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TABLE OF CONTENTS Top ten devices that could save your life aer an EMP strike! ......................................................... 1
#10 FLASHLIGHTS................................................................. 1 #9 INVERTER ........................................................................ 3 #8 FIREARMS........................................................................ 4 #7 AMMUNITION ................................................................. 6 #6 HAM RADIO .................................................................... 7 #5 LAPTOP COMPUTER ........................................................ 8 #4 SOLAR CHARGER ........................................................... 10 #3 FIRST AID KIT ................................................................. 10 #2 WATER PURIFIER ........................................................... 12 #1 FARADAY CAGE.............................................................. 13
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TOP TEN DEVICES THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE AFTER AN EMP STRIKE! Needless to say, an EMP strike against the United States remains one of the worst possible disasters that could ever befall us. To be plunged into the dark ages without power, communicaons, or the other vital modern conveniences that have become essenal to life in this country would be hellish. It is esmated that over 200 million people might eventually die from the eects of an EMP strike on this naon; most of these deaths would occur some me aer the EMP struck from untreated water, lack of power, and generally poor living condions. While there’s not much you can do to prevent an EMP strike, there is quite a bit you can do right now to prepare for one. Here is a list of devices and equipment that you need to have in order to survive: #10 FLASHLIGHTS
Life aer an EMP might just be life without power for a long, long me. Realize that before the advent of electrical power, people set the rhythm of their lives to the sun, rising early when it rose, and going to bed shortly aer dusk. The reason for this really revolves around the lighng situaon. The poorer one was, the less they could waste things like candles and lamp oil on staying up late – it’s not as if there was TV to watch nor was there a great abundance of reading material for the common folk. Basically, when it was dark, you went to bed. With the dawn of the 19th century came gas red lamps to those who could aord them. Some homes started using gas xtures for light and candles and lamps became popular forms of light, albeit ones that needed to be replenished oen. A chandler, who made candles and wax goods for a living, was a busy person. The problem with today’s society is that candles are mainly decorave in nature and not in great supply, 1 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL nor are they appropriate for general lighng. Hardly anyone owns an oil lamp; families that do barely know how to use them. Flashlights and lanterns, therefore, will fetch a premium in a post EMP world. We sll require light aer dark for a variety of reasons, security being one of them. Addionally, our homes were not designed to use anything but electric light, and many of them are overly dark and unsafe at night. Flashlights of all types will be worth their weight in gold. Clearly there is a nite supply of baeries and one should select a type of light that isn’t too baery intensive. Modern LED ashlights are almost perfect for this task. They are insanely bright (some small models that t in the palm of your hand put out over 200 lumens) and they are relavely easy on baeries as long as they are not constantly used on their brightest sengs. Modern aluminum bodied lights like Maglite and Surere brands are also water and shockproof. There is one caveat with these lights however; an LED light is sensive to the E1 and E3 pulses from an EMP strike and thus these lights must be stored in a shielded enclosure to prevent them from being rendered useless by the strike. Avoid incandescent bulb type hardware store ashlights as they use bulky D and C cell baeries, don’t put out much light, and are heavy if you’re on the move. If you have an opportunity to buy some of these at a good price, by all means, do so as they may prove handy for barter. Your own personal ashlights should be of the highest quality as there is no telling when they might be replaced again.
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EMP SURVIVAL #9 INVERTER
Recall that an EMP strike will severely damage the power grid, which may take years to repair as the components for repair are not readily available. You will essenally be without AC power for months or even years, yet there is some important equipment that needs to run on AC that you will want to operate, hence, an inverter is needed. An inverter is nothing more than a device that converts DC voltage to AC voltage. Inverters come in all shapes and sizes, from small units of 2-300 was that will run cell phone chargers and very small power tools all the way up to 3000 wa units that will run large power tools, televisions, and computers. Most low end inverters are square wave units that are unsuitable for running sensive electronics; the high end ones are modied sine wave units that will run computers and other equipment. Inverters get their power from a DC source such as a car baery or golf cart baery (or a bank of baeries). Clearly, the DC side of the equaon, namely, the baery – needs a method of recharging or else it will eventually run out of steam. There are several ways of doing this in a normal situaon; a bank of solar panels charges a large, deep cycle baery bank, which in turn runs an inverter, providing AC voltage. This will probably not funcon aer an EMP, as the funconality of solar panels is unknown when exposed to EMP. A vehicle, however, represents the perfect melding of a DC power 3 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL system and an