This is from a friend who is a very reliable source on such issues, and he is a Freeper. Here is what he got from another reliable source:
I have reliable sources saying to prepare for a full shutdown of the US govt for 2 weeks minimum very soon.Also to prepare for rolling blackouts. Energy companies today had a conference call with Trump about the grid not being able to handle the shutdown and to prepare for rolling blackouts to ease the burden.
My friends analysis of why the blackouts are purportedly coming focuses on airborne transmission of CoVid-19 and nuclear power plants.
This shouldn't be an issue, we're not even into peak cooling season (summer) and factories will be idled as a quarantine/supply chain side effects.However, I went looking into it based on the following data that American medical tests showed COVID-19 is an airborne pathogen.
[snip his data review]
Power control rooms are by definition close contact for an airborne pathogen. Power companies have been cutting the control staffs for the grid and power generation plants past the bone for decades. Infection and quarantine issues mean the availability of those control room staff is going to be shit.
You can pencil whip a lot of power plant stuff, especially natural gas ones.
But you can't pencil whip nukes. About a quarter of our juice, and most base load power, comes from them. If not enough people are available to properly staff them, they'll have to shut down under NRC regulations.
I know you are quoting others, but this post makes no sense.
Critical national infrastructure needs to be maintained even if some people get sick, particularly when the numbers show that 80% who are infected have minor symptoms.
Utter BS.
Ping to Black Agnes.
EXactly what we’ve/you’ve been talking about.
Get ready to buckle up, folks.
Thank you, thud!
This is where Trump gets TESTED. Can he do what’s obviously happened in China, which is to FORCE essential workers to go to work, sick or not...or do we start pulling-in essential services.
Will be interesting to watch!
Bookmarked...
first person or this is just more hysterical Panda Propaganda
Smells like FUD and rumor.
I know how serious airborne transmission is, but for something that important, the control room personnel would be on the highest priority list for those to be issued protective gear.
There aren’t THAT many nuclear power plant control room workers compared to MDs, for it to be an impossible burden.
(France gets 70% of its power from nuclear power plants. What are THEY doing?)