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Celerity

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Thu Dec 8, 2022, 08:57 AM Dec 2022

Five Electricity Substations Attacked in Pacific Northwest in November: Report

https://www.thedailybeast.com/five-pacific-northwest-electricity-substations-attacked-in-november-report



At least five electricity substation attacks in Washington and Oregon in November were reported to the FBI, according to local media.

Utility companies Puget Sound Energy, the Cowlitz County Public Utility District, and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) told the Seattle Times they were cooperating with a federal investigation, though the FBI declined to confirm it was investigating the attacks.

It’s not clear if any power outages resulted from the assaults. One operation described as a “deliberate physical attack” took place at a Clackamas, Oregon, substation over the Thanksgiving holiday, BPA spokesman Douglas Johnson said.

News of the attacks in the Pacific Northwest comes after damage from a substation shooting in North Carolina on Saturday plunged tens of thousands of people into darkness.

Read it at The Seattle Times
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Five Electricity Substations Attacked in Pacific Northwest in November: Report (Original Post) Celerity Dec 2022 OP
In other words...buckle up, America The wingnuts are loose Maeve Dec 2022 #1
This is straight up terrorism. If it's RW it's time for the FBI to end the coddling. bullimiami Dec 2022 #2
Agreed. And I think that it absolutely IS the RW Maeve Dec 2022 #3
Yes this is terrorism, and I believe this is coming from the extreme right. I do not believe it is JohnSJ Dec 2022 #4
Coordinated attack? If only they could figure out the time zone thing. Missn-Hitch Dec 2022 #5
Important malaise Dec 2022 #6

JohnSJ

(97,000 posts)
4. Yes this is terrorism, and I believe this is coming from the extreme right. I do not believe it is
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 09:16 AM
Dec 2022

a coincidence from the attempt by extremists to assassinate and topple the German government.

I wouldn’t be surprised if what happened January 6th had international elements involved in this


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