Like how you can fry your electronics if they’re plugged in when the power comes back on from an outage, why can’t we “unplug” everything so to speak?
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In it’s simplest form of explanation, EMPs *cause* current inside of electronics in massive waves, even if something is unplugged.
If it’s not shielded (*like most electronics aren’t)* the components inside will still get hit with that electromagnetic blast and current will flow through everything at a disastrous rate by destroying most sensitive electronics. The current either flows in the wrong direction, or is way too much, and things inevitably break.
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