[ RadSafe ] Re: EMP: America's Achilles' Heel not NukAlert

[John Jacobus]

Again, you did not understand my comments.  I was
referring to the effects of an electro-magnetic pulses
following a nuclear explosion.  The pulse would affect
all unprotected electrons.  If the NukeAlert is
properly grounded, then it will not be affected.

As an HP I would not bother with a NukeAlert.  While
it could detect an increase in radiation levels, it
tells nothing about the source, which could be from
fallout or a stationary source moving toward you.  It
the increase is due to fallout, you do not know the
direction it is coming from, so you will not know how
to get out of the plume.

My guess is that Paul Willliams might work for
NukeAlert and is hoping to increase sales to those
afraid of radiation.  As an HP, I would not get one. 
I do not know of any HPs who have them.

--- howard long <hflong at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Wrong. NukAlert withstands great EMP (Question
> info at NukAlert.com). 
> John's ref is from 1977.
>  
> One author contends that probability of nuclear
> explosion in USA
> is much more than the 1% + I suggested - enough for
> HPs to wear NukAlert.
>  
> "Does Osama bin Laden have nuclear weapons and other
> weapons of mass destruction? If so, where are they?
> Are they in the hands of al Qaeda sleeper cells in
> the United States? Should Americans be bracing for a
> nuclear attack? 
> 
> Former consultant for the FBI an organized crime and
> international terrorism and a seasoned investigative
> reporter, Paul L. Williams reveals the potential for
> nuclear terrorism on US soil in this shocking
> expose. Based on the findings of US, Israeli,
> Pakistani, and British intelligence, Williams
> describes how the theft of tactical nuclear weapons
> from Russian arsenals have in all likelihood made
> their way to al Qaeda cells throughout the United
> States in preparation for the next terrorist attack.
> 
> 
> Williams presents clear evidence showing that, in
> the chaos following the breakup of the Soviet Union,
> the Chechen Mafia got its hands on portable Russian
> nuclear weapons. Between 1996 and 2001, mafia
> members negotiated the sale of twenty nuclear
> "suitcase bombs" to representatives of Osama bin
> Laden. Far worse than so-called "dirty bombs," each
> suitcase bomb is capable of killing millions of
> Americans while exposing millions more to deadly
> radioactive fallout. According to Williams, reliable
> sources indicate that these bombs may already be in
> the possession of al Qaeda operatives in such major
> cities as New York, Washington, Miami, Chicago, Las
> Vegas, Houston, and Los Angeles. In addition, bin
> Laden has recruited former Soviet scientists and
> technicians to maintain these weapons and recharge
> their nuclear cores so that they may be deployed
> immediately on his command. In 2001 he issued a
> statement boasting of his intent to have America
> experience a "Hiroshima." 
> 
> Also included in the book are bin Laden's "Letters
> to America" and his "Declaration of War against the
> Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy
> Places," as well as the World Islamic Statement
> declaring "Jihad against Jews and Crusaders." These
> crucial documents highlight the rationale behind and
> the depth of bin Laden's hatred for the United
> States. Moreover, Williams documents that Osama has
> the international network of embedded terrorists to
> carry out his threats. 
> 
> Although the media have reported on some of these
> threatening developments and government insiders
> have acknowledged the threat of nuclear attack,
> until now no one has put all the pieces together in
> a coherent, no nonsense way. Williams makes a
> persuasive case that bin Laden and his deputies have
> the motive and the means and are just waiting for
> the opportunity to launch an apocalyptic attack on
> the "Great Satan" of America. "
> 
> I don't find the name of Paul Williams book. It
> seems all too credible. Howard Long
>  John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, if not properly grounded the NukeAlert will be
> shorted out. Of course, if you too close to the
> nuclear blast, so will you. See. 
>
http://www.princeton.edu/~globsec/publications/effects/effects11.pdf
> 
> --- John Andrews wrote:
> 
> > I receive Imprimis, the speech digest from
> Hillsdale
> > College. The June 
> > 2005 issue has an interesting article about the
> > effects of 
> > electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from a nuclear weapon.
> 
> > See: 
> > http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/default.htm. Go
> > to the archives if 
> > you read this after the next edition is printed. 
> > The article gives a 
> > fairly concise description of the overall effects
> of
> > EMP on out national 
> > infrastructure. Made me think about what effects
> it
> > would have on me and 
> > my family. (Your NukAlert will probably be fried,
> > too!) The author, 
> > Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. seems credible. Worth
> > reading.
> > 
> > John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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