Into the Dark: Power station problems exposed
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2024
- As federal prosecutors build their case against the suspects in the Christmas 2022 attacks on substations in Pierce County, KIRO 7 dug into new surveillance video and uncovered more attacks in Washington state than even federal data shows.
Full story here: www.kiro7.com/news/local/kiro...
Then change the laws, consider it an act of terrorism if they fuck around with the power substations that’s considered critical infrastructur which does warrant a terrorism charge
And don't give the judges any wiggle room...these acts are meant to threaten lives. Life Sentence or deportation-even if U.S. citizen.
c'mon they are behind it. why is antiiffa and blm not called terrorist? cause they work for and are supported by the dems and left. when will people actually wake up?
You're asking the same people who leave the border open to change the laws... 😂
@@BrawndoCorporation These law changes are what plants crave
Electric chair at half time during the Super Bowl.@@firstjohn3123
America has already been told we are not at all up to par.
That's like telling a nudist on a hot sunny day at the beach without sunscreen they might get burned... LOL... our power grid is wide open... we have foreign terrorist living in the U.S. just waiting for order... that's not just hundreds or thousands who have just crossed the border illegally... but "tourists" and "foreign students" who have overstayed their visas and just disappeared into the crowd... and yes, we have domestic far left and far right people or groups that would also be on that list...
Maybe 5-10% are. The rest are expecting "the government" to take care of them. There is absolutely NO chance of that. And there are enough tangoes inside the US today (Thank you, Resident Biden) to take out half our grid at once, God forbid.
You believe everything you're told?
😆 we need armed guards to protect from domestic enemies and drones.
But the owners of the power companies need thier 300 million a year plus expences.
How about just connect the fences to the 12000 volt grid. " CRIMINAL ZAPPER"
and how's that going to stop a few private small planes from flying over and dropping IED's on major substations, or a coordinated rural ATV attack on major power lines by dropping high voltage towers causing major overloads that drop all the power stations off-line... there are so many ways to cripple the Grid... and if you don't believe well funded terrorists can't get their hands on explosives or even RPG's and probably already have them...
I know you're joking , but 2 reasons : Liability for deaths #2 If an attacker created a strong grounding point & threw It's chain or cable against the fence it would short out the power station probably worse than anything else attackers could do to the station . A fence like the border security walls with razor wire would be far better than these chain link fences .
Sure but as the guy said… you’re going to see it on your next bill.
@@Dfgbuiiyyyybb 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@biketech60the government could technically pass a regulation on that, they already do that on their bases, just think about area 51 they usually ask questions later.
A generator is something that you can’t be without.
Totally agree 💯✌️
Or solar with battery backup.
Exactly. And they're CHEAP! $300 for a construction generator with a Honda motor. Heck, even at Costco you can get an inverter generator for $500! Protect your house, and your food. Don't wait for the Gruberment to do it. They won't.
Don't run out of gasoline. I have a small solar battery system.
I think it should be a capital offense to attack the grid
lifetime hard labor is acceptable@@IUSSHistory
Capitol offense is the whole of govt , instead of respect and fairness we get sick pedos and soldier cops
It definitely requires a harsh response. Losing your electricity is not fun, especially for emergency vehicles. You put a lot of lives in peril.
Agreed. People don't realize how reliant we are on power in the west. Our literal lives depend on it. If the u.s had a mass grid down situation, we wouldn't have power for 6 to 18 months and its projected 90% percent of the population would perish. That's according to the gov from a few years ago
Nope.
Are they showing us these articles to prepare for something in the near future? Asking for a friend
It's called "Predictive Programming", and Yes.
Remember when they attacked silicone valley.
Everything you see or hear on these phones and internet.
Yes they're conditioning people to believe that "domestic terrorists" are going to attack the grid then they're going to blame white people/militias/nazis etc because that's who they blame for everything.
Giant sunspots might interrupt the internet.
Remember when cyborgs were science fiction?
There is no such thing as UFO's, the footage the military has is just weather balloons
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
They need to Electrify with extreme high voltage the fence going around that substation! The electricity is right there.
Yeah , electrocuted kids would never happen. I know you're scared ,but damn.
you know how many squirrels would trip that substation offline? lol if there were an electric fence, any short that occurs on that fence will shut the plant down.
@@jamesbridges7750not gonna stop an emp or solar event either. That's the REAL problem. Some of these commentors only focus on the boogie man.
