Eagle #1 is correct folks. You can take all the precautions you want via building faraday cages, etc., however the primary risk is an EMP event taking down the nations power grid. An EMP pulse will propagate down power transmission lines, taking down electrical switching stations, transformers, and will likely spike your gear and kill it. Keep in mind America's electrical power transmission and distribution infrastructure is archiac and poorly maintained. One such event (even a significant solar event) and it goes bye bye.


Assume the power grid does go down. Would it not be much better to have some means to communicate, or at least listen to the outside world? To dismiss the small effort it takes to ensure some electronic functionality seems a bit irresponsible....

Sorry, I'd rather spend $15 bucks and have at least some functioning radios than not....geez!