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> include 60-ish style warnings of what to do when you see a mushroom? Before the mushroom too. Like when the tide goes out before a tsunami. I remember watch
by wallflower 16y ago
> include 60-ish style warnings of what to do when you see a mushroom?
Before the mushroom too. Like when the tide goes out before a tsunami.
I remember watching the 'Day After' a long time ago and in one scene is everyone on a highway - and all of their cars suddenly die/stall. I assume this is EMP blast related?
- Seth_Kriticos 16y agoRead the article, do some blast physics Googling (especially for kinetic and EMP cones). If you are in EMP range (which applies to H-Bombs and N-Bombs mostly, the later you're very unlikely to see in a terrorist attack, just too damn difficult to build), then you are probably screwed anyway. In the case you survive that, don't leave the car.. and pray!
- narag 16y agoIt was EMP related. IIRC, it was explained previously in the film and I believe that there was some special effect to suggest an explosion had taken place in the stratosphere. By the way, Jason Robard's character did one educational thing: bending (I hope that's the right word) as much as he can behind the dashboard. Also the movie featured prominently a white noodle-like dust rain that had that charming effect of making people bald. There was another film with William Hart (can anybody remember the title?) about a post-apocalyptic world where most electronics are fried due to EMP.