Why we need to watch the sun

[NorthernRaider]

Yup a CME can trigger a devastating overload of power systems, telecoms systems etc and some say it can have a similar effect if conditions are right to a massive EMP burst, most if not all of us are fully aware of the DIRECT threat to our electronic equipment from and EMP pulse by it from a distant nuke or a deliberately generated burst or a CME from the sun, we have all read about how an EMP will in a millisecond turn out technological society back into a Victorian level of technology, but another equally insidious threat created by EMP pulse appears to be getting ignored.

Not being a technogeek I did not fully grasp the clear secondary threat until I saw an info-graphic on a blog last week, but its something like this.

When an EMP overloads electronic circuitry and ruins it, depolarises it, melts it, demagnetises it or in my language it buggers it, BUT research carried out by various American universities and agencies in many DOMESTIC APPLIANCES not only will it toast the device but in many cases it will cause the device to grossly OVERHEAT and in many instances where devices have large amounts of plastic in its structure like TVs, Hair driers, Drills, Vacuum cleaners etc the EMP can and has during tests it BURSTS INTO FLAME.

An EMP can and will in many cases start fires within your home by grossly overheating the appliances affected, So I feel most strongly that as well as putting our vulnerable gear into Faraday Cages but we must also keep far more fire extinguishers strategically placed around the home and retreat, Its no good seeing your radios and flashlights survive the EMP only for them to be destroyed in the following fire.

Please consider adapting your preps accordingly.