inverter. How? Simple – the car’s baery is charged by the car’s own alternator. As long as the car has gas, it will charge the baery. Normal car baeries will last for several years. Also, it has been shown that most cars, contrary to popular belief, will remain unaected by the EMP and in the worst case need to have their baeries disconnected and rebooted. There will be many abandoned vehicles, baeries, and plenty of fuel not long aer an EMP, resulng in a great plaorm to run an inverter on and provide AC power. Why not just use a generator? There are several reasons for that. First of all, a generator is very loud and will draw way too much aenon to your home. It sends a signal that whoever is within distance has fuel and something that needs to be powered, and perhaps supplies and things of value. If need be, an inverter can be run silently and with just the car baery (even with the baery temporarily taken out of the car) to power something with no noise at all. Also, an inverter can be moved from baery to baery – usually these units are not much bigger than a decent size phone book. A generator is not portable and requires fuel as well. An idling car is nearly silent unless you’re right on top of it. Finally, an inverter is easily shielded in case of EMP and can be put away for storage; a generator represents a larger footprint and cannot be shielded from the eects of EMP as easily. #8 FIREARMS
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away – and that’s in the best case scenario. Aer an EMP strike, expect most rst responders to be dealing with their own loved ones rather than yours. Realize that the rao of rst responders – specically – police - to the general populaon is very small. A city like Los Angeles, for example, has about 10,000 ocers to keep 5+ million people in check. Not very favorable odds! 4 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL It is incumbent on you to defend your family – that responsibility does not belong to the re or police chief, nor to the mayor, governor, or even president. The responsibility of self defense falls squarely on your shoulders. While there are other methods of self defense beyond rearms, none are as praccal, eecve, or easy to use in defense of life or property. An 80 year old man in a wheelchair can pick up a revolver and kill an intruder – he needs very lile training to accomplish this task. Consider that maral arts and less than lethal training, while denitely having a place, cannot ulmately replace rearms completely. Post EMP, anyone of age that can carry a rearm should. Pistols will most likely be the go-to gun for self defense. Although pistols lack in just about every comparison to ries, they have two redeeming features; they are available and concealable. Part of life aer an EMP strike will involve keeping a low prole, and having an assault rie slung across your back is not in keeping with that thought. Bale ries in military calibers such as 5.56 NATO, .223 Remington, .308 Winchester, and 7.62 x 39 should be kept at home and reserved for the defense of your house from defensible posions. A rie has capacity, knock down power, and range going for it, which makes it a great home weapon. Two other types of rearms bear menon: a scoped rie for hunng and other targets out to ranges beyond that of a bale rie, and a shotgun for close quarters defense. A scoped rie in varmint calibers such as .22LR makes an excellent hunng weapon; .243 and similar calibers allows one to hunt deer and people if need be, and .308 is perfect for both man and beast alike. Shotguns, on the other hand, should be taccally oriented with magazine extension tubes and slings with integrated bandoliers so as to carry ammo right on the gun. Each magazine fed weapon ought to have at least ve magazines per weapon, more if you can aord it. Primarily focusing on magazine fed weapons allows one to carry plenty of ammo and recharge the weapon quickly. With the advent of magazine fed shotguns like the Saiga 12, that philosophy carries forward to shotguns as well. 5 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL Magazines are reliable, hold lots of ammo, and can be replaced in seconds. Most modern weapons don’t really require spare parts per se, but make sure you have cleaning supplies, as they sll need maintenance. Also, keep your family’s weapons in common calibers – i.e., everyone carries .45 ACP pistols and 5.56 NATO ries, for example. This allows ammo interchangeability in case of emergencies. Ideally, everyone will have the same model of weapon so as to make the magazines interchangeable. #7 AMMUNITION
The reason that ammunion is more important than rearms in this top ten list is because ammunion will be a commodity aer an EMP strike, potenally more so than weapons. In your preparaons for EMP (or any other disaster for that maer), you should seek to stock lots of ammunion in many varied calibers. This is because historically, ammunion has been a barter item and doubles as currency in some cases. Think about it for a moment – when cash is useless and silver can’t be eaten, a box of .22 Long Rie is more valuable than both to a desperate father. It can be used to hunt for food or fend o bandits. Ammunion is literally worth its weight in gold. From a praccal standpoint, you should seek to purchase your rearms in what are called “common calibers.” What is common in your neck of the woods is dependent on several factors. A rie chambered in .243 Winchester, for example, might be extremely common in deer country, but totally uncommon elsewhere. You want to accomplish two goals when buying ammunion: 1) buy ammo that others want, and 2) buy ammo in calibers that you might readily be able to fnd . What do we mean by “nd”? It’s prey simple, really. By purchasing, say, a handgun in a common military or law enforcement caliber 6 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL such as 9mm, 40S&W, or .45 ACP, you will ensure that there will be a plenful supply of such ammunion on the bodies of dead soldiers and cops. While it sounds extremely morbid, one