You may have heard about EMP (electromagnetic pulse). It is actually a wave which can cause a wide range of electronics to stop functioning. In this article, we are going to talk about how you can prevent your electronic gear from getting affected by an EMP attack.

It would be worth mentioning here that we do not have access to the entire information about the EMP. Only the declassified parts of this information are made public. However, even this amount of information will be enough to make some reasonable projections.

To give you an idea about how bad the EMP can be, we sharing an estimate. According to this estimate, about 70% – 90% of Americans will be dead within 12 – 18 months after an EMP attack. The major reason is the high dependence on electricity based systems. This attack has the capability to disrupt the supply of resources like food, water and sanitation abilities on a very large scale.

In this scenario, it gets highly important to make sure that you are ready to survive such attacks. But you never know how much you are going to need to be prepared for it. In this case, we can say “more is less”.

Coronal Mass Ejection

A Coronal Mass Ejection, or CME, also has the capacity to take an entire grid down. It happens when highly charged plasma particles from the surface of the sun crash into the Earth’s magnetosphere. This event can lead the generation of an electrical current in bigger metal structures which have the capability to conduct electricity. This induction destroys the transformers responsible for power transmission. More specifically, this event can cause inability of the power grid to stay operational.

Nevertheless, CME is not dangerous for the electronic devices. On the other hand, EMP can cause stoppage of everything that creates electricity or operates on electricity.

Why do you need to protect your electronics?

It is very important to protect your electronic gear from EMP. The first reason is that you will want to communicate through radio. You also need to generate power.

And the second reason is that we hardly try to remember anything because information can be stored in digital format. So, you will want to have access to any of the information resource to get help in survival.

The Faraday Cage

Faraday cage is one of the ways to protect your electronic gear from getting affected by EMP. Good thing is that it is very easy to build and you are not going to have to spend a lot of money for it. Here is the guide to help you with the process of building a Faraday Cage. All you have to do is to put your most essential electronic gear inside this cage.