Most likely, any vehicle with an alternator is done. You may get 20 miles or so on the battery, but the diodes and regulator in the alternator are solid state, and an emp will pretty much toast them as well as the electronic ignition, a fuel injection controller, and there's even a good chance it will fry the ignition coil! A good emp proof rig would most likely run on diesel with mechanical injector system and as little electrical as possible. Not very state of the art, but fairly bulletproof when kept to close tolerances.

The rest sounds like a survivalist's dream come true.

As far as aliens go, find someone with a head cold and have them sneeze or cough on the bad guys.

Got to agree with the first reaction...if it comes to that scenerio, the best you can do is HIDE!!! and hope they go away.

P.S. I haven't seen the movie yet, but if aliens with far superior technology are wreaking havoc, it's probably going to take more firepower than I can supply with my 1911 or 870...good luck big green machine.

The EMP wouldn't damage automatic watches, LED light. LED light doesn't use microchip. I hope it doesn't have a chip. The movie is a bit ridiculous when it came to the part where everyone is leaving for the ferry in such calm order. The soldiers should have post scout to detec enemy movements before they reach the civilians at the ferry.

I would disagree. LEDs are solid state devices (light emitting diode) and are very susceptible to emp. If by automatic watch you are referring to anything with an LCD/LED display, you can kiss the electronics in those goodbye as well. I've smoked my Timex just by having it too close to a radiating antenna. It's not just about ICs, any solid state device is susceptible.

Obviously Spielberg and Wells never saw "When Mars Attacks" or they'd have brought Slim Whitman in to save the day. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You mean Slim Pickens??? Whitman was a singer (some folks thought, anyway). Pickens rode the bomb down in "Dr. Strangelove"

Troy

You're showing your lack of age, Sweetie! Slim Whitman was the real savior in Mars Attacks, with his Indian Love Call song:

"Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo
When I'm calling you
Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo
Will you answer too?
Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo"

You just never know what's going to save the world!

Sue

Bingo!!! Give the lady a Kupie doll. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

I stand corrected <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Automatic watches are spring driven analog watches. What makes them automatic is that they are self winding.

Leo

Okay, only I would add that any small mechanism that uses a crystal as a timing source could also be rendered from an EMP, as crystals are also susceptible.

I am glad I inherited an old railroad wind up pocketwatch. They don't keep the greatest time, but they can easily be calibrated and are pretty darned rugged.