must accept the baleeld mentality that not all of these people will survive. Addionally, many of these calibers are widely available at sporng goods stores. This makes oddball calibers like .38 super, .357 SIG, and .45 GAP, to name but a few, seem extremely unappealing. Sure, some people who have weapons chambered in odd calibers claim that hand loading and home reloading is the answer, but that has some serious drawbacks. First and foremost, one must possess the powders, primers, dies, and equipment to reload, and second, this setup is not parcularly mobile in case one needs to move quickly. Lastly, the queson inevitably arises as to how much ammunion should be kept on hand. The answer to this is simple, but in two parts: 1) however much you can aord, and 2) however much you can t in your home. Realiscally, each bale rie and pistol should have several thousand rounds per frearm on hand. If you suddenly have to move, you will not be able to take all of this with you, as it will weigh too much. If you are dug in place in your home, however, you’ll be able to keep more ammo on hand than you can reasonably expect to shoot – it’s limited only by available space and funds. #6 HAM RADIO
A HAM radio is an extremely versale and adaptable communicaons device – it essenally has no parallel. Unlike walkietalkies that are ed to preset frequencies, HAM radios can receive and transmit on
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EMP SURVIVAL thousands of frequencies spanning many bands. Addionally, they can talk from radio to radio, or via repeater, to just about anywhere on the globe – and some places o the globe (like the Internaonal Space Staon). HAMs are easy to learn and the individual units are robust and rugged. The best part of HAM radios is the HAM radio operators themselves. Extremely emergency and disaster oriented, HAMs are usually prepared for just about anything, including EMPs. HAMs, being for the most part private cizens, have the ability to set up mobile repeaters and antennas aer a disaster to bring valuable communicaons into an area. These repeaters can e one HAM radio to another in a daisy chain that can potenally span the connent. HAM radios also have the ability to listen in and communicate on frequencies used by rst responders. No one should be without this potenally life saving device. #5 LAPTOP COMPUTER
The Internet is most likely the most powerful tool of knowledge ever invented. A computer accessing it can literally obtain any informaon a person wants. Aer an EMP strikes, the Internet will clearly be inaccessible – no power means no Internet. So what’s a person to do? Get the knowledge right now while it’s sll available! An ultra prepared person knows that transporng around volumes of paper books is impraccal and heavy – all of that informaon plus more can t on the hard drive of a laptop which can be stored in a shielded enclosure unl needed. One can even burn this data to opcal DVDs, as they are impervious to the eects of EMP.
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EMP SURVIVAL Data will be a commodity in a world aer an EMP strike. How to dig a well, how to perform minor surgery, how to grow food, how to make bullets at home, how to maintain a vehicle, how to build an antenna, how to construct a shelter – all of these things are available online right now. Army eld manuals that would weigh thousands of pounds - yet contain invaluable informaon – can now take up the space of a DVD with room to spare. The ancient Egypans had the world’s biggest repository of informaon – the library at Alexandria. It was a place where people journeyed to in order to obtain crical informaon they could not access at home. The same rules will apply aer an EMP strike – it will be a me of darkness, a me when people cannot obtain basic informaon that was once at their nger ps. Be proacve about geng crical informaon right now and storing it on a laptop. Even if that informaon is not something you personally will use, have a copy of it in case someone else needs it. It just might be a valuable commodity in the future! Download and save:
Survival Guides
Farming guides
Plant idencaon and edibility guides
Vehicle repair guides
Firearms repair guides
Reloading handbooks
Medical textbooks and emergency medicine guides
Construcon guides
Water puricaon guides
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EMP SURVIVAL #4 SOLAR CHARGER
An EMP will most likely severely damage the power grid, but that doesn’t mean that there won’t be power available aer it strikes. Some wise preppers will have saved some crical devices that need power to run and will need a method of charging them. Certainly, the list of devices above will be excellent choices for survival and will be easy to charge. A solar charger is the answer to most charging needs on devices like radios, laptops, and phones. There are many dierent types and models of chargers available. Select one that has a combinaon of good capacity and a variety of connecons so as to charge a variety of devices. These units consist mainly of a fold out solar panel with a regulator and a cable that charges the unit in queson. Many of these are reasonably portable and can be folded up and stored inside a shielded container so they are ready to use just minutes aer an EMP strike. A decent solar charger should ensure that you have the ability to charge your phone, radio, laptop, or other small device for literally years aer the me that the power grid goes down. Addionally, no work is required to charge anything other than leaving the unit in bright sunlight. A solar charger will be one of those “wish you had” devices aer an EMP strike! #3 FIRST AID KIT
