{"id":27304,"date":"2017-10-27T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27304"},"modified":"2017-10-27T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T11:06:10","slug":"dod-exercise-to-simulate-nationwide-power-grid-blackout-from-solar-storm-during-antifa-protests-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27304","title":{"rendered":"DOD Exercise to Simulate Nationwide Power Grid Blackout From Solar Storm During Antifa Protests in November"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOD EXERCISE TO SIMULATE NATIONWIDE POWER GRID BLACKOUT FROM SOLAR STORM DURING ANTIFA PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER<\/a><\/h3>\n

According to The National Association for Amateur Radio <\/a>(ARRL), elements of the US Department of Defense (DOD) will simulate a\u00a0\u00a0\u201ccommunications interoperability\u201d<\/strong> training exercise across the United States on November 04-06. The announcement released on October 24 has not been widely distributed to the media, because the drill is simulating a total grid collapse and could spark public fear.<\/p>\n

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Explained by\u00a0Army MARS Program <\/a>Manager Paul English,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis exercise will begin with a national massive coronal mass ejection<\/strong>event<\/strong> which will impact the national power grid as well as all forms of traditional communication, including landline telephone, cellphone, satellite, and Internet connectivity,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In July, we warned<\/a> about the US government quietly preparing for a massive\u00a0coronal mass ejection<\/strong> with the passage of an\u00a0Executive Order\u2014 \u201cCoordinating Efforts to Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is snippet of section 1 of the executive order: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Space weather events, in the form of solar flares, solar energetic particles, and geomagnetic disturbances, occur regularly, some with measurable effects on critical infrastructure systems and technologies, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), satellite operations and communication, aviation, and the electrical power grid. Extreme space weather events \u2014 those that could significantly degrade critical infrastructure \u2014 could disable large portions of the electrical power grid, resulting in cascading failures that would affect key services such as water supply, healthcare, and transportation. Space weather has the potential to simultaneously affect and disrupt health and safety across entire continents. Successfully preparing for space weather events is an all-of-nation endeavor that requires partnerships across governments, emergency managers, academia, the media, the insurance industry, non-profits, and the private sector.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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DOD EXERCISE TO SIMULATE NATIONWIDE POWER GRID BLACKOUT FROM SOLAR STORM DURING ANTIFA PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER According to The National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL), elements of the US Department of Defense (DOD) will simulate a\u00a0\u00a0\u201ccommunications interoperability\u201d training exercise across the United States on November 04-06. The announcement released on October 24 has not been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[16709,16707,8890,1916,657,15916,16708,827,6705],"class_list":["post-27304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-antifa","tag-communications-inoperability","tag-dod","tag-grid-collapse","tag-protests","tag-stock-board-asset","tag-training-exercise","tag-united-states","tag-us-department-of-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27305,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27304\/revisions\/27305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}