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Emile

(22,460 posts) Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:02 AM Feb 2022

60 Minutes: How Safe is Our Power Grid?

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/america-electric-grid-60-minutes-video-2022-02-27/

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60 Minutes: How Safe is Our Power Grid? (Original Post) Emile Feb 2022 OP

Don't know how many of you caught this story last night, but this is Emile Feb 2022 #1

I don't pay attention to that fear mongering stuff. They talked about Y2K for years doc03 Feb 2022 #2

Emile

(22,460 posts)

1. Don't know how many of you caught this story last night, but this is

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:10 AM

Feb 2022

a pretty scary story. Just taking out a handful of substations can black out the entire country!

doc03

(35,293 posts)

2. I don't pay attention to that fear mongering stuff. They talked about Y2K for years

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:44 AM

Feb 2022

about the stock market would crash, the power grid would go down, all computers would stop working, ever cars
quit would just stop running. The company I worked for even had a Y2K department. They had people going around
putting Y2K compliant tags on f---g light switches all to get federal dollars. When it happens I will deal with it.

NOTHING HAPPENED

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