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Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Carolina power grid attack
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah and no. Metcalf was similar in terms of targeting the transformer with rifle fire. But it was more professionally done (in terms of minimizing forensic footprint) and more hands-off, compared to the gate being pulled down by a truck as in this case. There are a number of potential suspects, but my feeling is that if there are no arrests in 72 hours you can expect a bunch of copycat attacks. Substations are very…
The FBI is investigating after a right wing extremist appeared to take responsibility for the attack, with the intention of disrupting a local transgender event. [1] https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1599464591196491777?cxt=...
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Re: Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Carolina power grid attack
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this is what the parent refers to https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1599253199126683650 , though there is no confirmation that they are behind it, only that they are glad that it happened.
I read it just now and I didn't get any impression they did it or knew who did it, just as you say they they were happy. For many people, myself included, who grew up in the country, the power going out is not a big deal, and was a pretty regular occurrence. I say this not to downplay it, but because it's easy to see how someone could see the power go out while something they didn't approve of was happening, and feel…
"The power is out and I know why" doesn't give you an impression?
I guess I'd cross off "detective" as fall back career
Re: Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Carolina power grid attack
#54Civilization will end because it is so much easier to break things than build them.
Re: Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Carolina power grid attack
#55I wonder how well stocked the U.S. is with replacement inventory for facilities like this.
On NPR Marketplace recently there was a utility-size transformer maker interviewed who said their current lead time was well over a year. https://www.marketplace.org/2022/11/14/a-shortage-of-electri...
That's for new orders not an indication of replacement depth held by the utility companies though. Also in an emergency orders could be redirected to companies that need them unless it's a country-wide damaging event.
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#56DVEs have been talking about ways to target power substations for a while now. This is the first instance that I've seen of someone actually acting on that information. Background: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/591331-dhs-warn... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/domestic-violent-extremists-plo...
DVE=Domestic Violent Extremist I believe...
Re: Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Carolina power grid attack
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
What group is that? Do you have a link to any further info here?
I think this is what the parent refers to https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1599253199126683650 , though there is no confirmation that they are behind it, only that they are glad that it happened.
That thread was a hot mess of speculation turning some yahoos off the hip Facebooks post into some conspiracy about shutting down a drag show?
I’ll wait for some actual investigation before jumping to conclusions.
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#58Kind of surprising to not see the words "domestic terrorism" here, so let me be the first?
This very well could be domestic terrorism and for now it would be prudent to treat it as such.
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#59I wonder how well stocked the U.S. is with replacement inventory for facilities like this.
It isn't the replacing part that is the problem, but the rebooting part that is the larger worry.
No, it's both. You need to do research that will show you just how long the lead times are for transformer equipment and supplies.
Oh, and those lead times are still getting longer.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
"the power is out and I know why" implies advance knowledge of the attack at the least, and most likely their involvement in planning/coordination. why else would she know? Also, we shouldn't mince words here, this is a terrorist attack on civilian infrastructure for political ends. If this had been done by islamists, we'd call it as such. Instead we play the "gosh well she technically didn't say she did it" and "gos…
Yeah it does imply that, but that is not the same as a confirmation that they, or someone in their group, are behind the attack. It is a motive, but there is no smoking gun. And it seems that the police have been in contact with the person and saw no reason to arrest them, but they did not expand of why they did not, which I think is a separate issue. Hopefully they will be able to find the people behind this attack…
Additionally, this literally just happened, so for all we know police are just erring on the side of caution by holding maximum cards to their chests while "what the fuck even happened" is still being resolved.
That being said, I also wouldn't give too much faith to the police. Police as an institution have been historically LGBTQ-unfriendly, and have perpetrated anti-LGBTQ violence on an institutional level in the past.