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Post by cajunlady87 on Dec 10, 2012 6:54:20 GMT -7
I was reading an article from the National Lightning Safety Institute in regards to the effects of lightning striking vehicles. Your chances of surviving in your vehicle once struck by lightning are very much in your favor given the outer metal shell. However, if you own a Corvette or Saturn which are made of fiberglass or drive a jeep or convertible the odds are against you. What caught my attention is the mention of metal schoolbuses with windows closed as being Faraday Cages. Does this mean if electronic equipment were stored in these and an EMP attack occurs, that all this equipment would be spared? What about the bus itself, would it still be driveable? Just wondering. www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/vehicle_strike.html
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Post by Cwi555 on Dec 10, 2012 7:47:56 GMT -7
I was reading an article from the National Lightning Safety Institute in regards to the effects of lightning striking vehicles. Your chances of surviving in your vehicle once struck by lightning are very much in your favor given the outer metal shell. However, if you own a Corvette or Saturn which are made of fiberglass or drive a jeep or convertible the odds are against you. What caught my attention is the mention of metal schoolbuses with windows closed as being Faraday Cages. Does this mean if electronic equipment were stored in these and an EMP attack occurs, that all this equipment would be spared? What about the bus itself, would it still be driveable? Just wondering. www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/vehicle_strike.htmlIt would be good for lightning, but not against EMP.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Dec 10, 2012 7:53:26 GMT -7
Aw shucks, I thought I had stumbled upon something worthwhile in regards to EMP's.
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