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Government Agency Warns If 9 Substations Are Destroyed, The Power Grid Could Be Down For 18 Months
ZeroHedge ^ | 03/19/2014 20:49 -0400 | Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog

Posted on 03/19/2014 6:11:36 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

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To: PDGearhead
Well why don’t we just tell them (terrorists)what 9 locations would be the best and be done with it!

I mean how stupid...It's like they want to destroy this country.

41 posted on 03/19/2014 7:21:02 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Probably want to get this news out on the street where foreign or domestic (including NSA/CIA, etc.) terrorists can take advantage of it.


42 posted on 03/19/2014 7:21:36 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (WWP and Paralyed Veterans Assoc. doing the work the U.S. Veterans Administration won't do!)
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To: ForYourChildren

Here’s the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI) link.

https://www.naspi.org/


43 posted on 03/19/2014 7:22:31 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a classical Christian approach to homeschool])
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Can I ride a horse with my single action revolver on my hip?

and can I put my .308 semi auto in a scabbard?

That’s all I ask:) I’ll handle the rest.


44 posted on 03/19/2014 7:34:40 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: TEARUNNER14

Amen Brother, I’ll see you up there.

I’d consider an honour to go out beside my southern brothers fighting against tyranny.


45 posted on 03/19/2014 7:36:59 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Well, why don't we just keep announcing it to the world!


46 posted on 03/19/2014 7:38:17 PM PDT by Envisioning (It's the Jihad, stupid......)
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To: Robwin

I’m posting in the dark right now ... :-) ...


47 posted on 03/19/2014 7:39:49 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Have you ever known any union or otherwise large project to come in on time or budget? Triple that time, at least for the cities and triple it again for those in outlying areas.


48 posted on 03/19/2014 7:42:42 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Envisioning

the ones that matter already know this.


49 posted on 03/19/2014 7:44:10 PM PDT by sport
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To: dfwgator

Anything you read here and/or on the news has already been known a long time before it ever got out on the news for the general public. These aren’t state secrets and they’re not being protected as state secrets. The terrorists can get any of this information any time they want.

In other words, there absolutely nothing one could do on this thread in discussing or reading this article that would make a bit of difference as far as the terrorists are concerned.


50 posted on 03/19/2014 7:46:10 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Do away with all power, and the people living in the cities will be literally eating each other. We all saw how New Orleans rapidly devolved in just a few days after the thin veneer of civilization was stripped away.


51 posted on 03/19/2014 7:57:00 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The LDS (Mormon) Church, DECADES ago, warned there was coming a time when you would need 2 years supply of food, own water supply, heat source, etc...

Scoff at them all you want - but you can't now deny the wisdom of this advice...and unless you're rolling in the money - it takes time to get to self-sufficiency...

52 posted on 03/19/2014 8:15:40 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: jimmyray

I know a guy that works for the #2 transformer building company in the world. Yes, it is rocket science, and most large transformers are custom built to spec, in contract negotiations that last years.
Tens of millions for the big ones.


53 posted on 03/19/2014 8:17:18 PM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch (...By reading this, you've collapsed my wave function. Thanks.)
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To: meatloaf

“To my knowledge the only plant in North America that builds them belongs to ABB. that plant is located in Canada. “
Hyundai has one just south of Montgomery, al.


54 posted on 03/19/2014 8:19:12 PM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch (...By reading this, you've collapsed my wave function. Thanks.)
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To: GeronL

They know ;)


55 posted on 03/19/2014 8:22:59 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why don’t they just draw a map for the terrorists to use?

*********

Yeah! And call it a *report*.


56 posted on 03/19/2014 8:26:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: PDGearhead

exactly what I was thinking.


57 posted on 03/19/2014 8:27:44 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: The Great RJ; All
I had a 40 minute power outage in February when temperatures were in the single digits and was amazed how quickly my home became uncomfortably cold. I also realized that all I could do was sit in the dark and listen to my battery radio. I can’t imagine how an extended blackout would bring everything to a halt.

I was without power for 5 days over Christmas this year - and back in the '98 "100 year Ice Storm", for 3 weeks.

My wood stove keeps me cozy warm, my kerosene lamps gave me plenty of light, I hade plenty of the right foods in the cupboard to see me through, especially for making soups, stews and chowders on the wood stove - I have e my own well water and a way to get water out when the power is off.

Many people up here can do the same - but many have to go to motels.

What part of the "Parable of the lamps" don't people understand?

By the way - if you lose power and therefore heat, and have no way to have a wood stove - here's a simple way to keep from freezing.

Have two kerosene lamps for each room....and shut off all rooms that you can. In the rooms you keep open to be in , light your lamps immediately after power goes out. It's CONSTANT HOT heat out of the chimneys. I t can keep up the heat in the room/s.

So practice the Parable of the lamps. literally. Have your lamps, extra wick, matches and plenty of lamp oil.

It's up to you.

58 posted on 03/19/2014 8:32:14 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Cases of severe civilisational disruption due to "precipitous collapse - often lasting centuries - have been quite common."

Really. Perhaps they could name a few.

59 posted on 03/19/2014 8:45:43 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

It would be grim, but the nine substation scenario would *not* black out the entire country for that long. Areas near power generation stations (or even near institutions that have their own significant generating capacity — for instance most major universities have a power plant) would be able to cut themselves off from the grid and get back power as soon as it was realized that the grid was dead.


60 posted on 03/19/2014 8:47:23 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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