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To: elmatador who wrote (71132)	2/22/2011 6:02:27 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 218186

Fiber is not affected so why worry <smile> all copper land lines will fry blowing all the central electronic switches, same with cellular relays stations which may die from voltage surges. Lucent will have their hands full replaicing them So forget to have connection in the middle of nowhere HAPPY DAYS ARE COMING The Russians had a nice experience with a strong electromagnetic pulse in Kazakhstan - the electrical power station in Karaganda blew up kiling more than several people

To: elmatador who wrote (71132)	3/11/2011 6:44:43 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218186

Since the year 2000 much of the worlds electronics have gone sub micron. The sun has been quiet on the tail end of the 11 year cycle since then. It went super quiet for a while with zero sunspots for an extended period. time frame Sept 2010. Taking place in London today is the first Electric Infrastructure Security Summit (EISS) meeting that will convene to discuss severe geomagnetic storm and EMP threats to vital infrastructures. Read more: theengineer.co.uk I think it's a given that GPS will get knocked out at sometime or another, probably just when you need it to work.