@@Barbara-te7xzThat's obviously not the real problem. The problem is trespassers causing outages. Pay attention.
@@jamesbridges7750well, I'm a big fan of Darwinism but, your point is valid. Besides, an electric fence is undermined by a rifle. People have been shooting and ramming substations for years.
Electrify the fence 😎
Our grid is weak , vulnerable as a newborn babe. And yes , close up protection is needed , but it is not enough when one can stay far away and fire rounds into equipment. And many items cannot be easily obtained for repairs.
There were two separate incidents of regulators being shot in Barry County MI in 2023. The oil leaked out of the regulators and they eventually failed. Restoring power was not terribly difficult but each incident cost $30,000. Onzie, twozie incidents can be repaired relatively quickly but keep in mind, there are only so many transformers available at one time
@@chadbeimer3363 And some larger items not available until shipped from manufacturing over seas. Like you said , low inventory. Last I had heard whatever these pieces were , didnt exist in the States as they were very expensive and had recently been ordered . This was a year ago , but the process of making and delivery was lengthy.
Not to mention solar storms like the Carrington event. Anybody learn about that in school?
The real danger is remote hacking and digital sabotage
This weakness has been created on purpose by the authorities.
I would think that a motion detector that sounds an alarm at the power station office would be the cheapest and most effective.
It's unfortunate that society wont hold and punish offenders.... meanwhile the consumer has to foot the bill for added security.
WHY is our power grid STILL not hardened against a EMP or a solar flare !?!?
Domestic terrorism plain and simple. That is how they should be charged with.
The true domestic terrorists are those democrats and republicans not honouring their oath to defend the constitution.
I've got a radical idea. How about the state mandate that the costs of beefing up security come out of the power companies profit margins? It could be made a condition of the maintenance of the monopoly on power utilities.
If you keep using common sense you will have to go to reeducation camp. 😂
As if the state is going to do anything to protect the consumers after having jumped into the pockets of the power company.
Yes use the rider fees inacted by governor Cooper in NC. Or like you said the excessive profits they seem to always make, off poor man's back.
How about the government just close the border with the money they already steal from the working people. Shut the border, problem solved.
company will justr raise your bill
the money to pay for walls would have to come out of customers pockets, because we sure cant take a small bit of money that it would cost out of the fat executive bonuses.
So how about you becoming an executive and giving your salary to the wall project?
oh if I could...
walls that is funny
Right, can't "afford" to the better security, that is BS on a large scale. Just see what the damn profits are. Ridiculous
@@bobroberts2371: how about if anything you said actually made sense?
Last guy that fucked up some substation in WA got less than 2 years for a few million dollars with of damage 😮
Sad
The real enemy is within and sitting on the bench
Was that BEFORE America had a communist President?
Yeah what was his name Mohammed
The grid is extremely vunerable. A handful of mylar balloons can take an entire circuit- doesn't have to be in a substation. Copper thieves routinely interupt sevice near where we live. A few weeks ago a car driving on the sidewalk damaged a walkable lid for a primary splice box and put thousands of people in the dark. Even without sabotage power interuptions are a daily thing.
super vulnerable... who watches the power masts out in the fields/forests? yes noone... a bus full of people with angle grinders can take down enough towers simultaneous to blackout all of USA... simply cut the bolts, tip the tower... power will be down for AGES since they need to put up new towers, might have to redo foundations etc. and the shortcircuits will definetly "blow" something...
Better watch out for drones 😎
Seriously why don’t we have any security at these power stations?
You wanna pay all those salaries?
Some don't even have a fence
@@mason5540 ya.
Is that a real question
Many people on a fixed income are already suffering from inflation caused rate increases.....@@vancouverviking4652
Thx for the great reporting!
Beefing up security would cost millions and would be passed on to the consumer.
rates are already jacked up from inflation
4:31 That guy looks really enthusiastic.
probably got more problems than you have cells in your entire body?
Put the substations underground. In bunkers. Shield from EMP and idiots.
These attacks are going on everywhere. Why won’t power companies build concrete walls to at least protect from gunfire? Some of these attacks in recent years have been carried out by highly trained sophisticated operators according to the official investigations. Anyone believe some bad actor have something in mind? I do!
24-hour guards, also a wall to protect from drones.
