more elec grid attacks - oregon and washington

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not confirmed yet -- this time in the antifa/blm hotbed. the nc attack from same?

who could forget their arsonist forest fires a few years ago?

REPORT: Five electricity substations in Oregon and Washington are ATTACKED just days after two in North Carolina were SHOT UP causing widespread power outages...

 
Yup.

Never have so many idiots, been so eager to commit such a messy, slow mass suicide...as what we see now.
 
It certainly spotlights the risks of putting all your eggs in electric energy basket
 
Transformers are the number one supply chain crunch item. Even before the beer flu drama there was a shortage of heavy duty utility grade transformers. Good old Uncle Sam's EPA chased most of the US manufacturers off-shore because of the PCB oils and other stupid regulations. The two major heavy duty power transformer countries are Turkey and China. Most other countries just keep up with domestic needs and don't export many transformers. The US makes some real high end stuff in small quantities but the transformers most of your local utilities use come right off the boat from China or Turkey.
 
Maybe they are solar panel salesmen?
 

String of electrical grid attacks in Pacific Northwest is unsolved

Emails obtained by OPB and KUOW show that at least six electric substations in the region have been attacked, at least two with firearms. At least two of the incidents bear similarities to the attacks on substations in North Carolina on Saturday that were also caused by gunfire and left...
www.opb.org

Emails obtained by OPB and KUOW show that at least six electric substations in the region have been attacked, at least two by people with firearms​


The electrical grid has been physically attacked at least six times in Oregon and Western Washington since mid-November, causing growing alarm for law enforcement as well as utilities responsible for parts of the region’s critical infrastructure.
 
(their) terrists, of forest fire fame, have been repurposed?

End Of The American Dream

Life As You Have Known It Will Never Be The Same Again...
endoftheamericandream.com

Someone has been attacking power plants all over the country, and federal authorities are trying to determine who it is. In recent days, we have seen significant sabotage on both the east and west coasts, and so it can’t just be one individual that is responsible. During the first eight months of this year, there were a total of 106 attacks on the electrical grid in the United States, and that represents the highest number ever recorded in a single year.
 
“Nearly 600 electric emergency incidents and disturbances were caused by suspected and confirmed physical attacks and vandalism on the electric grid in those nine years, the reports show.”

So around 67 attacks reported per yer on average? WTH?
 
i'm wondering about the outage on the keystone pipeline -- did the (communists) hit it too?

Keystone operator recovers about 2,600 barrels of oil from Kansas creek

Canada's TC Energy Corp said it had cleaned up almost 2,600 barrels of oil from the largest U.S. crude spill in nearly a decade, but the timetable to restart the Keystone Pipeline following its rupture last week remained unclear.
www.reuters.com

WASHINGTON, Kan., Dec 12 (Reuters) - Traders expressed worry on Monday about how long Canada's TC Energy Corp (TRP.TO) would take to clean up the largest U.S. crude oil spill in nearly a decade and restart its Keystone oil pipeline after more than 14,000 barrels of oil leaked last week.

TC Energy shut the pipeline after the spill was discovered on Wednesday in Kansas. The company told officials in Washington County, Kansas, on Monday that they have not yet determined the cause and that they started excavating around the pipeline.
 
add south carolina

Feds investigating multiple reports of recent utility company sabotage

Federal authorities are investigating a number of recent reported acts of sabotage on utility companies, a senior law enforcement source told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com

The most recent potential case of sabotage occurred in South Carolina.

According to multiple law enforcement sources, an individual opened fire near a Duke Energy facility at the Wateree Hydro Station in Ridgeway.
The individual used what appeared to be a long gun and then sped away.
 
keystone attacked in s. dakota.....other attacks in california, oklahoma

Physical attacks on power substations in multiple states—Report

Tens of thousands are without power after gunfire damaged two power substations in North Carolina, adding to the number of such attacks across the U.S. in 2022.
www.newsweek.com

"Power companies in Oregon and Washington have reported physical attacks on substations using hand tools, arson, firearms and metal chains possibly in response to an online call for attacks on critical infrastructure," the memo says in part.

"In recent attacks, criminal actors bypassed security by cutting the fence links, lighting nearby fires, shooting equipment from a distance or throwing objects over the fence and onto equipment."

Those included an act of vandalism that caused "fairly significant" damage at a transformer servicing the Keystone XL pipeline in South Dakota and a shooting that caused a chemical spill at a Pacific Gas and Electric site in California in July.

In March, thousands of customers in southern Oklahoma were reportedly left without power after bullets riddled a transformer site, causing a "major oil leak."
 

Vandalized transformer led to Keystone pipeline operating at reduced rate | Globalnews.ca

An American utility company says vandalism to a transformer led to a power disruption which has forced the Keystone pipeline to operate at a reduced rate.
globalnews.ca

A spokesperson for East River Electric in South Dakota said Wednesday that a sensor warning went off at 12:30 a.m. Sunday, alerting the company of a problem at a transmission substation that serves the Keystone pipeline.

The company found a transformer had been vandalized, causing the power disruption. This particular substation powers only the Keystone pipeline.

The company said the incident caused a “fairly significant” amount of damage, including a mineral oil leak. Mineral oil is used in transformer operations.
 
Wait until these goofballs discover that most of the Bakkan oil moves by railcar, now.

Over Warren Buffet's Lionel set - the BNSF, the Big New Santa Fe (as we called it).

Those tracks go through some of the most desolate land in the lower 48 - Eastern Montana, and the Great Plains. Derailing one of those trains would be child's play; and the payoff, spectacular.

