[Paulie]

We have been warned about the electric grid for years, if not decades.

Nothing has been done. Not by the electric companies. Not by the regulators. Not by the state or federal government.

Seems to me either there really isn’t anything we can do to protect ourselves from an attack on the electric grid, or the powers-that-be don’t care if it happens (or prefer it happens).

Or we are not nearly as vulnerable as they say.

[rktman]

"They" don't care because they are special. 👹

[Ancesthntr]

“Seems to me either there really isn’t anything we can do to protect ourselves from an attack on the electric grid, or the powers-that-be don’t care if it happens (or prefer it happens).

Or we are not nearly as vulnerable as they say.”

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You missed one possibility: “De Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt.”

For the power companies, there is no way to calculate any kind of return on cost of the safety measures that they KNOW will reduce the effects of any EMP event. As such, they cannot justify it without some revenue to offset those costs, or some regulatory requirements. As for pols, they are looking to the next election - these protective measures will take 10-20 years to fully implement, and won’t produce any vote-getting bang-for-the-buck like building a highway or giving some lazy bum a free phone.

[bgill]

When the scares by jihadists began, our electric company took down the see through fencing and put up brick walls around the sub stations. Seems like that would help someone intent on doing something as they wouldn’t be seen by passersby.

[George from New England]

“or the powers-that-be don’t care if it happens”

Or they have a special place for themselves and their families to go already.