Posted on 06/26/2014 1:05:00 PM PDT by Java4Jay
The country’s energy minister indicated that power lines were taken out, cutting power to all provinces. A ministry spokesman was quoted as saying “The act of sabotage at Kilometer 78 suspended the entire national power and energy grid, including at Marib’s gas plant, and cut power in all provinces.”
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/power-line-assault-plunge-yemen-into-darkness-201461164559672523.html
Electricity is offensive to muslims
Those crazy Amish going at it again.
LOL!
We all know how vulnerable our power grid is. Blackouts are a quick and easy way to cause total chaos.
Always good to read the whole article...
“The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been aware of this type of threat to the U.S, power grid for some time, and commissioned a report to investigate these issues. In its analysis, the FERC used software to model the grid’s performance subsequent to loss of critical substations. The Wall Street Journal followed with a story based on the leaked FERC report, indicating that an attack on nine of the country’s 30 most vital substations (which were not identified) could potentially induce a lengthy and life-threatening coast-to-coast blackout.”
Does jarrett know about this? if so, I feel so much better/s.
Bearded savages doing what bearded savages do. Destroy.
I was steamed, just getting set to watch Hajj Highlights 1924 and boom, no power, no a/c, had to get my camel to run through the hut to get the air moving.
“Bearded savages doing what bearded savages do. Destroy.”
The whole country? That’s skill. One of them has to be an Electrical Engineer who knew where to hit. That’s what’s going to be our big problem.
Especially given this administration's concerted efforts at securing our borders and monitoring/limiting who enters the country. I too, feel much safer now. /s
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