I hate to think how many illegals have came here to purposely sabotage the grid and everything else.
"The government better do something!" No, we need to prepare for such things.
If you don't have a generator, you should get one!
its good to know some one is looking in to this . . .
Thank you
all power stations need a guard.
You couldn't afford the power bills. Seriously. 24/7 guard, plus more to cover for vacation, sickness, and anything over 40 hours per week. Add in communications systems, vehicles to support them. A place for them to stay out of the weather, a place for them to prepare food; access to water and plumbing/toilets; However, they should be protected by barriers, to keep away the casual vandalism. And domestic terrorist laws that are enforced, if someone attacks our infrastructure for any reason, including the idiots trying to steal from them. Some people depend on electricity for medical reasons, and backups can fail.
@@durgan5668 It's nice of you to assume we get vacation and sick leave.
I actually am an armed security officer that works for a power company, the solution would be rather easy to solve.
All sites are monitored 24/7 by multiple guards that have massive tvs that will show cameras that detect movement, motion sensing lights and such so nobody can just sneak in.
Instead of having a security patrol officer, they just call the Police which can take 15-20 minutes before there's a response.
There are 75 substations with this company, that's not something a team of 10 or so security patrol officers couldn't cover as substations connect.
The REAL problem is the fences are built so closely to the substation that someone can just throw a molotov or chains, hammers, beer bottles and cause an outage, the fences need to be far out enough that someone can't just throw something and shut the power off.
@@diedfrombored5295 easy, yes... cheap? nope
clearly you have no clue on how many thousands of powerstations there are... x 3 people for the week days to go 24/7 and x 2 people for the weekends... thats 5 ppl MINIMUM for thousands and thousands of powerstations... + extra people for sickness and vacations etc. etc. do you know what that would cost? people already whine about the price on electricity...
@@LiLBitsDK I never said it was cheap idiot what are you talking about?
Again I work for a power company and I know how many substations we have, don't need a lecture on it, i've already been in the command center rooms where they have an entire wall of giant 8k tvs with weather forecasts and substation monitoring 24/7 as their only job.
If someone can go online and tell you how to sabatoge a power station and gets caught, that person should get 20 years of hard labor!
ALL power grids need to be secured, period!!
The idea that all of this stuff is vulnerable to attack is not exactly anything new. When we trained for riot control duties, as part of being national guard in the mid 70’s, we talked about how if anyone was serious about attacking any city or town, you would start by attacking critical infrastructure: water, power, news outlets, hospitals, to create mass chaos and unrest. But no one ever did anything about how soft these targets were because no one was ever a threat, so no one ever took any of these issues seriously. And no one ever bothered to think about that eventually someone is going to want to get serious and become a threat. What if those Christmas day attacks were really just probing the perimeter to measure the responses realized? What if someone is planning something much bigger than just that small scale localized attack?
All kinds of terrorist have already walked in for that purpose I'm sure. China is building an army and making biolabs playing around with crazy pathogens experimenting with mice , etc. A lab was found in CA but you know there's a lot more but who knows where!
There asking if customers want to pay for it when we are sending another 90 billion to the Ukraine tomorrow? WHATS IS REALLY GOING ON!
Ukraine oligarcs rolling in cash.
Heard they had champaign on that plane as well.
Oy.. yeah, sure, Ivan. Your adolescent attempt at a red herring/strawman is is so utterly absurd and delusional, you've got to be at least as perfidiously crazed and craven as these domestic saboteurs.
I'd love an update on this subject
Precast concrete panels assembled in a zig zag pattern make the walls hard to tip over.
That representative wearing the fluorescent vest and hardhat while being interviewed by someone sitting across from him who is in business dress, looks really silly.
There is value in the culture of the Amish (and other similar groups) who rely on community cooperation, horses, farm animals; and mostly DON'T connect to the electric grid (some use solar power & generators).
This is happening across America
Concrete walls and more cameras & security systems, sound good👍
A bunch of the substations by me have concrete walls around them but that’s for noise and blocking the view of it since they are close to houses.
They don't want to pay for upgraded security, they can place sensors around all facilities and know in a heartbeat if somebody even gets near the fence line. What a crock, they're just being cheap so they can save money for executive bonuses.
