On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:40:21 -0500, John Szalay <john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote:
>Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
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>> I believe the wire mesh shielding was a feeble attempt to protect
>> against nuclear generated EMP.
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>EMP, is real,
> I watched the "Starfish Prime" H-bomb test in 1962 that knocked out many
>of the street lights & all kinds of things in Hawaii
>the shortwave radio we were using to listen to the countdown, went quiet
>but later came back on.. undamaged, but it was a tube type so survived..
Oh yes, it is very real. I wasn't saying anything to the contrary.
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