Aren’t blackouts racist?
Just another BS scare tactic from National Geographic. Conflating the Sutxnet virus with a fake video (The Aurora Generator Test” is simply unethical.
Everything is a crisis.
We’re all gonna die!!! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
There is one real threat that’s not on the list. Since 9/11 absolutely nothing has happened as far as recognition. If that threat materialized, power in many parts of the Northeast would be out for periods up to a year.
The unbelievable fact is everything currently going on increases that threat.
So true.
A lot of people are worried about this GridEx II 'drill' and are concerned that the grid will indeed go down and they won't be able to get it back up. This article sets forth a LOT of good reasons to be prepared to live without electricity for extended periods of time.
The government is shutting down coal fired power plants as quickly as they can. They are the most reliable and most flexible of all of our power generation capability. If we have a big blackout, this will be the most likely cause.
The grid is old, overloaded, and vulnerable. And it’s getting older, more overloaded, and more vulnerable every day. But, of course, there are always those who will laugh at such concerns as being a commie conspiracy, or a muzzy conspiracy, or a fill-in-the-blank conspiracy,,,usually to take their guns away.
Maybe this thing tonight on National Geographic will induce more people to prep. We are going to watch. Saw a 2 minute trailer on SHTFplan and it looks pretty intense.
Grid X is supposed to be in a couple weeks so it's perfect timing since the husseincare site is a broken mess.
The biggest threat to our electrical grid is from the EPA shutting down coal fired plants and increasing our reliance on windmills for power generation. In February 2011 extreme cold in Texas led to a spike in electricity use. The electric utility companies didn’t have the resources to maintain service and as a result there were rolling blackouts. The much vaunted windmills that provide almost 20% of electric power in Texas could not supply the extra power and the coal and natural gas plants operating at the time were inadequate to meet the need. The EPA and Obama’s environmental policies are setting up the same scenario nationwide.
“U.S. utility companies already come under frequent attack from Internet hackers who continually try to infect utilities’ computer networks with malware and search for security flaws. One company alone told congressional investigators that it was hit with an astonishing 10,000 attacks in a typical month.”
Doesn’t even have to be China, Irran, or al-Qaaaedda. It could be some malcontent sitting in mommy’s basement who thinks it would be cool to bring the grid down.
The more technologically advanced we get, the odds of everything coming crashing down increases.
“In 2012 , three sections of India’s massive electrical grid collapsed, leaving 620 million people—nearly twice the population of the U.S.–without power for several hours in the biggest blackout in world history so far. (See related photos: “India Power Outage Darkens Cities, Stops Trains.”)
Could never happen, huh? Just fear-mongering, huh?
What about an EMP attack? Are we ready for that?
I better go do my laundry.
In a completely related story, this spring, for the first time in anyone’s memory, the Yukon River backed up and sent a wall of water about 16 feet high through our little village up here in Alaska, basically destroying the place. I was lucky; the only things we lost were all our vehicles, the contents of our garage, everything in storage, our gardens, root cellar, and greenhouses, most of our food, and most of my tools. The water came within one feet of my floor but did not get it wet. Praise God for that small miracle.
The reason for me bringing this up is that no one, ever, thought a flood this destructive would happen, even as the water was rising.
The electrical grid is a lot like that river. Will the grid implode? Will the grid crash so badly that folks are left without power for months or years? Maybe we’ll never see it. Maybe there will be a powerful solar flare tomorrow that will make the Carrington Event seem like a candle. All I know, having gone through that flood, is not to discount the unpredictable and the possible. I would hope that the grid never goes down, but I try to have the wherewithal and the supplies to weather whatever the Lord brings my way.