[R-390] EMP effects:

[William J. Neill]

One of the most interesting aspects of all US targeting plans for  
Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Russia, and China was the conspicuous  
absence of planning, let alone acknowledgment of, any massive  
radioactive clouds from US weapons detonations that would drift  
eastward and in approximately six to eight days, begin passing over  
the western US and Canada and continue to move eastward, enveloping  
North America.

Bill Neill

On Sep 25, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Richard Loken wrote:

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Cecil Acuff wrote:

> I remember a movie I saw as a kid...wish I could remember the name of
> it...would like to see it again.
...
> through many interesting events along the way but when he finally  
> got to the
> source of the signal it was a string and a brick or something heavy  
> tied to
> a window shade blowing in the breeze that was keying the  
> transmitter...

That is one of the events described in "On the Beach" by Neville  
Shute.  All
the world has died of radiation poisoning except those in Australia and
New Zealand.  A morse signal is heard and a military expedition is  
sent to
the now deserted United States to find a window blowing in the wind is
keying a transmitter.

Geez you guys are morbid today.

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