'Destroy nine interconnection substations and the entire United States grid would be down for at least 18 months, probably longer,' wrote Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's director of external affairs Leonard Tao in a June memo made public today.
Worse? Oh yea there is a worse. Nine out of a possible thirty are the key to the disaster. Protecting all thirty is both an economic and physical impossibility say authorities.
Right now Homeland Security is focusing exclusively on nuclear power plants. You know, the guys that brought you naked body scanners and pat-downs of the elderly and infirm.
The San Jose, CA attack in April of last year was complete and done with rifles only. The guys that did it knew how, when, where, and exactly what to do - including cutting the fiber-optic comm lines that let them get away before the cops showed up.
The only real question remaining now is not if, but when. Incidentally, just a week long nationwide blackout would be enough to destroy whats left of Obama's frail economy. And force martial law in all the big urban cities. Still need a reason to get a gun?
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