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02-08-2014, 03:25 AM
Power Grid Attack
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Image credit: ABC7 News, KGOTV San Francisco
“This wasn’t some haphazard type attack from four or five guys drinking beer one night. Looks like it was a planned attack,”
Someone dropped into an underground vault and cut phone cables, interrupting service to most of Gilroy. Then, the snipers opened fire on the substation, shooting for 19 minutes. More than 100 fingerprint-free shell casings were found at the scene. They knocked out 17 transformers that supply power to Silicon Valley. When police arrived, they were gone…
This news had been kept quiet since the incident last April, but now is being leaked out from several media outlets… ABC7 NEWS in San Francisco reported yesterday that the attack was downplayed as vandalism during the time immediately following the attack at the Metcalf substation just south of San Jose, California.
video
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=9421431
The Wall Street Journal just reported “This was an event that was well thought out, well planned and they targeted certain components,” said Mark Johnson, retired vice president of transmission for PG&E.
The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year (2013), when someone slipped into an underground vault and cut fiber cables, which knocked out local 911 service, cell phone service, and landline service to the substation.
Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on the Metcalf electrical substation firing more than 100 rounds – shooting for 19 minutes as they surgically knocked out 17 giant transformers that funnel power to Silicon Valley.
It took utility workers 27 days to make repairs and bring the substation back to life.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579359141941621778?KEYWOR DS=The+attack+was+%E2%80%9Cthe+most+significant+in cident+of+domestic+terrorism+involving+the+grid+th at+has+ever+occurred%E2%80%9D+in+the+US+said+Jon+W ellinghoff+who+was+chairman+of+the+Federal+Energy+ Regulatory+Commission+at+the+time+&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB1000 1424052702304851104579359141941621778.html%3FKEYWO RDS%3DThe%2Battack%2Bwas%2B%25E2%2580%259Cthe%2Bmo st%2Bsignificant%2Bincident%2Bof%2Bdomestic%2Bterr orism%2Binvolving%2Bthe%2Bgrid%2Bthat%2Bhas%2Bever %2Boccurred%25E2%2580%259D%2Bin%2Bthe%2BUS%2Bsaid% 2BJon%2BWellinghoff%2Bwho%2Bwas%2Bchairman%2Bof%2B the%2BFederal%2BEnergy%2BRegulatory%2BCommission%2 Bat%2Bthe%2Btime%2B
This didn't make the News on the East coast!
This could very well be a dress rehearsal for future attacks.
1138
Image credit: ABC7 News, KGOTV San Francisco
“This wasn’t some haphazard type attack from four or five guys drinking beer one night. Looks like it was a planned attack,”
Someone dropped into an underground vault and cut phone cables, interrupting service to most of Gilroy. Then, the snipers opened fire on the substation, shooting for 19 minutes. More than 100 fingerprint-free shell casings were found at the scene. They knocked out 17 transformers that supply power to Silicon Valley. When police arrived, they were gone…
This news had been kept quiet since the incident last April, but now is being leaked out from several media outlets… ABC7 NEWS in San Francisco reported yesterday that the attack was downplayed as vandalism during the time immediately following the attack at the Metcalf substation just south of San Jose, California.
video
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=9421431
The Wall Street Journal just reported “This was an event that was well thought out, well planned and they targeted certain components,” said Mark Johnson, retired vice president of transmission for PG&E.
The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year (2013), when someone slipped into an underground vault and cut fiber cables, which knocked out local 911 service, cell phone service, and landline service to the substation.
Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on the Metcalf electrical substation firing more than 100 rounds – shooting for 19 minutes as they surgically knocked out 17 giant transformers that funnel power to Silicon Valley.
It took utility workers 27 days to make repairs and bring the substation back to life.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579359141941621778?KEYWOR DS=The+attack+was+%E2%80%9Cthe+most+significant+in cident+of+domestic+terrorism+involving+the+grid+th at+has+ever+occurred%E2%80%9D+in+the+US+said+Jon+W ellinghoff+who+was+chairman+of+the+Federal+Energy+ Regulatory+Commission+at+the+time+&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB1000 1424052702304851104579359141941621778.html%3FKEYWO RDS%3DThe%2Battack%2Bwas%2B%25E2%2580%259Cthe%2Bmo st%2Bsignificant%2Bincident%2Bof%2Bdomestic%2Bterr orism%2Binvolving%2Bthe%2Bgrid%2Bthat%2Bhas%2Bever %2Boccurred%25E2%2580%259D%2Bin%2Bthe%2BUS%2Bsaid% 2BJon%2BWellinghoff%2Bwho%2Bwas%2Bchairman%2Bof%2B the%2BFederal%2BEnergy%2BRegulatory%2BCommission%2 Bat%2Bthe%2Btime%2B
This didn't make the News on the East coast!
This could very well be a dress rehearsal for future attacks.