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Attacks on Arkansas' Electric Grid Leave 10,000 Without Power; 'YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED U.S.'
http://www.forbes.com ^ | October 7, 2013 | William Pentland

Posted on 10/09/2013 6:39:56 AM PDT by Whenifhow

More than 10,000 people in Arkansas were dumped into a blackout Sunday following an attack on that state’s electric grid, the FBI said today, the third such attack in recent weeks. In August, a major transmission line in the region, around Cabot, Ark., was deliberately cut.

The FBI said that two power poles had been intentionally cut in Lonoke County on Sunday, resulting in the outage.

According to the FBI:

In the early morning hours of September 29, 2013, officials with Entergy Arkansas reported a fire at its Keo substation located on Arkansas Highway 165 between Scott and England in Lonoke County. Fortunately, there were no injuries and no reported power outages. Investigation has determined that the fire, which consumed the control house at the substation, was intentionally set. The person or persons responsible for this incident inscribed a message on a metal control panel outside the substation which reads, ‘YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED U.S.’

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The implication appears to be that the culprit not only knew where to find the equipment he needed to cause a power outage, but he also know how to use that equipment well enough to pull down two utility poles.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; electricgrid; poweroutage; terrorism
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To: dynoman

Ping


61 posted on 10/18/2013 11:29:56 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: PoloSec

you mean the RACIST anarchist Tea Party...


62 posted on 10/18/2013 11:49:51 AM PDT by cherry (.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
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To: Whenifhow

63 posted on 10/18/2013 12:38:59 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: driftdiver; Lazamataz

It depends on how you define “power outage.” Kinda like “Affordable” healthcare.


64 posted on 10/18/2013 12:39:39 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Whenifhow

“The US Power Grid drill”

What is that?


65 posted on 10/18/2013 12:41:45 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: Whenifhow; yefragetuwrabrumuy

This guy was arrested: http://www.ect.coop/industry/crime/arkansas-man-arrested-for-electric-grid-attacks/62199


66 posted on 10/18/2013 12:47:03 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: onedoug

see post 66


67 posted on 10/18/2013 12:49:22 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: The Working Man

I saw this through work. The guy was caught see post 66.

In contrast there was a power outage in SD the first weekend of October that left eight times the number of people without electricity and for much longer than two hours. It was caused by a snowstorm that also killed an estimated 100,000 head of cattle.


68 posted on 10/18/2013 12:55:19 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: Lady Jag

You're mocking me, aren't you?

69 posted on 10/18/2013 12:55:36 PM PDT by McGruff (Mitch McConnell sold his soul for a Dam project.)
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To: redgolum

The guy that did this must be a government employee...

Use a tree trimming boom to take down power lines?

Maybe rent a helicopter next time?

Mentally ill morons seem to be everywhere...


70 posted on 10/18/2013 12:56:09 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dynoman

islamist facilitator, as are most criminals in general these days.


71 posted on 10/18/2013 1:09:44 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Whenifhow
‘YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED U.S.’

This is not the first time. This happened last month also.

72 posted on 10/18/2013 1:16:44 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
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To: dynoman

About the only detail I can get on the guy is that he worked in a local pool supply store.


73 posted on 10/18/2013 1:51:48 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Welfare is the new euphemism for Eugenics.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“This is not the first time. This happened last month also.

Where? what?


74 posted on 10/18/2013 1:59:57 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: onedoug

What is an “islamist facilitator”?


75 posted on 10/18/2013 2:01:40 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: j. earl carter

I thought that looked like a Cabela’s.


76 posted on 10/18/2013 2:03:46 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: dynoman

Really? Come on.


77 posted on 10/18/2013 2:03:57 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Almost certainly an inside job by an employee at the power company. Now to figure out why.


Agree


78 posted on 10/18/2013 2:10:40 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: dynoman
Where? what?

The attacks began back in September:

79 posted on 10/18/2013 2:21:53 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Where?


80 posted on 10/18/2013 2:42:07 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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