Suspicious power outage

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Rumor on INGO is lots of people lose their guns in tragic boating accidents. Forgot the purple, I just assumed an oppressed group of people would never voluntarily register and then give up their guns.

You're assuming that they thought of themselves as endangered jews, and not just good, law abiding German citizens.

 

[thompal]

I did read about that... Someone who was very vocal on FB against the show posted that she "knew why it happened"
I'm willing to bet her knowledge was along the lines of "God smote thy electrical demonry."

One media outlet reported that she was a former Army Psyop officer.

 

[Hawkeye]

My son lives in Southern Pines in Moore County. He installed a whole-home backup generator a few years ago. he's gotten his money's worth out of it between tropical storms, ices storms and this. said schools are out until thursday at least.

 

[Route 45]

One media outlet reported that she was a former Army Psyop officer.

Theory spreads after North Carolina substation attack leaves 45,000 without power - National | Globalnews.ca

A state of emergency was declared in Moore County, N.C. after gunfire 'heavily' damaged two substations, causing a power outage over a large area.

globalnews.ca

"However, at Sunday’s press conference, Sheriff Fields said that police have yet to find a connection between the substation attack and the drag show.

The theory was bolstered, in part, by a Facebook post from one of the far-right organizers who demonstrated outside of the “Downtown Diva” show on Saturday. Emily Rainey wrote “The power is out in Moore County and I know why,” less than an hour after outages were first reported.

Rainey is a former U.S. Army psychological operations officer who left the military while being investigated for leading a faction of people to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the Fayatteville Observer. She has been a vocal opponent of drag shows in North Carolina."

 

[JettaKnight]

Theory spreads after North Carolina substation attack leaves 45,000 without power - National | Globalnews.ca

A state of emergency was declared in Moore County, N.C. after gunfire 'heavily' damaged two substations, causing a power outage over a large area.

globalnews.ca

"However, at Sunday’s press conference, Sheriff Fields said that police have yet to find a connection between the substation attack and the drag show.

The theory was bolstered, in part, by a Facebook post from one of the far-right organizers who demonstrated outside of the “Downtown Diva” show on Saturday. Emily Rainey wrote “The power is out in Moore County and I know why,” less than an hour after outages were first reported.

Rainey is a former U.S. Army psychological operations officer who left the military while being investigated for leading a faction of people to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the Fayatteville Observer. She has been a vocal opponent of drag shows in North Carolina."

My guess is post isn't a confession, but a hint to some bizarre theory that George Soros is behind it.

 

[Route 45]

My guess is post isn't a confession, but a hint to some bizarre theory that George Soros is behind it.

Actually, an even more bizarre theory. According to her, apparently, Jesus is behind it.



"Two hours after making her initial post, Rainey added that deputies from the Moore County Sheriff’s Office had questioned her.

“Sorry they wasted their time. I told them that God works in mysterious ways and is responsible for the outage. I used the opportunity to tell them about the immoral drag show and the blasphemies screamed by its supporters,” she wrote."

 

[Leo]

Isn't Fort Bragg right near there?

 

[flatlander]

Isn't Fort Bragg right near there?

5 miles away. Don't bet it was good ol drunk boys

 

[JettaKnight]

Actually, an even more bizarre theory. According to her, apparently, Jesus is behind it.



"Two hours after making her initial post, Rainey added that deputies from the Moore County Sheriff’s Office had questioned her.

“Sorry they wasted their time. I told them that God works in mysterious ways and is responsible for the outage. I used the opportunity to tell them about the immoral drag show and the blasphemies screamed by its supporters,” she wrote."

As a Christian, I distancing myself from her and her (probably) snake handling congregation.

-- or --

Pat Robertson approves of her comments.

 

[rosejm]

S2 Underground brings us a really good summation of the current state of affairs. 4 min to catch yourself up - not much new.
The last 4min are more geared toward people in that area.

 

[Hawkeye]

Isn't Fort Bragg right near there?

Yes. The Fort is just east of Moore County/Southern Pines. Fayetteville is on the east side of the Fort and the Main Gate is there.

 

[jsx1043]

S2 Underground brings us a really good summation of the current state of affairs. 4 min to catch yourself up - not much new.
The last 4min are more geared toward people in that area.

