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RocketScott
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FBI called to investigate firearms attacks on Duke Energy substations in North Carolina; 40K without powerhttps://www.utilitydive.com/news/fbi-investigate-firearms-attacks-duke-energy-substations-North-Carolina/637927/Quote: Dive Brief: - About 40,000 Duke Energy customers remained without power Sunday after at least two substations in Moore County, North Carolina, sustained damage attributed to firearms attacks on Saturday night.
- State investigators and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been called in, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R, who represents Moore County, said in a Sunday statement.
- Substation vandalism, including by gunshot, is a common occurrence, say security experts. The fact that a widespread outage occurred indicates it was “a planned, targeted attack involving multiple substations,” Kevin Perry, former director of critical infrastructure protection at Southwest Power Pool, said in an email. Perry retired in 2018.
I've only seen one possible motive floated in the news stories so far Quote: Online, there has been speculation that the attack was related to opposition to a local drag show. Seems a bit excessive
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jukk0u
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Oh, but the narrative...
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WaJim
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jukk0u wrote: Oh, but the narrative... Yeah, cars doing burnouts is way cool...Just kids having fun. Peeple soooo sensitive now a days.
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golddigger14s
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One of my students is impacted. No power= No gas No working registers in stores No ATM's No heat Food going bad. This is a wake-up call, our infrastructure is so vulnerable to even minor incidents. Remember snowmageddon a few years ago? Probably won't get fixed till Thursday. Surprised this didn't happen in places like Seattle, Portland, LA, and WA DC. Could be linked to protest of drag show going on that night.
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WaJim
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jukk0u wrote: Oh, but the narrative... Couldnt be just a couple bored knuckleheads with shotguns blasting conductors..... Could it?
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golddigger14s
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WaJim wrote: jukk0u wrote: Oh, but the narrative... Couldnt be just a couple bored knuckleheads with shotguns blasting conductors..... Could it? According to the news, they knew what components they were shooting at, and two separate substations.
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bubblewhip
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new daddy
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bubblewhip wrote: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack I remember that attack. Lots of discussion back then that it was a practice run for a larger terrorist attack.
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hadati
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Have heard it was committed with 7.62 rounds. That’s a Russian round, right? Could be a message to back off elsewhere in the world.
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Duke EB
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hadati wrote: Have heard it was committed with 7.62 rounds. That’s a Russian round, right? Could be a message to back off elsewhere in the world. Depends on the length lol. Could be x39, x51, or even x63
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Pablo
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RocketScott wrote: FBI called to investigate firearms attacks on Duke Energy substations in North Carolina; 40K without powerhttps://www.utilitydive.com/news/fbi-investigate-firearms-attacks-duke-energy-substations-North-Carolina/637927/Quote: Dive Brief: - About 40,000 Duke Energy customers remained without power Sunday after at least two substations in Moore County, North Carolina, sustained damage attributed to firearms attacks on Saturday night.
- State investigators and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been called in, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R, who represents Moore County, said in a Sunday statement.
- Substation vandalism, including by gunshot, is a common occurrence, say security experts. The fact that a widespread outage occurred indicates it was “a planned, targeted attack involving multiple substations,” Kevin Perry, former director of critical infrastructure protection at Southwest Power Pool, said in an email. Perry retired in 2018.
I've only seen one possible motive floated in the news stories so far Quote: Online, there has been speculation that the attack was related to opposition to a local drag show. Seems a bit excessive Was the drag show at an elementary school?
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Eddie Dean
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Maybe it was squirrels playing with the wires.
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jukk0u
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Several hill-billies spraying several hundred rounds at an electrical facility is bound to hit the "right" stuff... "We're gonna show them Pride-paraders reeel good, fellers. Gonna cut power to ther little faintsy-paints show..." Kapow!KAPOW!!!(sparks, fires) later... "Joby! Go to the ice box 'n git me 'nuther col' beer!" "..wait... "
_________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith
"The said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." ~ Samuel Adams
“A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
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WaJim
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jukk0u wrote: Several hill-billies spraying several hundred rounds at an electrical facility is bound to hit the "right" stuff... "We're gonna show them Pride-paraders reeel good, fellers. Gonna cut power to ther little faintsy-paints show..." Kapow!KAPOW!!!(sparks, fires) later... "Joby! Go to the ice box 'n git me 'nuther col' beer!" "..wait... " Yep, Cecil just got his AK
_________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx
"Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson
T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure"
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TechnoWeenie
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Yeah, when the story broke it was all 'omg domestic terrorists shot up a bunch of power stuff to stop a drag show!'...
My response of ...
'It's hickstown USA... I'm betting they're either tweakers trying to steal the copper, and wanted to disable it first, or a bunch of drunk hillbillies fucking around and not realizing how much they'd fuck stuff up... That's a much more likely explanation than people trying to disable the grid, especially if it's just a 'drag show' they're after.. there are much simpler ways to shut down venues'...
...netted responses ranging from 'You're a bigot racist nazi blah blah if you think this wasn't targeting the drag show'... to '@FBI, look at (username), I bet he did it!'
I've never met a group of people in such need of a good ass kicking.
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