Posted on 12/23/2013 8:58:24 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
In just the last twelve months Congressional members and top level administrators at the Department of Homeland Security have warned of threats to the national power grid so serious that should they occur life in America as we have come to know it would change almost instantly.
Former DHS head Janet Napolitano, in a letter to her successor, advised that “a massive and serious cyber attack” on the US Homeland is imminent and that a “natural disaster — the likes of which the nation has never seen — is also likely on its way.” This was followed up by a comment from House Homeland Security Committee senior member Yvette Clarke (D-NY) who noted that, “the likelihood of a severe geo-magnetic event capable of crippling our electric grid is 100%.”
Couple those threats with the realistic possibility of a rogue or state-sponsored attack on America by way of a super electro-magnetic pulse weapon, and the odds of a widespread American Blackout increase dramatically.
With our complete dependence on the power grid to maintain the regular flow of commerce, communications, and emergency services, even a short-term grid-down event could lead to serious consequences.
According to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security which cites data from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the infrastructure supporting our power grid is so outdated and vulnerable that an attack or natural disaster could lead to an outage scenario of unprecedented scale.
If you live in or around any of these areas you can expect a societal breakdown within 72 hours or less – and with traffic systems inoperable and roadways likely jammed, there’ll likely be no way out.
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomoutpost.com ...
That map is based on an event involving the sun.
Where’s the map that involves an EMP?
Peppers’ PING!!
Hat tip to Tolerance Sucks Rocks.
/johnny
TV series “Revolution” is about what happens when the power goes out. Projection, preparation or prophecy?
It’ll make a great lawn ornament, right next to the gazing balls and gnomes. LOL.
Well then we better do it to the people who want to do it to us first,so they can’t do it to us!
so pretty much all the areas dominated by democrats for generations have problems? You don’t say.
Electric ground fault!
Not for long. People are clever.
/johnny
Oh hell no...wool carpet probably represents cruelty to the sheep...I'm sure the carpet would be some kind of poly blend.
Oh, and thanks for the laugh. :)
Now I'm not normally the skeptical type but it doesn't make a lot of sense that one of America's foremost military heroes (and, just to keep it semi-logical, also a patriot who loves his country) wouldn't be brave enough to speak out on such a vital subject in public rather than leaking it to a blogger then going into hiding. Anyone who believes this needs the antennas on their tinfoil hat adjusted.
Twenty teams...or cells. Five per team. Each assigned to a geographical area so the whole of the East Coast is covered. One hundred men.
Two men on each team have become proficient with a .308 rifle and scope. They scout the power sub stations in the area.
The entire operation is coordinated by cell phone. When the "Go" signal is received from a central coordinator, each team puts several rounds into the transformers at these stations. Within minutes, the whole of the East Coast is in the dark for a decade.
Any more reason needed to have your state with the capability of removing itself from the grid and supplying local power to customers.
There would be some states severely in the toilet, but others with a net surplus. Finding out who right now would be important.
...knowing that one of the more important power producers in your area had already shut down seven that’s right seven coal fired power plants up to fifteen years early that’s right fifteen years early to avoid problems, not with outages, no, problems with the terrorist at the EPA.
...and if this isn’t a manufactured crises by the terrorists in DC I’ll be really surprised. Time for an all FR PING
Some regions can produce more power than they need, some produce less. In the event that EVERY SINGLE ONE of these connecting transformers FAILED COMPLETELY there would still remain the generating capacity. The regions capable of producing more than they need could simply cut back to produce only what they need. The regions not capable of producing all that need could still produce all that they could, and provide rolling blackouts to make up the difference. It would be inconvenient, but hardly life threatening.
There is simply no scenario where every single transformer, and every single generator in the US gets simultaneously fried, incapable of repair. Never discount the ingenuity of man.
This buffoon believes that DHS is going to initiate a false flag operation...by creating an earthquake in the New Madrid fault area with their new Earthquake Ray Gun? Riiiiight.
And, your Obamacare insurance card is worthless - oh, wait, it's already worthless.
I live outside of Washington, D.C. Two and a half years ago we had a sudden windstorm, a "derecho," that took out power for several days. People who didn't have a full tank of gas couldn't get out of the area because the gas stations weren't working and the DC Metro wasn't running--and besides, many roads were blocked by fallen trees or by accidents that had taken place in the absence of traffic lights. There was no way to get money out of your bank or buy food. The stores began throwing meat and produce away after their generators ran out of fuel. In my pretty doctors-and-lawyers neighborhood, groups of young men of different racial and ethnic groups began roaming up and down the street. I assume they were not looking for friends to come out and have a beer with them; they were strangers and they looked like trouble. It was hot. People who weren't used to living without air conditioning were angry and got into fights. The cops were too overwhelmed to respond. People who needed medication could not get it.
This is what happened after a very short period, only a few days, with the promise of near-term restoration of power. What do you think it would be like if the whole grid went down for a prolonged period, with no promise that it would ever be restored? Watching this event, and the previous one we called "Snowmaggeddon" when I had no power for five days, is what made me a prepper. Twice in just a few years--yes, it makes you think. Or it should.
>> “Problem is that the main transformers would be fried.....no spares” <<
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A misperception at best.
You would likely be astounded at how much back-up hardware PG&E has stockpiled in hundreds of locations, and if you believe that they leave their transformers completely unprotected, you would be quite wrong.
Actually, EMP is not a great threat to transformers, but to intelligent switching devices. The lines and transformers are more like the antennas that direct the damage.
Long transmission lines, even if switched out, generate tremendous EMF just from swinging in the wind, and can sometimes even arc across an open switch during a wind storm, which is why out of service lines are often grounded at both ends.
What do you mean? Didn’t they light up the War of 1812 battle fields like a night football game?
If a bird lands on the wires here, we lose electricity but according to the map we have nothing to worry about.
Last time they intentionally shut the power off to avoid too much use during a winter storm, they blew transformers when they were turned back on. Doesn’t give me too much confidence in them getting anything working very quickly in a major fail.
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