I have listened to and then purchased the first 3 books. I talk about them a lot in my presentations. Since I started watching this video yesterday today I stared listening to the 4th book and will buy it. I love the a story line and after book one your characters are set. Many things to learn in preparedness stories. I have been into it since 2009 and I still learn things with every book. Never stop learning, incorporating, training and teaching preparedness. If you prepare for this event you will be prepared for 90% of other disasters.
We would return to life pre 1920’s. The amount of emergency food stored for such an event will eventually end, unless you have the ability to grow, or replace your food supply.
Once the grid is out, it is not coming back on. Then why only one month of food on hand? Bad advice. You need at least 9 months of food on hand until your crops start to grow and harvest. Get alot of seeds. Can your food. Buy cases of beef to stock up. Rain barrels to catch water. Storing, filtering and purifying water.
IMO... a historian is an expert in history. The books talk about 'what-if' scenarios. What if, the 'what-if' scenarios are based on worst case effects, of conjectured EMP effects? I say conjectured because the effects of EMP are mostly classified. The last place I would look, for information on STEM, is in a history book, and especially fictional history books.
A 200-mile altitude is too high for an optimized attack. It would put the E1 and E3B pulses at about 10-15% max, and an even weaker E3A pulse since we're still in solar maximum. Dr. Forstchen's book was entertaining and got the societal collapse part right (read it!), but in reality, many electronics would survive.
You only need to worry about EMP events that are currently only Solar generated. The only other vehicle capable of delivering an EMP large enough to take out an electrical grid is a thermo nuclear warhead. At that point the EMP event is the least of your worries. There is no current weapon or device capable of producing an electromagnetic pulse with the magnitude to match the two events I spoke about above. The largest electromagnetic is in a lab at a university in Tallahassee, FL. The magnetic field barely passes the walls of the room it runs in. The kind of energy needed for an EMP simply doesnt exist outside of a nuclear bomb. More than 2 thousand atomic and nuclear tests have been conducted worldwide. The worst EMP to date was from a solar event. That's the only EMP that will ever impact your life meaningfully. The other would mean your death was in a flash and burn instantly.
ChatGPT's thoughts on your answer. True Points Solar Events and EMPs Fact: Solar events, particularly coronal mass ejections (CMEs), can cause geomagnetic disturbances leading to widespread electrical disruptions. Historical examples, like the 1859 Carrington Event, confirm this. This makes solar EMP events a legitimate concern for large-scale electrical systems. Thermonuclear Warheads and EMPs Fact: High-altitude nuclear detonations are capable of generating powerful EMPs, as demonstrated during tests like Starfish Prime in 1962. The EMP from such detonations could severely disrupt electrical grids over large areas. EMP Magnitude from Non-Nuclear Sources Fact: Non-nuclear EMP devices (NNEMPs) exist but are generally limited in their range and impact. While they can damage localized electronics, their effects are orders of magnitude weaker than nuclear or solar EMPs. Magnet Lab in Tallahassee, FL Fact: The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee is home to some of the strongest magnetic fields created in a controlled environment. However, such fields are tightly confined and would not produce widespread EMP effects. Potentially Misleading or Oversimplified Points "The kind of energy needed for an EMP simply doesn’t exist outside of a nuclear bomb": Context: While it's true that large-scale EMPs typically require the energy of nuclear explosions or solar phenomena, advances in technology (like directed energy weapons) could lead to new methods of generating significant EMPs. Although such technologies are not currently comparable to nuclear devices, it is an evolving field. "The only EMP that will ever impact your life meaningfully is solar": False Certainty: Solar EMPs are a major concern, but dismissing all other sources outright is speculative. For example, localized EMP attacks using NNEMPs could still disrupt smaller systems, which may be meaningful depending on the context (e.g., disrupting critical infrastructure). False or Oversimplified Statements "The worst EMP to date was from a solar event": Fact Check: The most disruptive EMP recorded (measured in terms of technological damage) came from Starfish Prime. The Carrington Event caused geomagnetic disturbances, but the extent of damage to modern technology cannot be assessed since it occurred before the widespread use of electronics. "The other [nuclear EMP] would mean your death in a flash and burn instantly": False Generalization: A high-altitude nuclear EMP would not cause direct casualties (flash or burns) because the detonation happens in the upper atmosphere. Its purpose is to disrupt electronics over a large area, not to create a blast or thermal damage on the ground. Conclusion Mostly True with Caveats: The statement contains valid points about the main sources of EMPs (solar and nuclear) and their potential impacts. However, it overstates the improbability of non-nuclear EMPs becoming significant and incorrectly asserts that all nuclear EMPs would directly kill everyone affected. It also misrepresents the "worst EMP to date."