I was going to post this last night, thanks for putting it up. If anything, this just goes to show the lengths that regular folks have to go just to have a semblance of normalcy if they are not prepared for emergency disruptions. A small modicum of personal preparedness in the way of storing food, water, medicine, personal supplies and a backup power source/generation is paramount these days.

Also a measure of concern is the government placed curfew. I'll have to dig up the letter, but affected restaurants and stores in the AO were shut down due to "safety concerns."

 

[Cameramonkey]

Yeah, that curfew seemed a bit premature IMO. Now if they were having active, repeat "summer of love" incidents, sure. Or they knew for a fact there was an active shooter moving around continuing ACTIVE attacks. But not for a one and done attack. Sure, they dont know at the time its one and done, but there was a point that they had to realize, "hey, they attacked 3 specific and identical sites in 15 minutes, but now all has been quiet for 3 hours."

Had it been one, after another, after another over the course of several hours? AND targets containing innocents? Maybe. But once again, maybe not. They had an obvious target; power. Its not like they were rolling around town shooting up bars and restaurants.

edited for clarity

 

[jsx1043]

I think there's more than meets the eye with this one, and I don't think it has anything to do the drag show. Occam's razor leads me to be more concerned about the outages and their proximity and effect on Fort Bragg and the surrounding areas, including Southern Pines and Aberdeen, where a significant amount of Fort Bragg personnel live, including JSOC folks.

 

[Onebad06vtx]

They got a break in this case.
They figured out there was more then one shot fired!

 

[Mgderf]

I'm still not convinced that this was anything more than malicious mischief.
It may well turn out to be terrorism, but to date I've yet to see anything that says this was "a targeted attack".

O.k. so they broke down a fence to enter the compound.
Several months ago someone, or several someone's broke into our local county school bus lot and took 6 school buses for joy rides.
They did tens of thousands of dollars in damage to the buses and fencing.

I reserve judgement until I get more information, but the fact that the news reported "they certainly knew exactly what they were doing, and precisely what to shoot..." makes me take pause.

 

[rosejm]

To me, the distance between the two substations, the bypassing of smaller substations nearby and the number of rounds fired points to more than simple mischief.

It is interesting that they tore down the gates, instead of cutting, climbing or shooting through the fence from a distance.

 

[Cameramonkey]

To me, the distance between the two substations, the bypassing of smaller substations nearby and the number of rounds fired points to more than simple mischief.

It is interesting that they tore down the gates, instead of cutting, climbing or shooting through the fence from a distance.

THIS. Mischief is "hey, I have an idea. Grab another beer and lets go over there and shoot up that power station. It will be fun. "
Mischief might also be "Wow, that was cool. lets do it again." And then they might hit the next closest substation as they encounter it.

But to hit multiples of only a certain size, skipping over others along the way seems premeditated to me.
Now what we DONT know is motivation. It literally could be zealots in retaliation to the drag show, drunk rednecks, Antifa, or even the Russians. No idea who at this point.

 

[cosermann]

Some interesting things in the article below. To me the most interesting were:

1. These types of incidents are up at least 75% over 2015 levels.
2. Taking down less than 20 strategic substations would take down the entire U.S. power grid.
3. The hardening of substations against this type of threat (i.e. small arms fire) would not cost in the billions, but rather several million dollars. Completely doable if anyone has the gumption to make it happen.

Harden the Electrical Grid, or Suffer the Consequences

Almost 50,000 Duke Power customers in Moore County, N.C. were left in the dark on Sunday night in what has been called a domestic act of terrorism. A curfew is running from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. as schools close and crime spikes. Mos...

www.americanthinker.com

 

[Cameramonkey]

Some interesting things in the article below. To me the most interesting were:

1. These types of incidents are up at least 75% over 2015 levels.
2. Taking down less than 20 strategic substations would take down the entire U.S. power grid.
3. The hardening of substations against this type of threat (i.e. small arms fire) would not cost in the billions, but rather several million dollars. Completely doable if anyone has the gumption to make it happen.

Harden the Electrical Grid, or Suffer the Consequences

Almost 50,000 Duke Power customers in Moore County, N.C. were left in the dark on Sunday night in what has been called a domestic act of terrorism. A curfew is running from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. as schools close and crime spikes. Mos...

www.americanthinker.com

And using utility company math, It would only cost each household an additional $5/mo to fund it.