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Power Grid Down Drill To Be Conducted By US Government
OffTheGridNews ^ | August 28, 2013 | Tara Dodrill

Posted on 08/31/2013 12:44:22 PM PDT by LucyT

Power grid vulnerabilities are finally garnering some attention by government officials.

An electrical grid joint drill simulation is being planned in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Thousands of utility workers, FBI agents, anti-terrorism experts, governmental agencies, and more than 150 private businesses are involved in the November power grid drill.

The SHIELD Act, which is stalled in Congress, is the first serious piece of legislation in many years to attempt to address the vulnerabilities of the power grid in.

(Excerpt) Read more at offthegridnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhodhs; dark; drill; electricity; lightsout; nationalsecurity; powergrid; powergriddrill; preparedness; shieldact
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To: MD Expat in PA
Shall we also expect a national "drill" and governmental shut-down of the nation's major bridges, roads, and infrastructure for "examination" because as we know, this system is crumbling as well and "vulnerable to attack"?
101 posted on 09/02/2013 7:10:47 AM PDT by USS Johnston (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke)
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To: MD Expat in PA
Did you even bother to read the link to this thread?:

The disaster drill is being described as a crisis practice unlike anything the real power grid has ever experienced. The GridEX II drill Nov. 13-14 will focus primarily on how governments will react if the electrical grid fails and, for instance, the food supply chain collapses.

102 posted on 09/02/2013 7:44:32 AM PDT by USS Johnston (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke)
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To: Marcella
Normalcy bias is so strong, one thinks nothing will happen because everything is just fine now...We are the victims of progress...We flip a switch for heat and turn on the gas or electric stove.

When I prepared [for calamity], I took myself back to the days I spent in my grandmother's house with no electric power and they lived well. The majority of our population has never lived in those times so they can't draw from that experience to recreate it.

Articulately stated. Your early life's experience was a great, "off-the-grid" upbringing that will serve you well. "Progress" and "room-service" modern life has created a population of vulnerable, ill-prepared, dependent invalids in a great sense.

I hope you are in better condition with preps than you were before Sandy.

Not nearly as much as I should be, Marcella. Thanks for the food for thought (no pun intended ;-)

103 posted on 09/02/2013 7:56:03 AM PDT by USS Johnston (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke)
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To: Travis McGee; MestaMachine; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; sweetiepiezer; txnuke; La Lydia; aragorn; ...
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Back to the thread.

Alas, Brave New Babylon
(link to the Free Republic thread)

Click on graphic at # 99 for link to the FR thread.

Thanks, Travis McGee. Realistic, and unsettling after reading this current article.

104 posted on 09/02/2013 5:27:07 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

When are the Russians supposed to ‘help’ out in the sector of the US around DC?


105 posted on 09/02/2013 5:48:11 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: LucyT
Interesting this game is being played during or near Winter. Not surprising though. Only worry is that this is the obama crowd doing the playing. We’ll beat ‘em back if they get reckless and open portholes!
106 posted on 09/03/2013 4:59:50 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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bookmark for later reference


107 posted on 09/03/2013 5:11:15 AM PDT by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last. It might be.)
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To: catfish1957

I’ve had similar thoughts. Since everything with these people is political, I’m wondering what their angle is with that series.


108 posted on 09/04/2013 8:49:34 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: fone; Smokin' Joe; Kartographer; LucyT; Jim Robinson; All

“Warm weather is more survivable than cold, especially at this latitude. How many will die if these fools interrupt power in a time of year parts of this country are often at temperatures ranging from the single digits to -30?”

“I was thinking the same thing — half of the continent will be depending on electricity for heat in November. Seems like this drill would be better scheduled in May or September.”

“Does anyone in charge have common sense???”

The article says the exercise will be a simulation. However many comments on the thread are leading me to believe that some here are concerned that there may be actual power outages. Is that the consensus here, that the exercise will actually turn out to be a real grid down situation? How would that happen? Would the government actually order the power companies to shut down and they would do it? These are not sarcastic questions, but real ones.


109 posted on 09/04/2013 8:58:16 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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