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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Can someone please explain to me(like im five) what it is with an EMP that disables electronic devices?
gpt
Do you understand how radio works? Electricity moving in a wire in the transmitter creates a wave in the electromagnetic field that surrounds us. This wave moves electricity in the receiver, creating a signal that the receiving radio uses.

Well an EMP is just a really short, extremely strong radio pulse. It creates lots of electricity in every single piece of metal, including long power lines and short ones within electronics. All that metal acts like a receiving antenna, and the electricity generated is enough to blow light bulbs and fuses, as well as destroying silicon chips and transistors in electronics.