Moore county, attack on power grid.

34,000 without power in that area according to this Duke power outage map.

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Who knew this would get kicked off in the sandhills.
 
I’m in Moore but on Central Electric. My internet went out about 8 pm but no power issues. Any idea where it’s being reported at, what towns?
 
From "The Pilot" website:
A widespread power outage across the central and southern Moore County has more than 14,000 customers without power, Duke Energy reported Saturday evening.
The first outage power company's outage map reported shortly after 8 p.m., was more than 2,000 customers are without power in areas along the U.S. 15-501 and N.C. 24-27 corridor around and in Carthage as of 8 p.m.
Duke Energy said the power is estimated to be restored by 9:45 p.m. Saturday night.

At approximately 8:45 p.m., outages were reported across the southern end of the county, from Vass to Pinebluff, accounting for approximately 12,000 customers.
Duke Energy reports that outage is estimated to be restored by 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
 
Current outage map says 38K without
 
All I'm saying is my ratio of truth to conspiracy is about 95/5, however, that 5 is quality over quantity!
 
fieldgrade said:
I will say this, all of Southern Pines, Pinehurst, and Aberdeen is blacked out right now.

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They are giving fairly short restoration times right now. If there was an attack, I would think those times would be drawn out a lot longer.
 
I'll wait until more info on this incident becomes available, if ever. I doubt a single accidental shot would cause such a widespread outage. And if does, that's another problem.

If you google, you'll find there have been numerous power grid incursions over the last few years including "snipers" and drones. Some say it's probing to see effects and to guage responses.

One occurred in 2013 and was far from accidental. It was not widely publicized because it got labeled as vandalism and kept local. It's one reason I started following the Daily Homeland Security Open Source Infrastructure Report, which has since been discontinued and replaced by a selective access site.

Put this one in your tin hat...
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In the early hours of April 16, 2013, a team believed to consist of three to five men, moved into position.

12:58AM - South San Jose, about 20 meters from US Route 101, AT&T fiber optic telecommunication wires are cut.

1:07AM - Cables belonging to to Level 3 Communications are cut inside their inspection vault. This vault also contain communication cables running to Metcalf Substation. These cables are also split.

1:31AM - Surveillance cameras capture a flash of light. Investigators agree that this was likely the pre-arranged signal to begin. Gunfire begins, and the the cameras capture the flashes. Sparks are observed from bullets striking the fence.

1:37AM - PG&E motion sensor alarms are triggered, likely from the bullet strikes against the fence.

1:41AM - Santa Clara County Sheriff receives an emergency phone call from the power plant, reporting gunfire. Ten minutes have elapsed from the first shot to the finding of a functional phone line to report.

1:45AM - The primary bank of transformers send an equipment failure alert to PG&E. The transformers have been perforated dozens of times each, and have leaked 52.000 US gallons worth of oil.

1:50AM - A second flashlight signal is caught on camera, signifying the end of the attack. 19 minutes have passed since the first shot.

1:51AM - Less than sixty seconds after the second signal, police arrive on scene. Law enforcement report everything to be quiet and nothing of note. They are unable to move past the locked fences and inspect further, and they leave the area.

3:15AM - An engineer from PG&E arrives to the substation and discovers the damage from the attack. Law enforcement is re-called to the scene. No persons are found on-site. The scene is placed on lock down.

While the attack itself was less than twenty minutes, the damage done to the facility was valued in excess of 15 million dollars. Officials were able to avoid a blackout, shunting power from nearby Silicon Valley power plants while the Metcalf station was taken offline.

The search for the shooters was begun immediately. Police searching the scene and areas surrounding began to find clues and indications showing the length the shooters went to during their planning. Small piles of stones were found to be spaced evenly, at 25 meter intervals from the substation fence. The shooters had mapped out the distance they would be firing, and laid down precisely out of range of the security cameras.

Furthermore, over 100 expended shell casings were recovered from the firing position. Belonging to a 7.62x39 capable weapon (likely an SKS or AK47) the cases were found to be completely free of fingerprints or traceable markings. Analysis by ballistic experts led investigators to believe that 2 to 4 weapons were involved in the attack, but due to forensic countermeasures, were unable to provide further information.

Another item noted by the engineers was the locations of the shots into the equipment. The thinnest parts of the coolant fins, mounted on the exterior portions of the substation were targeted, and were specifically chosen to avoid catastrophic failure such as an explosion or fire, but were more than sufficient for a fast and clean disabling. The engineers’ reports suggested that the attack was perpetrated by an insider, who had intimate knowledge of the workings of the substations.

Additionally, it was determined that the attackers were somehow aware of the fact that the substation was monitored via the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, and that the system was hardwired through cable, rather than by cellular networks. This meant that when the fiber optic communication cable was cut, the substation was unable to send an alert out onto the grid. This was further indication that the attackers had inside knowledge of the workings of the grid.

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georgel said:
One occurred in 2013 and was far from accidental. It was not widely publicized because it got labeled as vandalism and kept local. It's one reason I started following the Daily Homeland Security Open Source Infrastructure Report, which has since been discontinued and replaced by a selective access site.

Put this one in your tin hat...
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The basis of The Collapse:

She hasn’t done much with it recently, but it’s worth watching
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna59993

Multiple sites hit, duke says they have to know the scope of the damage before the can estimate when power will be returned to the 40,000 without power.

The why will be interesting ,if they find that out
 
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