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Title: FERC Chairman Dubs .22 Rifles Terrorist Weapons (Bloomberg Government)
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Infowars
URL Source: http://www.infowars.com/ferc-chairm ... s-22-rifles-terrorist-weapons/
Published: Nov 26, 2012
Author: Kurt Nimmo
Post Date: 2012-11-26 19:54:19 by Hondo68
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The chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has provided aspiring terrorists with an idea – use a .22 rifle to take out power transformers. “There are ways that a very few number of actors with very rudimentary equipment could take down large portions of our grid,” FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said at a Bloomberg Government breakfast in Washington last Friday. “I don’t think we have the level of physical security we need.” A would-be al-Qaeda miscreant “could get 200 yards away with a .22 rifle” could take down the power grid, Wellinghoff warned. Mr. Wellington did not provide an explanation why — over the last decade — the terrorist group has not targeted the power grid in the United States. Bloomberg Government describes itself as a “single, comprehensive web-based information service for professionals who interact with or are impacted by the Federal Government.” The notorious gun-grabber, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, owns the online subscription-based service. “Wellinghoff has managed to inject an anti-rifle scare into the energy debate that Bloomberg News, in thrall to its billionaire anti-gun zealot master, has the means to disseminate to the general public to manipulate and gin up the fear needed in order for planned ‘solutions’ to be introduced,” writes David Codrea.
Poster Comment: Bloomberg would be wise to keep his government within the confines of NYC. Imagine if the sniper were drinking a big gulp soda too!
FERC Chairman Wellinghoff invents a rifle threat just in time for breakfast.
Credits: U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
By doing what??? The idiot would do more damage by falling across the main phases of a high voltage transformer!
#2. To: CZ82 (#1)
It depends. More and more, people are trying to enter substations to steal the copper, and sometimes they end up looking like fried-chicken (IF there's anything left to look at). A common approach is to throw a length of chain across the lines, to cause a phase-to-phase short, causing the breakers to trip on overcurrent. Most high-voltage utility feeds will try to automatically clear the fault, but reclosing 2-3 times. The functions are remotely controlled via Grid Operations Centers, as well, so if the fault doesn't clear, than they simply route around it- sometimes backfeeding from the other side of the breaker. The results aren't pretty:
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestA would-be al-Qaeda miscreant “could get 200 yards away with a .22 rifle” could take down the power grid, Wellinghoff warned.
Replies to Comment # 1. The idiot would do more damage by falling across the main phases of a high voltage transformer!
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