"One Second After" by William R. Forstchen - Page 4

sgtD · September 4th, 2009, 12:45 AM

One Second after was a pretty awesome book. Mythbusters did a show on EMP once. They went to some governmant facility where they create and EMP and pass things through it to test for hardening. On mythbusters they drove a car through it and the car came to a stop. The computer fried and that was it.

Anyway, great book, and well thought out. Especially the fact that they hit in the early spring, before the crops were in the ground. One wonders how the fuel delivery and agricultural systems would do in a situation such as this. Hoefully, better than they did in the book.

Ok, I'm going down to the basement now to count my food and medicine stores. lol.

sirdarksoul · September 4th, 2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ErnieNWillis

Thats it alright. I really enjoyed it. What I would like is a link to read "One Second Later" if someone has it.

Try Pirate Bay or ISOHunt

dante76 · September 29th, 2009, 11:17 AM

You can also get it on audiiobook through Audible.com. It really gets you more into the story I think. Like a radio play with all the different characters.

rmccoll · September 29th, 2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tbrenke

posably

not so fast on this one.

an EMP is an electron pulse. any exposed wire will pick it up. And any coil of wire will multiply the signal.

Because of the intense electromagnetic fields (about 10 kV/m to 50 kV/m ) and wide area of coverage, the HEMP can induce large voltages and currents in power lines, communication cables, radio towers, and other long conductors serving a facility. Some other notable collectors of EMP include railroad tracks, large antennas, pipes, cables, wires in buildings, and metal fencing. Although materials underground are partially shielded by the ground, they are still collectors, and these collectors deliver the EMP energy to some larger facility. This produces surges that can destroy the connected device, such as, power generators or long distance telephone systems.

Semiconductor devices fail when they encounter an EMP because of the local heating that occurs. When a semi-conductive device absorbs the EMP energy, it displaces the resulting heat that is produced relatively slowly when compared to the time scale of the EMP. Because the heat is not dissipated quickly, the semiconductor can quickly heat up to temperatures near the melting point of the material. Soon the device will short and fail. This type of failure is call thermal second-breakdown failure.

I think this part is true. because it is in a static bag the charge would build on the outside and ground its self and not be able to enter the bag.

Many years ago i worked on B52 electronics that had been hardened against EMP (mostly self induced). None were placed in anti static bags.
There was a very pliable metal call MU metal that totally enclosed all the important stuff.

Rick

BikerRN · October 1st, 2009, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by First Sgt

I just finished reading "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. This book tells a story about the struggles of folks to survive in a small North Carolina town after America loses a war because of a terrifying weapon, an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). It has been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, and has been discussed in the pentagon as a realistic look at EMPs and their ability to send shockwaves throughout the United States literally within seconds. Basically it is a dire warning of what might be our future... and our end.

This is along the line of "Lights Out" that many of us have read online.

More info at onesecondafter.com - Home Be sure and watch the two You Tube videos on the site.

It's a pretty powerful book. I enjoyed it and recommend it.

Sounds interesting.

I'll have to check it out.

Biker

Nova · October 1st, 2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sgtD

One wonders how the fuel delivery and agricultural systems would do in a situation such as this. Hoefully, better than they did in the book.

This freudian slip caused me to laugh out loud. Indeed, that is how our agricultural system would do it: with hoes!

I sent a link of this book to my pops - he's going to read it and let me know! Sounds interesting

twojs · October 1st, 2009, 08:47 PM

Great book and suspenseful read. Also highly recommend "The Road." Similar thoughts but much more nerve racking.

UnklFungus · October 3rd, 2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sirdarksoul

Try Pirate Bay or ISOHunt

TRY BREAKING INTERNATIONAL LAW!!!!

I am the VP Legal Digital Enforcement for Big Screen Entertainment Group. Basically I fight Internet Piracy which is ILLEGAL and you are condoning it. I make my living tracking this stuff down. I suggest you think twice next time you propose recommending people steal copyrighted materials.

The author wrote a book and he deserves to get paid for it. I have heard ALL of the justifications for stealing digital works, be it music, movies or books etc. It is still stealing. Taking something without paying for it, regardless of the method, is stealing. There is no way around it and the more you try and justify your actions as okay, the stronger your admission of guilt.

Mods, please remove the quoted post.

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September 4th, 2009, 12:45 AM	#31
sgtD VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 2,212	One Second after was a pretty awesome book. Mythbusters did a show on EMP once. They went to some governmant facility where they create and EMP and pass things through it to test for hardening. On mythbusters they drove a car through it and the car came to a stop. The computer fried and that was it. Anyway, great book, and well thought out. Especially the fact that they hit in the early spring, before the crops were in the ground. One wonders how the fuel delivery and agricultural systems would do in a situation such as this. Hoefully, better than they did in the book. Ok, I'm going down to the basement now to count my food and medicine stores. lol. __________________ When you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts & minds will follow. Semper Fi.

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September 29th, 2009, 11:17 AM	#33
dante76 New Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: south africa Posts: 3	You can also get it on audiiobook through Audible.com. It really gets you more into the story I think. Like a radio play with all the different characters.

October 1st, 2009, 08:47 PM	#37
twojs New Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Space Coast, Florida Posts: 7	Great book and suspenseful read. Also highly recommend "The Road." Similar thoughts but much more nerve racking.