I think that's more "poetically true" than "actually true"; I could go into the gory details, but it's Solstice. It's dark enough already tonight. :)
Actually, EMP might make a nice mess of a lot of the car alarms. But then, the effects of nuclear EMP are pretty random. (They're making some progress with microwave-based EMP devices, but there's considerable controversy in military-industrial circles as to whether they'll ever be worthwhile.)
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Date: 2006-12-22 02:56 am (UTC)Actually, EMP might make a nice mess of a lot of the car alarms. But then, the effects of nuclear EMP are pretty random. (They're making some progress with microwave-based EMP devices, but there's considerable controversy in military-industrial circles as to whether they'll ever be worthwhile.)