Here's what it looks like when a crude-oil train comes off the rails:



 
(antifa) wishes you happy holidays

Thousands lose power after three substations targeted in Washington state, sheriff says

Thousands of residents were without power near Tacoma, Washington, after three electrical substations were vandalized, local authorities said on Sunday, adding that it was not yet clear if the Christmas Day incidents were linked.
www.reuters.com

December 25, 20222:29 PM PSTLast Updated 5 hours ago

Thousands lose power after three substations targeted in Washington state, sheriff says​

 

Who is Behind the Attacks on America’s Power Grid? Featuring Dave Neiwert​

Thom Hartmann P
Jan 23, 2023

The attacks on four power substations in western Washington in late December seemed to follow a pattern set by apparent far-right domestic terrorists around the country over the previous year: gunfire directed at transformers and particular pieces of equipment that force the substation to shut down, depriving thousands of residents of electricity. Because it seemed to fit a blueprint being circulated by neo-Nazi accelerationists, and was similar to other attacks in the region, authorities naturally suspected it might be another case of domestic terrorism. 10:20
 
Of course...classical Strawman.

First, make the strawman. Nazis are RIGHT, right? I mean, they were all about limited government and personal freedoms. So they're RIGHTISTS.

Second, now we "know" that it's neo-Nazis doing it. Because WE SEEN THE PROOF.

Ergo, it's those Bible-loving CON-SOIVATIVES who're blowing up power substations! BEAT that strawman UP!....
 

Neo-Nazi Couple Arrested for Plotting to Destroy Baltimore’s Power Grid​

Story by Josh Fiallo • 47m ago

Aneo-Nazi couple recently out of prison may soon be back behind bars after they allegedly blabbed to an undercover informant last month that they planned to sabotage power stations in Maryland.

Brandon Russell, 27, and Sarah Clendaniel, 34, are accused of plotting to shoot up five substations that serve the Baltimore area—an attack Clendaniel told a federal informant would be “legendary” if pulled off, the Washington Post reported, citing a criminal complaint.

Russell and Clendaniel are facing up to 20 years in prison for the foiled attack plan. Their first court appearance will be on Monday in Baltimore federal court.

Russell, a neo-Nazi leader who founded the far-right group Atomwaffen, had been jailed since 2018 for keeping lethal bomb-making materials in his apartment. Atomwaffen has been known to threaten journalists, African American churches and Jewish organizations. Clendaniel was locked up in a different prison for a spate of convenience store robberies where she wielded a machete and demanded cash and cigarettes.

More:

MSN

www.msn.com
 
Jeez, I thought neo-Nazis were kewel.

Is there a difference between Azov neo-Nazis, and other neo-Nazis?
 

Baltimore power grid attack suspect had 'wish list' of guns, sought to 'completely destroy this whole city'​


Awoman from Maryland charged alongside a Neo-Nazi leader from Florida with conspiring to attack energy facilities allegedly had a "wish list" of guns and said she wanted to strike five substations around the Baltimore area in one day to "completely destroy this whole city," according to charging documents.

Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, of Catonsville, Md., allegedly discussed her plans with an FBI informant just weeks before her arrest.

Full article:

 

Are Domestic Terrorists Trying To Start A Civil War?​

Feb 9, 2023

America didn’t ask for a homegrown rightwing terror movement, but now that it’s here we need to take it seriously 7:49
 
A man has been arrested in California for allegedly blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers and causing "destruction and harm to public safety."

Peter Karasev, 36, was identified with cell phone data and video surveillance footage. He made his first court appearance on Friday, Mar. 3, and is being held without bail, according to jail records.


 

Update.

Woman sentenced to 18 years for plotting with neo-Nazi to attack Baltimore’s power grid​


BALTIMORE — A Maryland woman who’s held white supremacist views for decades and recently conspired with a neo-Nazi leader to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison for her role in the plot.

The high-profile case ultimately came to focus on the defendant’s past trauma and her mental state as she struggled with addiction and embraced increasingly radical, racist views. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, pleaded guilty to planning the attack in May.

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That's a really stiff judgement for what is essentially a thoughtcrime. I haven't followed the details of the case though. Did they catch the duo red handed making preparations for their plan? Ie. Was there any evidence that the duo were actually going to follow through with their plan?
 
^^^^^^
From everything I've read no real actions were taken. She was a convicted felon, caught with a firearm and conspiring to carry out a crime. Also has some mental health issues.
 
Moar to the point, were the other members of his "Nazi" group all wearing uniform short haircuts, and tan lines suggesting a government-dress-code suit as their normal clothing?

I'm smelling Michigan, here. This is a warning shot...don't even PLAY with these ideas, we'll send you away forever for Crimethink.
 

Canadian man sentenced to 25 years for shootings that damaged pipeline and power station in Dakotas​

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Canadian man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for shootings at an oil pipeline in South Dakota and an electrical substation in North Dakota that caused $1.7 million in damages after a judge found that his crimes met the definition of terrorism.

Cameron Smith, 50, was also ordered Monday to pay more than $2.1 million in restitution, the Bismarck Tribune reported, as well as fines totaling $250,000. He faces deportation after his release.

Smith, who is originally from the Toronto area but had been living in Astoria, Oregon, pleaded guilty last Septembe r to charges of destroying energy facilities for the incidents near Carpenter, South Dakota, in 2022 and in 2023 near Ray, North Dakota.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...S&cvid=2cf3a2c8752849909713b489e34298fa&ei=49
 
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