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To: reasonisfaith

>>NK related virus targeting our electrical grid

Have read that in multiple articles. We used to be able to keep a bank running when the computer went down by turning around and using the huge printouts, then updating the info later. Having the electrical grid exposed by being connected has no easy backup, I would think. Or perhaps they prefer efficiency to safety.


1,718 posted on 02/11/2018 2:21:56 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Or maybe part of the deep state-CIA plan all along.

The fact that government agencies are probably involved in genocide against Americans is one of the things that will be very difficult for many Americans to swallow.


1,810 posted on 02/11/2018 3:16:04 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: mairdie
Have read that in multiple articles. We used to be able to keep a bank running when the computer went down by turning around and using the huge printouts, then updating the info later. Having the electrical grid exposed by being connected has no easy backup, I would think. Or perhaps they prefer efficiency to safety.

Keep in mind that the electric grid is not a single system. It is essentially 3 separate interconnected "groups" of systems whereby each utility entity operates its own system using its own operating control. In addition, the system can be operated manually, right down to opening and closing circuit breakers.

That said, it's not perfect, and under the right circumstances, a virus in one entity's system can bring about cascading outages and in the worst case scenario, can result in a total shutdown of one of the 3 regional areas.

Now, the electric power industry has built up significant firewalls and practices to protect their electronic infrastructure so they're not easy to get to. But things can happen. We in the power industry are pretty vigilant, and have ways of operating sans the central control system.

1,933 posted on 02/11/2018 5:10:55 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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