On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:47:49 GMT, (Gary Coffman) wrote:



The grid is designed to be tolerant of lightning strikes. But a 200 km
altitude NEMP detonation would cause the grid to face the equivalent
of *simultaneous* lightning strikes every 1.4 km along its length. I don't
think the grid is up to handling *that* level of surge gracefully.

Gary

Given that every insulator on pylons and poles has an attached spark gap, I
see no particular reason why there should be permanent damage. YMMV :-)


Mark Rand
RTFM