plan in place with the wife n kids and who I’ll pick up from school first and then the other via bicycle. I retrofitted my bike with pegs so the kids can stand on the back and hold on…… lol call me crazy or call me prepared……. but it’s what the military trained me for….. lol been working on two large Faraday cages for some items already.
I’ve been wanting to do a few Faraday cages as well.
Last night laying in bed, my mind was wandering and thinking this same thing. I keep an emergency bag in my car to accommodate me and my family of four, but was pondering what would happen if an emp hit while I was at work. With only a 12 mile commute, it wouldn’t take me long to get home. But the irony of all of this is that this post hit today, and I walked myself through this entire scenario not even 24 hours ago.
This has always been a concern for me. Considering I work anywhere between 4-7 hours from my wife and 2 sons. Granted we live in Montana. But if a situation happened like this. 300+ miles is a long way. Especially if I need to get home quick.
Try being a truck driver I’m always hours if not days from home
Truck got a sleeper? Can accommodate a lot in a semi truck that has a sleeper
Maybe not what can carry to get home but to sustain you out of the truck temporarily if run into problems
True but if the truck can’t roll then it’s gonna be a long hike home I’m not to worried my get home bag is well stocked
A man-made emp is the same as a major nuclear strike. Cooling systems shut down then all diesel fuel needs to transported to each reactor. That’s a major I infrastructure in itself. 132 nuclear bases in the U.S alone. If the grid goes down we will look like mars in a few generations.
CHECK! …just repacked mine, last night.
Yea it’s a scary thought.
Jeff Hess it would take me 14.5 hours to walk home. I’m never going to work again
Juli Troiano lol have to find a work from home job. It would take me 9.5 hours to walk. Then again that’s taking the direct route assuming that’s an option.
this scares the crap out of me
Juli Troiano yes it’s a dangerous scenario but don’t let it. Fear is thinking with your own limitations. What does God tell you?
I know but I can’t walk 14 hours! Plus losing the ability to communicate with people to make sure they’re ok? I’m keeping a bug out bag full of brown paper bags to hyperventilate into
Juli Troiano hahaha well if that helps you.
I am very fortunate. I live just a few blocks from the shop I work in. My house butts against the school property where the 3 youngest kids go ( K through 8 ). I work for the school district and have a truck with tools for maintenance. Everything from the foundation to the roof , electrical, HVAC , plumbing and what I feel is the most important of all ….. I’m the district lock smith. If it came to it I could visit the dry goods pantry .
Randy Rhea
Lets see, we need a bug out bag, a get home bag, and a kiss your tail good bye bag.
Sabrena Bryan Goley
What do you mean if your car is affected? If your car relys on a working alternator to run, the vast majority are, you’re stuffed. Any car with a chip controlling the fuel will be an ornament. No one will waste an EMP on a low populated area. They will be deployed at major cities. I don’t think you will have a nice little walk to the woods and fresh water from there. Your home will be the best form of shelter and clothing. If you want to be prepped from an EMP, buy a trail bike that is not electric start and fit it to carry extra fuel. This story is just a scare campaign. Simplicity will be the key to enduring an EMP attack.
Nothing to see here folks, we stand a better chance of being over run by Martians
Law and order will be out the window. A good folding knife and small hand gun will help insure you get home. Others will try to rob you. Plan on it.
First thing to do, buy candles a lot of it!
has its points
Anybody that knows or studied anything regarding EMP’s will know that electronic devices will only be affected if they are on at the time of a pulse. If a car is parked and off, it will start.
i beg to differ. And I have looked into it. Computerized components can be affected by magnetism if they are not robust, even when not in use.
Well that was Russia that was going to do that to us but Donald Trump thank God God bless his soul took care of that
Nope! Sorry to burst your bubble, but EVERY electronic device not completely sheilded by a Faraday cage would be melted internally. Running or not. Everything would be fried from severe over current, melting everything. Circuits, diodes, capacitors. Micro switches. You name it. That area, and depending on if it was 250 miles up in the right place over the main grid, would effectively be set back to the stone age for 20 or more years. All the big grid transformers are one offs with no replacements because they are prohibitively expensive to build. They blow, and they all would blow, the grid is offline for decades. Some of those transformers take months to years to build. And with the grid down, it would be a long time before they could he built and installed. Read up on the effects of EMP on not only the grid, but the effects it has every electronic device. It would be devastating to any who have no survival skills…
Unless you stash away a spare coil.
You are not thinking about the Iranian nuclear deal. And North Korea has been testing their nukes for a while now. Along with ICBMs Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles. Your right it would never happen. So don’t worry and don’t even think about being prepared.
First thing is hit your feet
Laurelie Baum Umphenour
Michelle Tinti
grab your go bag out of your car and go!