This guy dropped power within a wide radius to rob a series of small businesses with minimal effort. Now imagine what someone with a lot of know how and equipment attempting the same thing with even more malicious intent
The cost to add increased barriers and other protection to the sub-stations should NOT come out of the pockets of customers. This is a federal issue that needs federal money spent across all states. Instead of spending TRILLIONS of dollars warmongering all across the globe in Iraq and Afghanistan - and now spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Ukraine - that money could have been spent on improving our vulnerable and rapidly aging infrastructure at home.
And where do you think that federal money comes from? Because the government does not, in itself, generate any income. Rather it all comes from our taxes.
I have a much better idea, how about instead of paying for stupid shit like like gender studies in Pakistan (while they are building up their defensive/offensive military capabilities, one example) why don’t we spend that money on critical needs here at home. Things like hardening our critical infrastructure. Critical infrastructure includes things like utilities including power generation and distribution, water treatment and distribution, and our schools (K-12).
Only a small part comes from taxes, most is willed into existence
At the end, when it was dark and he was walking away, did he say
"merry christmas, ya filthy animals!!!"
sounds similar to an old "Numbers" episode
Loved that show. It’s on H&I late @ night
The penalties need to be made much stronger, including the discussion of how to do it. Too bad our leaders are WEAK.
I wonder how many people rewired there electric to pass the meeter while the power was out
“Across the political spectrum” 🙄
Is coastal Washington very politically diverse?
@@robertanderson5092not based on their voting pattern…all Left, yes? No?
Washington is full of nazi's and white supremacists. And they have always been very active there.
Old veteran. Don't worry about power station actacks , when the fish terrorists are destroying hydro power generation on rivers of the Pacific Northwest.
I would do something every time i got my electricity bill😂
Upgrades come out of customers pockets !! God forbid a nickel from PROFITS !
All our eggs in one basket 😢
Can Power Stations be built in an underground bunker as protection against terrorist attacks?
So they have security but even security just calls police 🤡😂 ??
You have a power station, nothing prevents the electric company from adding a second fence, and electrifying it, power stations are inherently dangerous so entry without authorization should have consequences.
Neglect of maintenance and not replacing infrastructure that is over it;s life span is the biggest cause of power outages. Administrators that purposely ignore routine maintenance so their balance sheets look better should be fined and removed from their jobs.
The sheriff in ohio just had a press conference about a power grid attack
Crazy!!! Why just why would people want to do this
what if the people in power want the lights to go out?
It is called they are trying to bring about a SHTF
Why humans are not more advanced: Other humans.
Why humans are not more advanced: Greed, Selfishness, Power mongering...
This is attacking on the society. The community must protect its interests.
Monitored Security Cameras!
Thank you 👍
The upgrades should come out of the people getting rich working at high level positions in the electric company.
It's too bad they can't afford a $20. camera like the fighter jet pilots use.
Ok, welp, my first passion was criminal law. So while I never got into it, something doesn't add up.
NO ONE tries to take out 3 power grids to rob a shop. No no one takes out ONE.
Any police agency that takes this as the "excuse" is IN ON IT. Thus CORRUPTION.
You want me to believe that two guy planned to cut off power, but didn't even consider security cameras and other measures at the shop may have back up batteries?
It must go much deeper than that. Pull all google phone data to show who was in the area before this, weeks before this, months even, who returned, who seemed to be in the same place more than once with another phone owner. Note: criminals, organized crime leave their phone at home. So if you catch someone without a phone, that's also suspect.
But this wasn't over a cash register theft, and any agencies accepting that as the only reason are on the take.
Rambo, John J…
Meaning to pay for security would mean the energy companies adjusting their margins of profit. Instead they said it would be payed by hiking prices to pay for security
We have Joe Biden to thank for all this stuff, that is about to happen in this country .
That money given away to other countries can be used to protect those stations with 24-hour armed guards and to build a wall for those pesky drones
You're both near-sighted. This country thinks they are invincible, can't be touched, although I certainly don't know where they get that idea. But Biden, Obama, what do they have to do with it anymore the all the presidents before them?
It goes deeper than Obiden.
WMD’s got us The Patriot Act and a host of other destructive enslavement from government. This thuggery has been going on long before Bush Jr too, but Americans have gotten too caught up in their armchair warrior mentality from the comfort of their rented homes surrounded by their labor saving devices cheering on red vs. blue/blue vs. red that they’ve become too soft to fight for what Our Founding Fathers left for us.
