Are electromagnetic pulses (EMP) a threat to us all? Newt Gingrich thinks so. An EMP could knock out electrical devices all over, knocking out computers, electrical power, cellphones, etc. etc.
But the New York Times says, "Yousaf M. Butt, a consultant with Federation of American Scientists, who last year did a lengthy analysis of EMP for The Space Review, a weekly online journal, said, “If terrorists want to do something serious, they’ll use a weapon of mass destruction — not mass disruption.” He said, “They don’t want to depend on complicated secondary effects in which the physics is not very clear.”"
Read more about Gingrich's beliefs here.
Back in 2009, I read One Second After
An EMP also starts of Ashes by Ilsa Bick
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...walking around, enjoying the sunshine, we meandered past the EMP (Experience Music Project) and the SFM (the awesome Science Fiction Museum) to discover...
...they have the best signage *EVAR*.
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On a rare Pacific Northwest winter-sunny day, we were down at Seattle Center -
...walking around, enjoying the sunshine, we meandered past the EMP (Experience Music Project) and the SFM (the awesome Science Fiction Museum) to discover...
...they have the best signage *EVAR*.
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I've seen that before, and pointed it out as an example of Perfect Graphic Design.
Yes, perfect. As in "Zeus would be proud!" "YES, I AM!"
Perfect! :-)
So glad you had a sunny day away from your desk!