Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

ThurstonHowell3rd t1_izh2exs wrote

You wouldn't even need a lot of guns to cause a big problem either.

Wall Street Journal - U.S. Risks National Blackout From Small-Scale Attack

FTA:

A small number of the country's substations play an outsize role in keeping power flowing across large regions. The FERC analysis indicates that knocking out nine of those key substations could plunge the country into darkness for weeks, if not months.

22

FrontButtPunt t1_izh7mrf wrote

Friendly reminder, if you're sane and not trying to meet an FBI agent, it's best not to go searching for the locations of these substations right now.

30