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100% Certainty of Total Catastrophic Failure of Entire Power Infrastructure Within 3 Years
SHTF PLAN/Nebraska Energy Observer ^ | 4/23/12 | Mac Slavo

Posted on 04/26/2012 10:36:42 AM PDT by Kartographer

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Lights OUT!
1 posted on 04/26/2012 10:36:56 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!


2 posted on 04/26/2012 10:40:09 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

ping


3 posted on 04/26/2012 10:42:41 AM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Kartographer

Could I get on your ping list?


4 posted on 04/26/2012 10:42:47 AM PDT by Envisioning (Call me a racist........, one more time..........)
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To: Kartographer

The damn sky is ffffalling too; wear a hardhat when you go outdoors!


5 posted on 04/26/2012 10:42:47 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Kartographer
I'm ready. Or should I say Prepped.

I have a number of alternatives to getting juice from the usual outlets.

6 posted on 04/26/2012 10:44:01 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I will not comply. I will NEVER submit.)
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To: _Jim

FYI


7 posted on 04/26/2012 10:44:49 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1192 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: Kartographer

Sounds like “Marketing Your Documentary 101”.

Similar lesson to “Teasing your Local Newscast 101” — “It could be deadly, and it may be on your dinner table. News at 10.”

SnakeDoc


8 posted on 04/26/2012 10:45:54 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("I've shot people I like more for less." -- Raylan Givens)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

So are you saying there is any way a hacker or hackers could take down a smart grid?


9 posted on 04/26/2012 10:47:12 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Iran has publically stated that they are currently working on such an attack. And via the Smart Grid metering, such an attack is made easier.

How? Wait for a Sunny and hot day. Shut down Smart Grid compliant AC units - then turn them all back on, at the same time. This will cause a "Brown-out", cascade the "Brown Out" across numerous nodes, such that any attempts to over-come the power surge are met with minimal power - this then becomes a "Cascading Power Failure".

It's what I would do, if I wanted to attack an infrastructure. However, this is an overt 'Act of War', but with Zero in charge - I suspect a mild written rebuke would be called for, and possibly followed by 20+ more slightly stronger worded rebukes.

10 posted on 04/26/2012 10:51:14 AM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: Kartographer

hyperbole


11 posted on 04/26/2012 10:58:21 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Kartographer

But think of how much less coal we’ll burn when the grid goes down. /s


12 posted on 04/26/2012 10:59:42 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
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To: Kartographer

Since I work in the industry providing automation solutions to companies such as these I think I may be able to help reassure those that still at least have one foot on the ground.

Many of the companies that provide electricity to the grid are not running windows to power their systems, they are still running everything on UNIX. They simply cannot upgrade because they have a 100% up-time requirement.

Those that are running on Windows based systems are under a very rigid security requirement from the government. These security requirements are mandated, they have no choice. Even the USB slots on these machines are blocked out from use.

Such systems are NEVER on the greater internet. They are on a localized intranet and not accessible from the outside world. Someone would have to get in on the inside AND have administrator privs to infect anything.

So what is at risk? Perhaps 1% of the systems and thus the grid.


13 posted on 04/26/2012 11:00:54 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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My electric company has been pushing the Smart Meter BS for a couple of years now. They were even offerring discounts for those households that signed up (or tax penalties for those who didn’t, depending on your point of view). I never signed on.

Got a letter from them yesterday that I am getting a Smart Meter whether I want one or not! So much for freedom of choice!


14 posted on 04/26/2012 11:09:49 AM PDT by catman67
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I’m not familiar enough with the smart meters to judge them one way or another but I would assume that they are heavily fire walled and tamper proof. Otherwise and Joe could open one up and tinker with it to skew the numbers.

I’m glad I don’t have one. If they force one on me it will simply run into a series of unfortunate accidents until I can go completely solar (but still on the grid) and then it won’t matter.


15 posted on 04/26/2012 11:12:50 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: Peter from Rutland
they are still running everything on UNIX. They simply cannot upgrade because they have a 100% up-time requirement.

Are you saying that they are running on 40 year old hardware and software that has NEVER been down for maintainence or upgrades?

16 posted on 04/26/2012 11:12:50 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
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To: Kartographer

100% Certainty? Really?
I don’t have 100% Certainty that I’m going to take my next breat


17 posted on 04/26/2012 11:24:19 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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FYI...
Iran readying hacker attacks on U.S. infrastructure, specialists say

18 posted on 04/26/2012 11:26:31 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Drill Thrawl

For the most part, yes but maybe closer to 20 years. These are newer UNIX machines and they can get software upgrades.
Swapping out the entire system for an entire infrastructure upgrade? Not happening.


19 posted on 04/26/2012 11:34:32 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: Kartographer

Are you saying that there is a 100% Certainty of Total Catastrophic Failure of Entire Power Infrastructure Within 3 Years?


20 posted on 04/26/2012 11:35:07 AM PDT by dmz
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