The me period subsequent to an EMP strike will be a me where people will live and die based on the kind of medical care available. Due to the condions and the general lack of preparedness of most of the populace, one will see people die of the silliest, most treatable things simply because they do not have access to the proper supplies. It’s only within the last hundred or so years that we have been 10 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL relavely insulated from the dangers of death from things such as minor infecons, allergies, common illnesses, and living condions. “Diseases” that were once considered lethal are now easily cured with over the counter medicaon. It is simply because the general populaon is so unprepared that you must make sure your kit is sound and ready for anything. Having a rst aid kit also does not mean simply going to one of the big box stores and buying an o the shelf rst aid kit and throwing it in a closet, forgoen. Few rst aid kits that are store bought contain the proper supplies for anything except minor cuts and bruises! Your rst aid kit should focus on what is called taccal medicine, focusing on large laceraons, puncture wounds (including bullet wounds) and burns. These sorts of taccal injuries are the kinds of injuries one would conceivably encounter post EMP. Injuries such as these rely heavily on the use of compression bandages (not usually supplied in rst aid kits), tourniquets (also not supplied in rst aid kits) and things like sutures and blood coagulant. A tourniquet in and of itself is a must in an austere environment where medical care is not immediately available. Your rst aid kit should also have the support of your family doctor; ask your doctor if he or she will consider dispensing a prescripon for basic anbiocs and painkillers, since these items are potenal life savers in the case of an emergency. The advent of basic anbiocs has saved millions of people – what was once a deadly infecon can now be wiped out with a couple of pills. Get this stu now and have your doctor instruct you on basic dosages for anbiocs as well as their use. Rounding out your rst aid kit should be a healthy supply of any prescripon medicaons you or your family takes, or even relaves who you envision staying with you aer an EMP, as these will clearly not be available.
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EMP SURVIVAL #2 WATER PURIFIER
You can only live around three days without water -it is essenal to life. An EMP will knock out the power grid and this will lead to a lack of water in a very short me. This is because the water puricaon process requires a healthy dose of electric power to funcon. Also, water pipelines use complex electrically actuated valves and sensors which will not work aer an EMP, meaning that there might be water in a tank up the hill, but it will have no way of making it down to your house. The safest way of purifying water is to boil it, but this takes lots of fuel and is a labor intensive process. Many people will try to drink naturally occurring surface water aer an EMP strike, water such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and creeks. These waters are usually teeming with pathogens and as a rule, no maer how clear or clean the water looks to the naked eye, it must be puried. Drinking unpuried water exposes you to deadly bacteria such as cryptosporidium and other nasty beasts that result in anything from sever dysentery to death. A water purier will be worth its weight in gold aer an EMP strike. Most of these handheld units work on the principle of a piston forcing dirty water through a membrane; what comes out the other end is clean and safe to drink. These devices are portable and light, meaning you can slip one in every backpack carried by the family. While the amounts of water these lile devices put out are suitable only for an individual, that’s just ne as two or three of these would supply the drinking water needs of an enre family on the move. These don’t require any power but do require a supply of replacement membranes, which of course you should obtain in bulk when you buy the unit.
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EMP SURVIVAL Lastly, having a water purier and the ability to treat your own water means that you can carry less water, which is opmal especially when you’re on the move. Water is one of the heaviest things you’ll carry besides ammunion, so it makes sense to be able to make it wherever you go.
#1 FARADAY CAGE
The reason why an EMP is so potenally damaging is that it sends three rapid pulses out (two of them, at the speed of light) that induce dramac but momentary high voltages and currents within anything conducve. This means that before the protecon systems (such as fuses and breakers) within a device can catch the over current, they are already fried. Since none of us will have a warning that an EMP is about to strike and when it does, it will fry electronics at the speed of light, it is prudent to keep all of the electronic items menoned above in what is called Faraday Cage. Developed by Michael Faraday in the mid 19 th century, a Faraday cage or enclosure is nothing more than a conducve, sealed container. This could be something as basic as a metal garbage can! The way it works is that the electrically conducve container deects and protects whatever is inside of it. Most American households 13 Copyright © 2012 Peak 10 Publishing LLC | www.Peak10Publishing.com
EMP SURVIVAL already have a Faraday cage at home – it’s called a microwave oven! Microwave ovens are nothing more than electrically shielded Faraday cages with a microwave transmier within that cooks the food. Since we only want the food inside the microwave to be cooked, we shield the transmier so that microwave rays can’t leak out. This same principle makes an old microwave oven the perfect Faraday cage. Simply put all your sensive electronics within, shut the door, and store for posterity. There are two caveats with this: rst, ensure that whatever is placed within the microwave is wrapped in nonconducve material such as a towel or plasc bag. Second, cut the cord on the microwave as the E3 pulse of the EMP likes to induce high voltages in long conductors. Faraday cages can be made of any 100% conducve enclosures, use your imaginaon, and protect everything within by wrapping it in layers of non-conducve material.
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