Attack Disables Electrical Substation in North Carolina

[Tamara]

Shooting up substations has been a staple of a certain type of lolbertarian/dystopian/militia/accelerationist/whatever wank fic for decades but the HWFO guy thinks it’s an Oceans Eleven plot by random skells to rob a semi rural NC pawn shop.

I can’t even.

Did he talk to any actual cops to find out how these dudes actually rob pawn/gun stores? (Hint: It doesn’t involve coordinated sniper teams taking down the power grid while singing “Swing on a Star”. They steal a ‘93 Astro and drive it through the wall.)

[blues]

We don't need electric here in the Old North State.

GTFO our lawns!

[Tamara]

The wildest part about this for me is that the Walmart that the po-po closed down for looting was literally a hundred yards or so from the hotel that FN America put us up in during the launch event for the FN 509 Compact MRD.

During all this nonsense I was like “Wait, all these place names seem really familiar…” and went to Google Maps…

[CWM11B]

One good thing is that most of the folks in that area are fairly self sufficient. They knocked out basically that whole county, but the total population is less than a quarter of the population in the five largest cities in the state. Most of which would be Thunderdome within 24 hours of a total blackout.

[blues]

One good thing is that most of the folks in that area are fairly self sufficient. They knocked out basically that whole county, but the total population is less than a quarter of the population in the five largest cities in the state. Most of which would be Thunderdome within 24 hours of a total blackout.

We prepare for such hardships in Transylvania County by having the electric go out on a regular basis.

(Which is the only time I ever get to say that I'm glad the house has propane fireplaces.)


Yeah, yeah, I know. Generac. (One of these days when I find the time to get off my ass.)

[CWM11B]

The only regret I have regarding my generac is not buying it twenty years sooner

[hufnagel]

Get ready for copycats. This was too easy and too successful.

We are headed for the era of D550 armor plated walls around substations.

won't stop improvised explosives/burn devices that get lobbed over the wall.
plus you're forgetting, cheap drones.

short of encasing all substations in bunkers designed to withstand the best penetrators the military can buy, there's no chance they can ever harden parts of the power grid enough.
hate to be doom and gloom like that, but...

[hufnagel]

One good thing is that most of the folks in that area are fairly self sufficient. They knocked out basically that whole county, but the total population is less than a quarter of the population in the five largest cities in the state. Most of which would be Thunderdome within 24 hours of a total blackout.

.... don't tease me like that.

[Stephanie B]

Get ready for copycats. This was too easy and too successful.

We are headed for the era of D550 armor plated walls around substations.

Something like 55,000 or so substations in this country. That’s a tall order.

[Crazy Dane]

We prepare for such hardships in Transylvania County by having the electric go out on a regular basis.

(Which is the only time I ever get to say that I'm glad the house has propane fireplaces.)


Yeah, yeah, I know. Generac. (One of these days when I find the time to get off my ass.)

I sharpened some wooden spikes to hold my display in the front of the castle.