Serious physical attack on US power grid comes to light
waynefromnscanada
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Serious attack on US Grid only now coming to light.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/02/06/tsr-dnt-simon-power-grid-sniper-attack.cnn.html
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/02/06/tsr-dnt-simon-power-grid-sniper-attack.cnn.html
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Makes one wonder if it was a trial run.
And "which side" did it. :roll:
From a WSJ article:
Still don't know what we don't know...
-Bill
WOW! That's quite the eye opener from WSJ. Thanks for that BB, always good to be at least partly educated, but like you say, we have no idea what we don't know.
Yes & this was in the underground news last week . Now it hits the MSM ..
Unfortunately this is very old news, scarily it is only just making headlines on the major news outlets. This is where I read about it back in December.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/12/29/Military-Style-Attack-On-California-Power-Substation
Definitely a test run and we'll see something much bigger eventually. However, for years I've been more worried about the vulnerability of the long-distance towers. Thousands of miles of hidden and unprotected towers makes for a much bigger target. Take out a half-dozen major transmission lines at one time and you have a month+ of major problems.
they don't know if it was terrorism? right, i suppose it was a herd of bunny rabbits that accidentally took out a bunch of substations all at once. this story is no surprise to me as we can't seem to keep our grid up for minor weather episodes let alone anything major. the weather system that went through the south and up the coast recently is typical of many winter type systems and there was over 1/2 million without power. it is too easy to take out power on smaller scales and just a bit more effort for larger scales and one would not have to have great training or know-how to cause a disruption. this power distribution system needs to be rethought out and redone. no doubt the consumer will be gouged for these updates that power companies should've been working on all along, but they instead decided to place those monies into their own pockets. it's best to not have 100% gt dependence be it battery backed hybrid solar or generators or both. no utility is dependable or immune.
Totally agree. I know its a lot of money, but for those who can afford it and have the ability, both mentally and physically to look after a system that doesn't back them into a corner with all their eggs in one basket, I believe they should do so.
My hobby isn't drinking beer or trying to impress the neighbors with man toys, it's my off grid system. It gives me great satisfaction and great peace of mind. Wouldn't want it any other way.