Suspicious power outage

[manifest destiny]

2. Taking down less than 20 strategic substations would take down the entire U.S. power grid.

Well this gives me the warm and fuzzies. I wonder if some earth hugging greenies wanted to speed up the "unplugging" process to help save planet earth. I bet electric car owners in that area are bummin'.

 

[rosejm]

Maybe some forward progress. Another great reporter scouring the grapevine (generally live coverage) with a brief update:

 

[jsx1043]

Post 9/11, those of us in the LE, homeland security, anti-terrorism and emergency management realms were receiving fairly frequent memos about CI/KR (critical infrastructure/key resource) attacks, to which power substation attacks were included. They’ve been happening for decades, with a sporadic uptick after 9/11 until about 2003, then again with the Metcalf substation attack in 2013, which was thus far the most damaging and largest in size, although it didn’t have a significant impact on the grid.

Metcalf sniper attack - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The memos get updated as chatter resurfaces, but had been pretty quiet the last few years, without any chatter on the North Carolina attack. Given that there have now been two other attacks in South Carolina and Oregon, my spidey-senses are telling me that my first inclination disputing the drag show causation is on point. There’s always copy cats, but now my biggest concern (narrative-wise) is that these attacks are going to be (further) attributed to “right wing extremists.” Too much remains to be seen about actual suspects, but I’d lean towards green agenda activists or actual foreign actors.

Shots fired near Duke Energy facility in South Carolina

It was not clear if the facility itself was targeted.

www.cbsnews.com

Memo: Oregon, Washington substations intentionally attacked

“Power companies in Oregon and Washington have reported physical attacks on substations using handtools, arson, firearms and metal chains possibly in response to an online call for attacks on…

www.koin.com

 

[Cameramonkey]

And it would be great cover for antifa types to wait patiently and attack after their friends do something the Right vehemently disagrees with.

E.g. the left organizes a bible burning party, and “coincidentally” somebody shoots up another substation. They get to break stuff and be anarchists and “we” get blamed.

 

[actaeon277]

I just think the perpetrators are 'left' because, look which side is upset about ONE day, yet is the the side that spent the summer burning down cities.

 

[Lex Concord]

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.

Russia, Russia, Russia

Speaking seriously, though, I had a thought about Russia (China, N Korea, etc.) when this happened.

It seems it would be easier, cheaper, more effective, easier to deny, and overall less risky for any such actor to take down the US power grid, or large segments thereof, by a coordinated effort by a group of teams armed with nothing more than an SKS and a few full mags per man than to try to hit us with the oft-dreaded EMP.

Elements of the MSM have already shown how eager they are to pin such acts on "right wing extremists", so the bad actor would likely get the bonus points of further increasing the tyrannical tendencies of FedGov et al.

 

[manifest destiny]

It seems it would be easier, cheaper, more effective, easier to deny, and overall less risky for any such actor to take down the US power grid, or large segments thereof, by a coordinated effort by a group of teams armed with nothing more than an SKS and a few full mags per man than to try to hit us with the oft-dreaded EMP.

Throw in some arson to start uncontrolled forest fires, contaminate some water sources/streams, spread some contagion, distribute some highly addictive poisonous dope and maybe some strategic shortages of needed product imports, voila! War has started, we're behind and may not even know who we're fighting. It'd be hard to prevent and hard to identify the enemy, assuming we even recognize the connection of it all.

 

[Lex Concord]

Throw in some arson to start uncontrolled forest fires, contaminate some water sources/streams, spread some contagion, distribute some highly addictive poisonous dope and maybe some strategic shortages of needed product imports, voila! War has started, we're behind and may not even know who we're fighting. It'd be hard to prevent and hard to identify the enemy, assuming we even recognize the connection of it all.

Not to mention the ease of crossing our porous Southern border...

 

[actaeon277]

Antifa TORCHED HOUSES, Attacked Government And Civilians, Charged With TERROR FINALLY​

 

[Keith_Indy]

picked up a kerosene heater last night

More warnings

Multiple Power Grid Facilities Receive Threatening Letters Following Substation Attacks, Authorities Say | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

A power plant in Lycoming County in Pennsylvania contacted state police after they received a threatening letter, according to North Central PA.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

[Cameramonkey]

picked up a kerosene heater last night

More warnings

Multiple Power Grid Facilities Receive Threatening Letters Following Substation Attacks, Authorities Say | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

A power plant in Lycoming County in Pennsylvania contacted state police after they received a threatening letter, according to North Central PA.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

Love how they buried the lede.

"Officials determined the letter was not credible"
Of course had they titled it "power grid facilities get prank threat letters" nobody would click I guess.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Antifa TORCHED HOUSES, Attacked Government And Civilians, Charged With TERROR FINALLY​

Maybe I'm just cynical, but it feels like these clowns are only (finally) being punished because they are listening to us. They want to punish the right for the stuff the left has been doing and after enough backlash they are finally reluctantly punishing some of the left so that they can act like they are applying the law equitably.

If they were serious, there would have been charges sooner. And probably more of them.

 

[actaeon277]

Maybe I'm just cynical, but it feels like these clowns are only (finally) being punished because they are listening to us. They want to punish the right for the stuff the left has been doing and after enough backlash they are finally reluctantly punishing some of the left so that they can act like they are applying the law equitably.

If they were serious, there would have been charges sooner. And probably more of them.

Wasn't this crime recent?

 

[jsx1043]

Another update from S2. If they are not part of your daily Intel gathering, they should be.

 

[bwframe]

Washington burglars take out three power substations on Christmas

The Pierce County Sheriff's Office in Washington said three substations were broken into and vandalized on Christmas, leaving 14,000 customers without power.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Cameramonkey]

Washington burglars take out three power substations on Christmas

The Pierce County Sheriff's Office in Washington said three substations were broken into and vandalized on Christmas, leaving 14,000 customers without power.

www.foxnews.com

Notice anything odd about that story?

Don’t you have to steal something to be a burglar?

So the next question… incompetent journalist, or covering Up something? Don’t want to admit it was a saboteur? are you only a vandal if you damage things outside?

 

[foszoe]

Notice anything odd about that story?

Don’t you have to steal something to be a burglar?

So the next question… incompetent journalist, or covering Up something? Don’t want to admit it was a saboteur? are you only a vandal if you damage things outside?

My guess would be copper.

 

[Cameramonkey]

My guess would be copper.

Your response makes no sense. Did you not read the article?
the “ burglars “ stole nothing and only vandalized.

 

[foszoe]

Your response makes no sense. Did you not read the article?
the “ burglars “ stole nothing and only vandalized.

Sorry. You don't have to take anything to burgle. Taking something would be theft.

If they do take something it is usually copper.

 

[bwframe]

Video At least 4 power grid substations vandalized on Christmas Day

Officials are investigating after four power substations were vandalized in Washington state, leaving 14,000 customers without power over the holiday.

abcnews.go.com

Substations damaged in Christmas attacks as thousands left without power

The incidents in Washington state are the latest of a series of attacks against U.S. power substations in recent months.

www.newsweek.com