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Please bear with me here, it is clear that I know absolutely nothing about electronics - if the pulse was a singular event would all non-connected electronics be fried?? Like a basic lamp. If it wasn't plugged in so the surge was only that carried via magnetic wave wouldn't the wiring...

DH just said a diesel running when it hit would be able to be kept running - no spark plugs..... Since diesel stores better too, might better look more closely at diesel cars.

Fuel in our area went up .20 to .25 cents this week.

Another perspective... http://www.chrismartenson.com/forum/usda-corn-shocker/46148 Also good site in general.

Sorry to join this late, but it came up when I was searching the answer to my question: if an enemy used an EMP would it "fry" everything or just damage lots of it? Would it knock out the power for months or forever?? Y'know what I mean? I was driving today and thought "What would happen if...

It's that functioning society piece that is what I am talking about. People who on one hand think the whole thing is gonna come to an end but still buying gold.... What I mean is: gold makes sense for things like having some wealth to deal with the government, but some people swear the whole...

My lumox stood over the chicks (under my watchful eye!) and just stared at them as they pipped and popped (and pooped) all around. She got closer and closer until finally PLOP a string of drool fell on one chicks head!! :lol: I think she just though mommie was playing one of those wait for...

Our energy use is really high. We are starting to suspect after a (sort of) audit that the culprit is our water pump! Our well IS deep (300+). Any thoughts on how to determine exactly how much energy the pump is using? How about ideas of how to create a solar panel system just to power the...

Just spotted near us solar panels adorning the tops of all of the telephone poles! To me this is an awesome idea though it does look odd.

Nifty? 409 Wh?? Doesn't that mean 409 watt hours?? What is your usage?? You can live on this?? That would be 1/3 of our usage! We stopped because the cost (over $50 grand) was only going to get us 1/3 of our use. We built the house to make maximum use of passive solar and with two...

First thought that comes to mind is Lace Wyandottes. Go over to BYC and ask!

Wine, or vinegar depending on how good you are at wine!! :lol: Had a friend who saved them until she had like 30 of them and she upended them, bound them together with a pipe band from Home Depot and then turned the group upside down. She laid a clear plastic board over it and it is a...

We made bean bag chairs and stuffed them with plastic bags! :lol: The kids love 'em and I didn't have to buy anything for the filler.

I know alot of people that are gold bugs. I think that is kind of silly if you really think the whole world is going to come crashing down. You can't eat gold, can't even wipe your behaind with it (paper cash will still work for that! LOL!!!) I am stocking food and things that I think might...

This is pretty much my belief and approach too. I am trying to straddle worlds hereto prep for a different future and prep for one that basically stays the same. I believe that this whole shebang should have collapsed ten years ago. We have a zombie economy kept alive on faith and fraud...

Have any of you been hearing about serious currency concerns that are escalating this week?? If you think the currency will be devalued what do you want to do? What will you do?? Anything? Edited to add one link to an article about it...

I was debating this issue with some one today and they swore they saw a report that showed that 60% of americans were perfectly happy with the way the insurance industry worked prior to the "reform" (don't get me started). Happy with their coverage I had heard, but not happy with the way the...

The system will never change because the insurance industry has too much of a strangle hold on our economy. Our economy is supposed to exist to support the society, not the other way around. Insurance is supposed to protect the economy not become it! Banking and insurance are parasitic...

Which explains why collapse of complex systems can occur very rapidly in this era of interconnectivity. http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/6887 this comes from a recent issue with a defense contractor that effected the satellites which track troops. Their IT system began to experience major...

Well SHTF for us last Nov when DH got laid off. It is Aug now and he is working - not the same job but sort of. He got a severance package :thumbsup but we still have not touched it. We were fully stocked food wise and pared everything else down. This year though our garden really bit the...