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Looters Pillage Venezuela Supermarkets As Crippling Blackout Hits Day Five
Looters Pillage Venezuela Supermarkets As Crippling Blackout Hits Day Five Looting and violence are rapidly on the rise as Venezuela enters its fifth day without power across most of the country though some reports suggest as much as 30% of power has returned to parts of the capital city Caracas. The UK Daily Mail has published a series of shocking […]
Government Agency Warning: Space Storms Could Cause Mass BLACKOUTS
Government Agency Warning: Space Storms Could Cause Mass BLACKOUTS The Met Office has told United Kingdom ministers that space storms could cause massive blackouts and destroy computers. According to the government agency’s study, a space storm could bring down the internet and all communications. According to The Sunday Times, a new report is claiming that huge […]
The UK Is Practicing Cyberattacks To Black Out Moscow As A Nuclear Deterrent
The UK Is Practicing Cyberattacks To Black Out Moscow As A Nuclear Deterrent Britain’s military has engaged in a massive cyber-strike war game scenario which envisioned an attack on Russia’s power grid which would black out all of Moscow. The non-conventional military exercise comes as British defense officials have expressed increasing concern that the UK […]
Solar Storms Present Danger Of BLACKOUTS For Major East Coast Cities
Solar Storms Present Danger Of BLACKOUTS For Major East Coast Cities The largest solar storm in recent history struck in 1859 and the auroras could be seen across the globe. But a solar storm of that magnitude today would cause devastating blackouts in major cities on the East Coast of the United States. An upcoming report […]
EMP Commission Warns Of Year-Long Blackout And A Massive Death Toll
EMP Commission Warns Of Year-Long Blackout And A Massive Death Toll A federal EMP commission report warns that even the smallest EMP attack on our grid system would down it for about a year, if not longer. A year-long blackout would certainly be coupled with a massive death toll that would devastate entire populations. The […]
New, little-seen report warns the nation’s power infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to physical attacks
New, little-seen report warns the nation’s power infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to physical attacks (Natural News) It’s looking more and more like it will take a major attack against the U.S. power grid before the government and electric industry come together and get serious about protecting it. According to a new investigative report that likely […]
Another Massive Blackout Struck Puerto Rico Last Night
Another Massive Blackout Struck Puerto Rico Last Night Last night, an explosion at a San Juan power plant regressed Puerto Rico’s efforts to restore power to the island five months after Hurricane Maria struck a massive blow. Much of Northern Puerto Rico has suffered another blackout, including the capital city. The island’s Electric Power Authority […]
U.S. Grid Narrowly Escapes Apocalyptic Attack
U.S. Grid Narrowly Escapes Apocalyptic Attack The American grid security story grows increasingly grim. Last week, security consulting firm Symantec warned that recent cyberattacks gave hackers direct access to the nation’s power grid on multiple occasions, according to a new report by Wired. This time, not only the United States was exposed, said Symantec. Europe […]
Chaz Peling: Backup Power Solutions
Chaz Peling: Backup Power Solutions Be prepared if the lights suddenly go out Over the past month, the Americas have sustained extensive damage from 3 major Atlantic hurricanes and 2 major earthquakes in Mexico. In terms of destroyed houses and businesses, ruined cars, and lost lives, it has been an extremely costly couple of weeks. […]
Huge Solar Flare Sparks Widespread Blackouts, May Deter Korean Missile Launch This Weekend
Huge Solar Flare Sparks Widespread Blackouts, May Deter Korean Missile Launch This Weekend The sun just released a massive solar flare. In fact, as SHTFplan.com’s Mac Slavo details, this is the largest solar flare emitted in the past decade, and the earth has already been affected by blackouts. NASA has reported a huge solar flare […]
Millions To Be Without Power As “Deadly, Devastating” Irma Closes In On Florida
Millions To Be Without Power As “Deadly, Devastating” Irma Closes In On Florida Irma is forecast to remain in a favorable warm water, light shear environment for the next 36-48 h. The intensity guidance shows a slow weakening during this time, but Irma is expected to remain at least a Category 4 hurricane until landfall […]
Total Chaos: Cyber Attack Fears As MULTIPLE CITIES HIT With Simultaneous Power Grid Failures: Shockwave Of Delays In San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York
Total Chaos: Cyber Attack Fears As MULTIPLE CITIES HIT With Simultaneous Power Grid Failures: Shockwave Of Delays In San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York The U.S. power grid appears to have been hit with multiple power outages affecting San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Officials report that business, traffic and day-to-day life has come […]
Blackout
Blackout Last week I gave a talk at The Scottish Oil Club in Edinburgh that was well received. The slide deck can be down loaded here. Since then we have been on high blackout alert since the UK weather has turned cold, wet and snowy with little wind at times. And there are 20 nuclear power stations […]
Puerto Rico Blackout Enters Second Day – Entire Island Of 3.5 Million People Without Power
Puerto Rico Blackout Enters Second Day – Entire Island Of 3.5 Million People Without Power The 3.5 million people of Puerto Rico are entering their second day with no power after a substation fire knocked out service to the entire island. The power outage has left schools scrambling to cancel classes and public hospitals forced to cancel […]
Blackout California
Blackout California The shutdown of the leaking Aliso Canyon underground gas storage facility has caused a loss of about 70bcf of stored gas that Southern California utilities have historically counted on to see them through the hot, high-demand summer months. The California Independent Service Operator (CAISO), which manages the California grid, estimates that as a […]
