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I’m going to level with you in this one: I’m not exactly a person who is preparing for ye olde “zombie apocalypse.” While it’s certainly a creepy, cataclysmic scenario, I’m thinking that an apocalyptic event concerning the infected undead just doesn’t seem to be a viable possibility.
And I think that Hollywood might have something to do with our worries, but I digress.
However, if we were to consider which cataclysms have their candy-apple-red warheads, pointed squarely in our direction, then we arrive at a few very different conclusions.
For instance, we’ve talked about EMPs in previous posts, because it seems to carry a very high likelihood that one might just be headed our way in the future, and shut down the power grid for months or years. So what is an EMP?
An EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, is an energy wave of electrons that can be emitted unidirectionally or omnidirectionally. When this pulse comes into contact with electronic devices, it essentially overloads their more delicate components and fries their circuit boards. In fact, you can even hop on YouTube and build your own small EMP device that will emit a blast to completely wipe out electronic devices as large as …
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/extreme-survival/the-quick-way-to-build-a-budget-faraday-cage-for-less-than-10/