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Subject: Re: OTRE: [TMG] Re: Back ups first
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:47:13 -0500
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At 04:00 PM 1/04/2003, Richard Cleaveland wrote:
>At 03:37 PM 4/1/2003, Richard Brogger wrote:
>>With the suggestions from list members, I think that the design will
>>cover all bases short of a direct hit by a bomb or earthquake.
>
>Have you heard about electro-magnetic pulse? A nuclear weapon produces an
>EMP of such magnitude that just about any transistorized device not
>damaged by the blast or firestorm will be rendered useless - for many many
>miles around. So much for that "have battery-operated radios handy" bit.
>
>So you need to EMP-shield your concrete box.
Hmm ... may have to get my brother into this thread ... his specialty for
the Department of the Army had to do with making sure that instruments,
planes, and weapons systems would still function after sustaining high
doses of EMP.
We do want our data to be protected properly, right?
Walt
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