@thebrowncat23 get a hobby or a life. You spend too much time regurgitating crap from chatgpt as if it was knowledge from your own thinking. Which clearly you don't have any of your own.
China is planning to do this using a barge on the Mississippi River during the wheat harvest Please inform those who are in authority to inspect all barges before they go through!!
90 percent of people won't die.half would be Alot only because.people who are on meds won't get them so they will pass away.rioting and looting because people are to lazy to work.every Farmer.hillbilly.military will survive.you can eat half of the plants and trees.everyone can fish .not everyone can hunt.pioneers survived without electric.go camping . learn to make a fire.learn to fish.i lived in the prairie in south Dakota with ranchers as friends.i learned A lot.they didn't have trees to burn on the prairie.they burned cow poop to heat and cook with.its just fuel.the Indians burned buffalo chips/poop to heat and cook with.
Great video and needed info !
Great interview. More of these please.
"Triggered discussion on parts of the Internet" is like saying "experts say polio vaccines aren't safe" but the expert is RFK.
I have listened to and then purchased the first 3 books. I talk about them a lot in my presentations.
Since I started watching this video yesterday today I stared listening to the 4th book and will buy it.
I love the a story line and after book one your characters are set.
Many things to learn in preparedness stories.
I have been into it since 2009 and I still learn things with every book.
Never stop learning, incorporating, training and teaching preparedness.
If you prepare for this event you will be prepared for 90% of other disasters.
Nigeria has experienced 12 national electrical grid failures so far in 2024. Our turn is coming.
Bought his book and audiobook it really makes you think ! Read One Second After .
We would return to life pre 1920’s. The amount of emergency food stored for such an event will eventually end, unless you have the ability to grow, or replace your food supply.
The greatest 200 years old it barely survives now it would have to be totally rebuilt
Once the grid is out, it is not coming back on. Then why only one month of food on hand? Bad advice. You need at least 9 months of food on hand until your crops start to grow and harvest. Get alot of seeds. Can your food. Buy cases of beef to stock up. Rain barrels to catch water. Storing, filtering and purifying water.
IMO... a historian is an expert in history. The books talk about 'what-if' scenarios. What if, the 'what-if' scenarios are based on worst case effects, of conjectured EMP effects? I say conjectured because the effects of EMP are mostly classified. The last place I would look, for information on STEM, is in a history book, and especially fictional history books.
A 200-mile altitude is too high for an optimized attack. It would put the E1 and E3B pulses at about 10-15% max, and an even weaker E3A pulse since we're still in solar maximum. Dr. Forstchen's book was entertaining and got the societal collapse part right (read it!), but in reality, many electronics would survive.
You only need to worry about EMP events that are currently only Solar generated. The only other vehicle capable of delivering an EMP large enough to take out an electrical grid is a thermo nuclear warhead. At that point the EMP event is the least of your worries. There is no current weapon or device capable of producing an electromagnetic pulse with the magnitude to match the two events I spoke about above. The largest electromagnetic is in a lab at a university in Tallahassee, FL. The magnetic field barely passes the walls of the room it runs in. The kind of energy needed for an EMP simply doesnt exist outside of a nuclear bomb. More than 2 thousand atomic and nuclear tests have been conducted worldwide. The worst EMP to date was from a solar event. That's the only EMP that will ever impact your life meaningfully. The other would mean your death was in a flash and burn instantly.
