Gunfire On Two NC Substations Plunges Tens of Thousands Into Darkness And Cold

[Peter1469]

Nuts? Terrorists? Moved up from the southern border?

Gunfire On Two NC Substations Plunges Tens of Thousands Into Darkness And Cold

After two power substations in North Carolina came under gunfire on Saturday, tens of thousands of customers are without power. Outages are expected to last until Thursday, according to Duke Energy.


The twin attacks took place shortly after 7pm Saturday in Moore County, a rural area about 90 miles east of Charlotte. The area is popular among retirees and is home to the golf mecca of Pinehurst.


As temperatures were expected to dip to 30 degrees, more than 35,000 customers were still without power late Sunday night, according to poweroutage.us. That's 56% of the county's customers. Meanwhile, a Southern Pines town manager told the News & Observer that the outage has already caused several accidents, including a four-vehicle collision that sent four to a hospital with minor injuries.


A state of emergency has been declared, and along with it, a countywide curfew from 9pm to 5am. The curfew is initially slated to last through 5pm on Friday Dec 9. "It's a very serious situation" and the curfew is needed "to protect our citizens and protect the businesses of our county," said Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields at a Sunday press conference. Schools will be closed at least on Monday.

An attack like this on critical infrastructure is a serious, intentional crime and I expect state and federal authorities to thoroughly investigate and bring those responsible to justice. (2/3)
— Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) December 4, 2022

After the substations went off line, responding power crews found "extensive damage," and "evidence at the scene indicated that firearms had been used to disable the equipment," said Fields.


Asked if the attack seemed intended to shut down the county's power, Fields said the perpetrators "knew exactly what they were doing." It appears at least one gate to a substation was demolished by whoever perpetrated the attack, with a thick support pole snapped off at ground level.

[Carl Young]

Nuts? Terrorists? Moved up from the southern border?

Gunfire On Two NC Substations Plunges Tens of Thousands Into Darkness And Cold

After two power substations in North Carolina came under gunfire on Saturday, tens of thousands of customers are without power. Outages are expected to last until Thursday, according to Duke Energy.


The twin attacks took place shortly after 7pm Saturday in Moore County, a rural area about 90 miles east of Charlotte. The area is popular among retirees and is home to the golf mecca of Pinehurst.


As temperatures were expected to dip to 30 degrees, more than 35,000 customers were still without power late Sunday night, according to poweroutage.us. That's 56% of the county's customers. Meanwhile, a Southern Pines town manager told the News & Observer that the outage has already caused several accidents, including a four-vehicle collision that sent four to a hospital with minor injuries.


A state of emergency has been declared, and along with it, a countywide curfew from 9pm to 5am. The curfew is initially slated to last through 5pm on Friday Dec 9. "It's a very serious situation" and the curfew is needed "to protect our citizens and protect the businesses of our county," said Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields at a Sunday press conference. Schools will be closed at least on Monday.

An attack like this on critical infrastructure is a serious, intentional crime and I expect state and federal authorities to thoroughly investigate and bring those responsible to justice. (2/3)
— Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) December 4, 2022

After the substations went off line, responding power crews found "extensive damage," and "evidence at the scene indicated that firearms had been used to disable the equipment," said Fields.


Asked if the attack seemed intended to shut down the county's power, Fields said the perpetrators "knew exactly what they were doing." It appears at least one gate to a substation was demolished by whoever perpetrated the attack, with a thick support pole snapped off at ground level.

It's war and people can expect more of the same. This "countywide curfew from 9pm to 5am"
instances, as was the case with Covid, will continue and grow. People need to start planning ahead for themselves and their families.

[Carl Young]

Jordan Peterson -no fool he- and despite much of the angry media, has made quite a dent in leftist claims, has a talk here of what the elites have in mind. You may be interested in this, as well as the work of Whitney Webb.

Despite our reluctance to accept such grand 'conspiracy theories' we can also see them playing out over the years, and accelerated over the past decade.

[countryboy]

It's war and people can expect more of the same. This "countywide curfew from 9pm to 5am"
instances, as was the case with Covid, will continue and grow. People need to start planning ahead for themselves and their families.

Exactly right. Why a curfew? The opportunistic petty tyrants just can't help themselves.

As for the attackers, could be anything, with a wide open border, and tens of thousands of known "got-aways", and potentially hundreds of thousands of unknowns. We apprehended 40 people on the FBI terror watchlist in October alone. How many crossed in who weren't apprehended? That number certainly isn't zero.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/22/40-on-...rs-in-october/

[Cletus]

Southern Pines is less than 30 miles from Fort Bragg.

[Peter1469]

Southern Pines is less than 30 miles from Fort Bragg.

I saw that many military families were affected.

[MisterVeritis]

This attack was first used against the Metcalf substation outside San Jose, California in 2013. A small number of people used aimed rifle fire to severely damage 17 of its 20 transformers. It took about a month to restore the substation.

The FBI failed to solve this crime.

[Peter1469]

This attack was first used against the Metcalf substation outside San Jose, California in 2013. A small number of people used aimed rifle fire to severely damage 17 of its 20 transformers. It took about a month to restore the substation.

The FBI failed to solve this crime.

I remember that.

[Carl Young]

Exactly right. Why a curfew? The opportunistic petty tyrants just can't help themselves.

As for the attackers, could be anything, with a wide open border, and tens of thousands of known "got-aways", and potentially hundreds of thousands of unknowns. We apprehended 40 people on the FBI terror watchlist in October alone. How many crossed in who weren't apprehended? That number certainly isn't zero.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/22/40-on-...rs-in-october/

That's the part that got me too. Why a curfew? An explanation was given and now the FBI are getting involved.


https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/04/us/po...ion/index.html

[Carl Young]

Exactly right. Why a curfew? The opportunistic petty tyrants just can't help themselves.

As for the attackers, could be anything, with a wide open border, and tens of thousands of known "got-aways", and potentially hundreds of thousands of unknowns. We apprehended 40 people on the FBI terror watchlist in October alone. How many crossed in who weren't apprehended? That number certainly isn't zero.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/22/40-on-...rs-in-october/

It comes easier now.