Government itself is inherently corrupt. It matters not which side. If we’re to save ourselves, we must deny their force monopoly from all positions they choose. Instead of rolling over at the presentation if whatever shiny bauble your team leader dangles like a carrot in front of you, resist, and demand strict adherence to The US Constitution before our birthright is lost forever.
Oh yeah blame the current president. lol. Get a life.
Don't spend dime, bring back sparky for these types of crimes.
I just hope that the grid computers are not connected to the internet.
If the grid computers need to be networked then rent some phone lines and network them.
Why don't they have more solid fences, around them. Its open for all to see.
When caught Give Them The Electric Chair
God forbid it comes from the share holder side to beef up security
We take it for granted because that's what our taxes are for. When our tax coffers are depleted for politicians, illegal policies that the voters didn't vote for Americans are always left to struggle.
Broadcasting what they are getting ready to do. Be ready!
They built high security fencing, technology, etc on our local grids.
No. There is no solution. We've kicked this can down the road long enough.
Collapse is here, it's unstoppable and it's accelerating. Please fasten your safety belts.
Right on Target 🎯🎯🎯
💯 grid up power down. The Netflix movie, Leave the World behind, was trying to want us
they're just getting around to a "Christmas, 2022" attack???
Not sure why this would be the responsibility of the customers to pay.
Across the political spectrum? Really? Can you back that up?
Domestic???
You sure?? 🤔
Yeah, domestic. Haven’t you ever noticed how quickly and easily government seems to point a finger to a boogie man to lay their blame on? There’s always some “Evil Empire” other than themselves.
“WMD’s/Weapons of Mass Destruction …and then, Americans get The Patriot Act and plummet ourselves deeper into debt and enslavement.
This is NOT what America’s Founders fought for and created for us, but we’ve allowed these fraudsters to steal our inheritance.
The perp is always ‘someone’ close to you. Look no further than greed and corruption from energy executives and government who enable them.
Together they’ve created a force monopoly over consumers and neither are letting go of their cash cow anytime soon.
Yes domestic.
Bear has been warning about this for years.
What is not being said is if someone wants to attack the grid without being seen it will be silent. These people wanted to be seen.
Ballistic barriers are a knee-jerk reaction to a few high profile cases involving guns. The problems I see with them are limiting visibility into the substation and if you position them far enough away from the transformers to not interfere with maintenance it reduces the cover they provide. Bubba there used a chain across some wires and it got called in because someone could see him.....
This will be the first thing of many the terrorists will hit when givin the go ahead from someone calling the shots in a wide array of other things to try and bring chaos to this country.
Someone knows that man. Get him boys
Being the cynical person i am it is hard to see this kind of news report as anything other than advertising "attack here" . Yes it is something the public should be made aware of but can we at least use a little discretion when trying to address security issues ?
The communities will go "weapons hot" to these acts of terrorism.....
Why isn't the federal government setting aside money to beef up power and substations?
You could send billions to Ukranie but then were without power 😪
ONE SHOT CAN DO THIS FROM A DISTANCE
Oops. Next is your.........
WHAT A JOKE POWER COMPANYS PAY FOR IT .
Or take just a little bit of what you charge us and get some security guards and keep them there....
Part of the problem is that it isn't just physical security. The grid has been mostly neglected since the 1970s, and today we're seeing the pattern of demand change rather radically from what it had been for many decades. The threat landscape has also evolved. The security around substations is mostly been about keeping children drunks and crazy people from getting in and hurting themselves, not about keeping somebody who carefully studied how to destroy things from getting in and destroying things. Fortunately we have much better and much cheaper technology for detecting that somebody has gotten in. Unfortunately we also have had problems with responding to those alerts for a variety of reasons.
They didn't teach you about the Carrington event in school either.
The only problem is greed and corruption from energy executives and government who enable them.
Together they’ve created a force monopoly over consumers and neither are letting go of their cash cow anytime soon.
Not making excuses for them, but I'm sure the same people are watching the cameras for all substations and after calling for the first place, recognized you at the others and didn't bother to call again.
Cannibalism is only 60 days away from a serious power outage.
Think about that!!
Alive movie, it was like 28 days
The criminals are from the nefarious government almost every time in my opinion.
I got an idea.....let's report on our weaknesses so everybody knows...hmmm
Yet the nation didn’t hear about this????
Yes the nation did hear about this. It was all over the news