Monday- my supervisor told me to look into the possibility and risk assessment of

electromagnetic pulses. These can come from several natural and man-made sources so I started

with electromagnetic pulses from the sun and looked to the national weather service, NOAA and

NASA. Through these organizations' websites I found quite a few info graphics that detail how

the sun can eject large amounts of material in what we call a solar flare. The radiation from the

flare can then reach the Earth and depending on the intensity harm electronic devices here on

earth.

Tuesday- continuing off of the topic from yesterday I began to look at resources on defending

against electromagnetic pulses from the department of homeland security and the CISA. I was

thankful to find a number of documents that went into great detail about how the individual and

the local government could protect their vital electronic equipment from a large electromagnetic

pulse. Many of these documents were over 100 pages so it took me quite a while to get through a

few of them.

Wednesday – I spent today finishing up my reading of the other electromagnetic pulse defense

documents and began the process of creating a shortened version with only the most vital and

pertinent information from the document. Condensing all of this information took quite a while.

Thursday- now that I had all of the information properly condensed I began organizing it into a

well easily legible fact sheet that could be distributed to civilians as a piece of precautionary

material or two other department heads as of memo.

Friday– going back to the research phase my supervisor wanted me to look into electromagnetic

pulses caused by nuclear explosions and if there were any protocols available in that kind of

situation. While plans for nuclear generated electromagnetic pulses do exist it is only as a
formality because if nuclear warheads begin dropping out of the sky then we might have more

serious issues to worry about then whether or not most of our electronics work.

Date TIme in Time Out Hours worked

3/20/23 9:00 5:00 8 hrs

3/21/23 9:00 5:00 8 hrs

3/22/23 9:00 5:00 8 hrs

3/23/23 9:00 5:00 8 hrs

3/24/23 9:00 5:00 8 hrs

Weekly total 40

Grand total 351