I live in Washington and this is the first I heard about this. I have worked for various cities and counties across the state and read the online newspapers daily to keep up on those areas and folks I came to know.
Yup just what I spoke about in the Duke power shoot up thread/posts a few days ago.
Houston...I see a problem. These towers and substations are often isolated and hard to monitor. The MSM hushes the stories up quickly.