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'Military-Style' Raid on California Power Station Spooks U.S.
Financial Post ^
| December 13, 2013
| Shane Harris
Posted on 12/28/2013 2:15:07 PM PST by Daralundy
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To: BipolarBob
No, they have all been converted to non-PCB oils. All transformers in Saudi are filled with silicone oil. Muy expensivo. Little known fact.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:42:23 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Southack
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:42:27 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Bob
“Didnt this happen last December rather than recently? I recall the story being reported late last year.”
From the article. Paragraph 2, sentence 1.
“Around 1:00 AM on April 16”
To: 1010RD
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:46:05 PM PST
by
Southack
(The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
To: Daralundy
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:48:51 PM PST
by
Pajamajan
(Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: meatloaf
The substation is the switching and routing element, and taking that out is just as effective as taking out the generation, and likely considerably easier.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:50:18 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Daralundy
This one was probably an inside job by a disgruntled ex-employee, but a military style raid, no.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:50:19 PM PST
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: Daralundy
Replacements for these large transformers are not exactly sitting on shelves somewhere.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:50:22 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: tet68
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:53:53 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Daralundy
Nothin` new Obummer`s friends:
Ayer`s Weathermen blew up an Oakland PG&E transformer station 1969(?) only 50 yards from my workplace- shrapnel sprayed thru the thin-walled Quonset hangar near the Old Oakland Airport hut like bullets. But we were protected by rows and rows of steel-backed shelving.
Also Dhorne’s unexploded bomb at the San Geronimo PG&E substation. ...
You`da thunk the feds woulda learned something after 45 years —
well....duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:53:56 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: tet68
All of the PCB has been removed from everything possible, and re-refined to use in making refrigerants.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:54:05 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Daralundy
Gordon Liddy wrote about this nearly 25 years ago. It was in Omni Magazine I believe.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:55:01 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: TexasGator
Sorry, missed that. So this is a.rather old story, not exactly breaking news.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:55:20 PM PST
by
Bob
To: exit82
It’s the cooling oil that has to be replaced, not the transformers.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:56:09 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Daralundy
Sounds like fans of a computer game probably late teen or early 20’s playing army. Like we used to do in the early 60’s yelling pow,pow instead of firing real bullets.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:56:40 PM PST
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: editor-surveyor
If there is no cooling oil, the transformers may have a meltdown or damage.
They can be taken offline and power re routed, but if this type of incident happens in many such locations simultaneously, the power outage could be long lasting.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:59:01 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: editor-surveyor
Maybe cases could be patched, but I’m thinking more likely new ones are called for — also, we don’t know if the bullets reached the inner transformers themselves. It would be foolish to assume not without careful inspection.
It probably will pay to have a live guard at the station in the future.
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posted on
12/28/2013 2:59:43 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: exit82
Transformers shutdown if they exceed safe temps.
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posted on
12/28/2013 3:00:01 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Cyman
I hope it was only mischief, not serious terrorism.
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posted on
12/28/2013 3:01:03 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: editor-surveyor
The transformers they damaged, if the windings went, could be replaced by spares. The main tranformers at a power plant which connect the generator to the grid are long lead time items. Most power plants do not have spare main step up transformers setting around. This is an example of a main transformer being transported by a schnabel car. As you can see, these are much different than those in substations.
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posted on
12/28/2013 3:01:19 PM PST
by
meatloaf
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