Someone is practicing...
I would support the death penalty in these cases.
Calling Bruce Willis,,,
We are almost totally dependent on that thin umbilical cord that connects our homes to the power grid. Big storm, power down = no lights, no heat, no water. And scrambling for possible shortages of food at the grocery stores who only have one days stock on hand.
I have backup, somewhat, in that I have a wood stove (heat and cooking) and lamps (light). That still leaves me without running water...until I can afford a generator for standby.
Sixty years ago, the way we lived up on my grandparents farm, a power outage would not have affected us for some time. We supplied our own heat, had our well and a pump on the sink, lamps for light, cellars and cupboards full of food, butter and milk in the barn, eggs and chickens in the hen house.
Now I wouldn’t want to live quite that stringent today. I’m totally spoiled...gotta have my hot water tap and access to FR. But it’s comforting to have the heat/lights backup.
What backup system do todays cities have? Without power, we are dead in the water....We live on the edge more so today, perhaps, than at any other time in history.
....Central and South American countries including Mexico were the ones affected.
Umm... I’m a utility company. I put the controls of my power facilities on the Internet...
Note to utility companies: Disconnect the controls of your power plants from the Internet.
Glad I could help.
This article makes a good case for having a diesel generator out back...
Sounds like the work of Russian mafia.
John
“Guest” workers are your friends.
Summary execution of hackers is one solution!
(not necessarily a good or desirable one, but it would make me say “serves ‘em right”)
CIA discloses cyber attacks caused multiple city power outages
From the link...
FACT: Hackers have successfully penetrated and extorted multiple utility companies that use SCADA systems in the last 24 months.
SCADA systems?
ping
South Africa
Hopefully not engines on 777’s
Why in the world would anyone give access to their DCS systems? Stupid.
Why in the world would anyone give access to their DCS systems? Stupid.
Well, then there’s always the Northern to Southern California aquaduct. I wonder sometimes how vulnerable it is, and millions in LA and other surrounding cities rely on that water. Imagine if the water supply was immediately contaminated or disrupted...electricity is one thing, without water in Los Angeles in a couple days at least the whole of the city would turn to anarchy. I hope there’s a plan there. Sorry for the scary thought.