tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7633061035522796220..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Agenda GiveawaysFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-19518238656304643132020-10-25T14:55:18.857-04:002020-10-25T14:55:18.857-04:00We might also consider the effect of an EMP event ...We might also consider the effect of an EMP event - nuclear or a version of the Carrington Event - as being far more likely to destroy the entire grid if it is all connected. I recently read a novel wherein the Texas grid survived an event precipitated by Iran (on the East Coast) together with North Korea (on the West Coast). Texas still had serious issues even with an intact grid - such as a Federal attempt to force Texas to take in many millions of people from the rest of the country, far more than they could possibly sustain), as well as a large number of NK commandos who had pre-positioned in Canada (British Columbia, with a large Asian population they could hide amongst) who traveled to Texas to destroy _their_ grid manually.<br /><br />By the way, I used to live rather close to Fran on Long Island, and was there for the blackout you mentioned. I understand there was a significant increase in the number of births nine months later. The increase in crime was miniscule compared to what it would be these days, when you factor in the looters, vandals, arsonists, and rapists ready to leap into action at the drop of a hat.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-16983113957523847142020-10-23T11:08:31.423-04:002020-10-23T11:08:31.423-04:00May I suggest watching Live Free or Die Hard? An e...May I suggest watching Live Free or Die Hard? An entertaining look at what the downsides of integrated grids are.<br />I lived it, back when First Energy brought down the grid in the Northeast/Mideast for 4 days.<br />You don't realize all the ways you're connected until it hits.<br />Just ONE thing: do you have a HARD COPY backup of your phone numbers? Without the web, we'd have no way to get in touch with distant family, even if they had landlines.<br />FIRST, harden the grid against EMP, AND get excellent security against e-intrusion, AND beef up the security on the various components - lines, substations, operating locations - both in city, and isolated.<br />Run SERIOUS security checks on all employees, including their social media. Do I think it's likely that they've already embedded moles into the companies? Hell, yes.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-60077238037900259812020-10-23T10:52:16.382-04:002020-10-23T10:52:16.382-04:00Regarding grid integration vs. resilience: ONE mi...Regarding grid integration vs. resilience: ONE mis-set protective relay at Sir Adam Beck Generating Station #2 triggered the 1965 Great Northeast blackout. One error that triggered cascading failures as generators went off line and the load shifted and overloaded the surviving capacity.<br /><br />Also, because the grid in Texas does not and will not cross state lines the Feds have no jurisdiction, and it makes them crazy. My late father was an IEEE Fellow who specialized in power distribution and protection for over 30 years. He had at least one group of Feds approach him with outlandish theories that if a Texas generator fed power to a Federal facility that made them subject to Federal control. He laughed them out of the room.Rick Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748076795783834112noreply@blogger.com