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Potential criminal act causes over 40K to lose power in North Carolina

32 points by cwwc 4y ago

nickdothutton 4y ago
Reminds me of this from 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack
- daveevad 4y ago
  Indeed - as a Bay area resident who drives into the central valley at least once a year and passes that substation, that incident is one of my favorite mysteries to ponder on the hours long drive.
  - HPMOR 4y ago
    As a kid I read the Cherub series (imagine a school of Alex Rider kids), and one of their missions was to pen test a Air Traffic Control station without causing any lasting damage. The metcalf incident strongly reminds me of this, leading me to believe it was likely done by Homeland Security, or the FBI to prove how vulnerable the electric grid is.
20after4 4y ago
Maybe the work of some of these fine folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorgram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorgram One pertinent reference: https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/CriticalInfrastructureTargeting09072022.pdf https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/Critica...
hanafudafan 4y ago
Daishiman 4y ago
I wonder why the word "terrorist" is missing in the headline, given that that's exactly how this should be characterized.
- eurasiantiger 4y ago
  Which terrorist group do you think is behind this kind of wintertime energy grid sabotage?
  - PhasmaFelis 4y ago
    Per the article, I'd assume the one that destroyed the generators to shut down a drag show.
  - waste_monk 4y ago
    My country defines terrorism as follows: """ A terrorist act is an act or a threat to commit an act that is done with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and intimidating the public or coercing or influencing the government by intimidation; and 1. Causes death or serious harm or endangers life 2. Causes serious damage to property 3. Creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or 4. Seriously interferes with, seriously disrupts or destroys critical infrastructure such as a telecommunications or electricity network """ I would assume the USA definition is broadly similar. It doesn't need to be al-Qaida or ISIS running about to be a terror attack, sabotaging the power grid to shut down a drag show would clearly fit the definition.
  - l3uwin 4y ago
    This one: One of the leading protesters, Emily Grace Rainey, claimed on social media that sheriff's deputies questioned her about the outages after she posted that she knew why it had occurred, WRAL reported Sunday morning. "I told them that God works in mysterious ways and is responsible for the outage," Rainey, who rose to local prominence protesting COVID-19 restrictions, wrote on Facebook. "I used the opportunity to tell them about the immoral drag show and the blasphemies screamed by its supporters." In 2021, Rainey also resigned from her position as a psychological operations officer in the Army, after the Army investigated her for leading a group of people from Moore County to the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol Rainey claims to be the head of the Moore County Citizens for Freedom (MCCF). The group is a "nonpartisan network of Moore County Citizens dedicated to the promotion of conservative values in Moore County, NC, through education and activism," according to its Facebook page.

32 points by cwwc 4y ago

Reminds me of this from 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack

daveevad 4y ago
Indeed - as a Bay area resident who drives into the central valley at least once a year and passes that substation, that incident is one of my favorite mysteries to ponder on the hours long drive.
- HPMOR 4y ago
  As a kid I read the Cherub series (imagine a school of Alex Rider kids), and one of their missions was to pen test a Air Traffic Control station without causing any lasting damage. The metcalf incident strongly reminds me of this, leading me to believe it was likely done by Homeland Security, or the FBI to prove how vulnerable the electric grid is.

20after4 4y ago

Maybe the work of some of these fine folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorgram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorgram One pertinent reference: https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/CriticalInfrastructureTargeting09072022.pdf https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/Critica...

hanafudafan 4y ago

Daishiman 4y ago

I wonder why the word "terrorist" is missing in the headline, given that that's exactly how this should be characterized.

eurasiantiger 4y ago
Which terrorist group do you think is behind this kind of wintertime energy grid sabotage?
- PhasmaFelis 4y ago
  Per the article, I'd assume the one that destroyed the generators to shut down a drag show.
- waste_monk 4y ago
  My country defines terrorism as follows: """ A terrorist act is an act or a threat to commit an act that is done with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and intimidating the public or coercing or influencing the government by intimidation; and 1. Causes death or serious harm or endangers life 2. Causes serious damage to property 3. Creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or 4. Seriously interferes with, seriously disrupts or destroys critical infrastructure such as a telecommunications or electricity network """ I would assume the USA definition is broadly similar. It doesn't need to be al-Qaida or ISIS running about to be a terror attack, sabotaging the power grid to shut down a drag show would clearly fit the definition.
- l3uwin 4y ago
  This one: One of the leading protesters, Emily Grace Rainey, claimed on social media that sheriff's deputies questioned her about the outages after she posted that she knew why it had occurred, WRAL reported Sunday morning. "I told them that God works in mysterious ways and is responsible for the outage," Rainey, who rose to local prominence protesting COVID-19 restrictions, wrote on Facebook. "I used the opportunity to tell them about the immoral drag show and the blasphemies screamed by its supporters." In 2021, Rainey also resigned from her position as a psychological operations officer in the Army, after the Army investigated her for leading a group of people from Moore County to the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol Rainey claims to be the head of the Moore County Citizens for Freedom (MCCF). The group is a "nonpartisan network of Moore County Citizens dedicated to the promotion of conservative values in Moore County, NC, through education and activism," according to its Facebook page.