To: ClaytonP
“violent” trial balloon to see how officials would react. Likely more to come.
4 posted on
02/06/2014 5:53:46 AM PST by
CincyRichieRich
(Keep your lid on; don't let anyone dump garbage on you.)
To: CincyRichieRich
I doubt the trail balloon theory. This was a successful attack. If these guys wanted to take down the grid it looks like they could have done it. Why tip-off authorities to future attacks.
My suspicion is eco-terrorist.
7 posted on
02/06/2014 6:00:13 AM PST by
11th Commandment
(http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
To: CincyRichieRich
CincyRichieRich:" violent trial balloon to see how officials would react.
Likely more to come."
I agree that there is more attacks likely to occur.
The article states that there were small piles of rocks to demonsrate ideal locations where to shoot from
suggests that there was an expierienced shooter marking ideal locations for maximum effectiveness at knocking out the station.
This was not a 'hastey' act of domestic terrorism, actually it demonsrates a plan and calculation.
Additionally , since transformers are no longer made in the USA , the plant was knocked offline for a month until replacments could be ordered and delivered.
What if next time two or three substations were knocked out simultaneously ?
I beleive that it was a practice to determine vulnerability of the electrical system , and to evaluate the power company response .
24 posted on
02/06/2014 6:37:02 AM PST by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: CincyRichieRich
violent trial balloon to see how officials would react. Likely more to come. Yup.
Expect lots more video cameras in the neighborhood of utility substations, high-capacity power lines, etc.
26 posted on
02/06/2014 6:39:37 AM PST by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: CincyRichieRich
yeah, R.O.P. Muslims or Marxists.. even criminals
..shoot tranformer/disable security meas./rob facility/
get $$$$/even terrorists need $$$$
and besides who'll admit to the robbery, given rotten security measures.
33 posted on
02/06/2014 7:25:56 AM PST by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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