Wouldn't you be better off saving your HAM radio at that point?  We could discuss this forever, however if there is an EMP we have bigger problems. ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Thu, 12/1/11, Matt Graham wrote: From: Matt Graham Subject: Re: OT: SSD and EMP To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 12:36 PM From: keith smith > That [raises] the question - if the device you store your data on > is not [affected] by an EMP what will you read it with?  And how > will you use the data?  Every part of our computers will be [affected] > - destroyed. This is why the discerning paranoiacs always keep a spare laptop inside a Faraday cage in case of nearby nuclear weapons tests.  :-P -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog:  http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss