I've been trying to find out some info on EMP blasts and how to protect one's stuff from them and have nothing but contradictory answers. Does anyone on here have any good info? Some of my questions are:
-what exactly does EMP affect? Just things that are "on"? Anything that uses or creates elec power? Will plugged in things just cease to work, or explode, catch fire, etc? What about simple battery stuff like a flashlight? The batteries themselves? Pacemakers? What needs to be replaced on a car to get it up again? Can those parts be stored in some way so as to always have good replacements?
Any light that could be shed would be great. Thank you.