Preparedness for when

Hardup_Hester

If you have a car they make an effective Faraday cage.

craigywv

ooooh HESTER thats a good one ! good to think i can use my car as a Faraday cage love this site for all the tips.Just posted my amount for December grocery challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!! where has this year gone!

mardatha

Gottit here Tonsils - horrible night and morning, watching clouds racing by now and listening to the rain hammering at the windpw. Thankful we did the shops on Sat when we saw the forecast.

Caterina

Keep safe and warm, Mardatha and all the others threatened by bad weather!

mardatha

This weather is seriously bad up here, not sure if England is to get it later? Be warned if you are!

lally666young

The wind is starting to pick up down in Seaham. we let the chickens out and they couldnt stand up, so they are sulking in the coop. I bought myself some american sweeties from on overpriced candy shop. So I am okay. Little madam wont go to Monterssori as she thinks she will be stuck there will horrible Mrs Hill and horrible smelly Harry [ she is in love with him really!].
Speaking about celebrations I never forget the birthday were my mum cut her hand with a carving knive as we were arguing over sizes of cake slices! But my parents argue every day and they still love each other. I mean yesterday I went boot shoppping with the other half as his were well talking. He dragged me down to a busy local town, he couldnt get what he wanted, so I took him to another shop, no good. I was slowly on the simmer, calling him scutter and scruffy and refusing to walk with him [childish i know]. but when we drove off I blew up threw a bottle of coke all over him and we both ended up sticky. The last shop we went to he got fixed up! These type of fights rarely happen, but I had been simmering for a while as I never ever see him. So I have lost as I have a sticky jeep to clean. I am Italian after all and we are very passionate people rfol!!!!

JackieRHE

I'm probably being really thick but what is CRAPROLLZ please?

nuatha

A car will provide good protection from a lightening strike (assuming its not a convertible or has a fibre glass body, but it won't necessarily act as a faraday cage.
Assuming you're looking for protection against EMP type emmisions a useful rule of thumb is that if you can receive a mobile phone signal then there is no protection against EMP.
A metal box with a snug fitting lid (which overlaps metal to metal) will provide good EMP protection (the addition of an earthed strap with provide some additional protection). In my case I have an old Smith's Crisps tin, which is lined with insulation and contains a netbook, charger and optical drive. I was involved in some EMP testing and a old tobacco tin provided protection to a pair of USB drives. A metal biscuit or sweet tin would offer similar protection, if it doesn't have a close fitting lid then seal all round with aluminium tape.
HTH

[Deleted User]

just a reminder re 22-24th, as posted a while ago re PC and storm NW. Multipy anything the met office says

Butterfly_Brain

I heard on the news that Scotland has really bad flooding so please keep safe mardatha, JackieG and all others who live up there