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Oh, I think the writer I was paraphrasing wasn't suggesting a nearby event would be deflected by a cage, rather that at a significant distance there might be hope. They were talking a continent-wide effect fro the larger weapons. Wouldn't we have been better off if our best-and-brightest had been tasked with some other great achievement? Steven Austin -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Richter Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio storage on external hard drives At 02:49 PM 2/23/2005 -0800, steven austin wrote: >Short of a Faraday cage or a conductive >mesh shielding, we kiss our electronics goodbye. Sorry, but whether intentionally or not, that's funny. There are many orders of magnitude between the current that would melt a conventional cage and that which would flow in a nuclear event. Rebar "mesh" wouldn't touch it. Fellows, there's enough energy involved with a near miss or an airburst to generate effects undreamed of in a mere lightning bolt. The total energy is not off a thunderstorm scale, but the power levels are extraordinary. Mike -- [log in to unmask] http://www.mrichter.com/