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Don't forget the frozen pizzas. During Covid I was walking through my local supermarket, and noticed there wasn't a roll of toilet paper or a frozen pizza to be found.

I read One Second After, I thought it was an interesting read. While making this episode, I did come across an interview witg Ted Koppel discussing his book. I'll try to add that to my reading list at some point.

All good points. While researching for this episode, I had many of the same questions you raised. There is a lot of good reference material out there, such as previously conducted nuclear tests, etc. However, to your pont, there are still a lot of questions as to what the effect would be on some modern electronics? Some of the things I've read suggest modern electronics would be sensitive to such an event, and other material suggests that it's possible certain electronics may survive. It's an interesting subject.

@@PartisanCommsGroupOne of the experiements I ran during physics class in college (for mechanical engineering) was an experiment exploring the direction and intensity of the magnetic field in a 2-d plane, and how encasing something in a metal loop would affect things. Basically, we made a tray with lines drawn, and had tools both to measure the strength of the magnetic field, as well as the direction of it. When we put a metal loop down (think cookie cutter), the magnetic field inside this loop was completely uniform, as if the magnetic field increased but the lines that normally would have been scaled over the outside were not changed. I think this is kind of how a faraday cage works? So theoretically, if there is a faraday cage, it needs to be able to dissipate as heat any energy from changing magnetic fields without electrically failing? I think? This should mean that the magnetic field inside is uniform, even if fluctuating up and down? This is kind of difficult to understand anyway. The physics behind this are very difficult to wrap your mind around. I would be interested in seeing how these phyrics can be applied in the real world. For instance, can I just line a case with three layers of aluminum foil, then electrically connect that with the ground wire of a home electrical outlet? Having a plastic case lined with foil near an unused plug, housing some radios and basic electronics, would not be difficult or expensive.