Originally posted by jerryznv
Originally posted by spy66
Originally posted by jerryznv
reply to post by spy66
These electrons traveling at high speed towards the ground produce a very high pulse of electric current.
Current...now that is my question..how much current?
Half an amp...500 amps...how much?
That depends on where the EMP goes of. The EMP will not look like the image the OP posted. It will look like a "U" From North to South do to the
Magnetic field.
The EMP will be strongest where the electrons are deflected and compressed at high speed. But i dont know what amps there will be at that location.
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How do we know this?
Or rather how do you know this...why a "U" form?
Seems to me that a wave of flux would be less controlled...east and west...or north and south poles would cause a drop zone in the flux of the current
( and amperage)...but why a "U"?
I know this because of earth curvature. Earth has a curved magnetic field. It tilts downwards. If a blast is set of above earth atmosphere the blast
will first hit the atmosphere, When it hits the atmosphere, the force will push the electrons downwards towards the ground.
Its like if you hit a ball of center. The ball will be pushed in a specific direction. If you get my point? That is how the electrons will be pushed
towards the ground.
Just imagine that earth is a ball. You wont hit the US with the EMP if you aim smack in the middle. The blast has to be to the north, because that is
were the US is located on earth.
Its not a good explanation, but English is not my language so its hard to explain.
It is because of earth curvature you get the U shape. Much of the blast will be deflected away because of the curvature. Earth is more curved up
north, then it is by the equator for instant.
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