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``John C. Inglis, the former deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency, said in 2015 "frankly, the No. 1 threat experienced to date by the U.S. elect
by vba616 4y ago
``John C. Inglis, the former deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency, said in 2015 "frankly, the No. 1 threat experienced to date by the U.S. electrical grid is squirrels." ''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_disruptions_caused_by_squirrels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_disruptions_caused_...
- LinuxBender 4y agois squirrels And frogs. They get into transformer boxes, junction boxes and apparently are highly conductive. I had to replace a half a mile of 4ot cable as a teen and the people I worked for were too cheap to rent a back-hoe. So I was the back-hoe.
- aquarium87 4y agoAmerica wasn't waging covert war against Russian infrastructure in 2015. Timeline is not relevent to current political war situation. Squirrel damage is limited to a short out. Human damage can break many many obscure parts with a single bomb. Not even remotely close comparison in terms of damage. This guy lefts thousands without power for days. Squirrels don't do that.
- vba616 4y agoOver some period of time, possibly 2013-17: "there have been eight deaths attributed to animal attacks on infrastructure, including six caused by squirrels downing power lines that then struck people on the ground." 75%! https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38650436 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38650436