Posted on 12/10/2022 10:37:27 AM PST by Levy78
A string of attacks on power facilities in Oregon and Washington has caused alarm and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the US electric grid.
The attacks in the Pacific north-west come just days after a similar assault on North Carolina power stations that cut electricity to 40,000 people.
As first reported by Oregon Public Broadcasting and KUOW Public Radio, there have been at least six attacks, some of which involved firearms and caused residents to lose power. Two of the attacks shared similarities with the incident in Moore county, North Carolina, where two stations were hit by gunfire. Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the North Carolina attack.
The four Pacific north-west utilities whose equipment was attacked have said they are cooperating with the FBI. The agency has not yet confirmed if it is investigating the incidents.
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Better return than a grounding rod or Cold Water pipe.
I know the answer but I know I wouldn't be one of them.
The actual article points a finger at the “Boogaloo” movement. While “Boogaloos” can be far right, they are also far left. They aren’t a group. But the article is written in a way that leads readers to see this as definitely a right wing attack. Note the DHS/CNN collaboration.
From the article...
The DHS has cited a document shared on a Telegram channel used by extremists that included a white supremacist guide to attacking an electric grid with firearms, CNN reported.
“These fringe groups have been talking about this for a long time,” Taylor said. “I’m not at all surprised this happened – I’m surprised it’s taken this long.”
Three men who law enforcement identified as members of the Boogaloo movement allegedly planned to attack a substation in Nevada in 2020 to distract police and attempt to incite a riot.
City dwellers in particular and many suburbanites will die from lack of water, food, heat in the winter, and information. The old and sick will die from lack of medical care and medication, and life support such as oxygen generators.
They will die at the hands of human predators, or they will be killed in self-defense if they turn predator.
With the lack of food and sanitation will come deadly bacterial diseases, and antibiotics won’t be available.
Bottom line is, they will die.
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