ChatGPT's thoughts on your answer.
True Points
Solar Events and EMPs
Fact: Solar events, particularly coronal mass ejections (CMEs), can cause geomagnetic disturbances leading to widespread electrical disruptions. Historical examples, like the 1859 Carrington Event, confirm this. This makes solar EMP events a legitimate concern for large-scale electrical systems.
Thermonuclear Warheads and EMPs
Fact: High-altitude nuclear detonations are capable of generating powerful EMPs, as demonstrated during tests like Starfish Prime in 1962. The EMP from such detonations could severely disrupt electrical grids over large areas.
EMP Magnitude from Non-Nuclear Sources
Fact: Non-nuclear EMP devices (NNEMPs) exist but are generally limited in their range and impact. While they can damage localized electronics, their effects are orders of magnitude weaker than nuclear or solar EMPs.
Magnet Lab in Tallahassee, FL
Fact: The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee is home to some of the strongest magnetic fields created in a controlled environment. However, such fields are tightly confined and would not produce widespread EMP effects.
Potentially Misleading or Oversimplified Points
"The kind of energy needed for an EMP simply doesn’t exist outside of a nuclear bomb":
Context: While it's true that large-scale EMPs typically require the energy of nuclear explosions or solar phenomena, advances in technology (like directed energy weapons) could lead to new methods of generating significant EMPs. Although such technologies are not currently comparable to nuclear devices, it is an evolving field.
"The only EMP that will ever impact your life meaningfully is solar":
False Certainty: Solar EMPs are a major concern, but dismissing all other sources outright is speculative. For example, localized EMP attacks using NNEMPs could still disrupt smaller systems, which may be meaningful depending on the context (e.g., disrupting critical infrastructure).
False or Oversimplified Statements
"The worst EMP to date was from a solar event":
Fact Check: The most disruptive EMP recorded (measured in terms of technological damage) came from Starfish Prime. The Carrington Event caused geomagnetic disturbances, but the extent of damage to modern technology cannot be assessed since it occurred before the widespread use of electronics.
"The other [nuclear EMP] would mean your death in a flash and burn instantly":
False Generalization: A high-altitude nuclear EMP would not cause direct casualties (flash or burns) because the detonation happens in the upper atmosphere. Its purpose is to disrupt electronics over a large area, not to create a blast or thermal damage on the ground.
Conclusion
Mostly True with Caveats:
The statement contains valid points about the main sources of EMPs (solar and nuclear) and their potential impacts. However, it overstates the improbability of non-nuclear EMPs becoming significant and incorrectly asserts that all nuclear EMPs would directly kill everyone affected. It also misrepresents the "worst EMP to date."
@thebrowncat23 so you proved my point not current tech exists to weaponize emp.
@tommy3989 uh if that’s what you took that to mean then sure man.
@thebrowncat23 get a hobby or a life. You spend too much time regurgitating crap from chatgpt as if it was knowledge from your own thinking.
Which clearly you don't have any of your own.
China is planning to do this using a barge on the Mississippi River during the wheat harvest
Please inform those who are in authority to inspect all barges before they go through!!
Using a barge to shoot a míssil orb
Didn't an expert calculate that 90% will die within the year? 🤣
Yes Jonathon Hollerman.
Read Jonathon Hollermans books.
You lose a lot of credibility when you can’t even pronounce nuclear properly
Whaaat first comment!
I’m going to waste it
90 percent of people won't die.half would be Alot only because.people who are on meds won't get them so they will pass away.rioting and looting because people are to lazy to work.every Farmer.hillbilly.military will survive.you can eat half of the plants and trees.everyone can fish .not everyone can hunt.pioneers survived without electric.go camping . learn to make a fire.learn to fish.i lived in the prairie in south Dakota with ranchers as friends.i learned A lot.they didn't have trees to burn on the prairie.they burned cow poop to heat and cook with.its just fuel.the Indians burned buffalo chips/poop to heat and cook with.