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45. powdered milk and tuna fish?

Reply to DearAbby (Reply #35)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 04:32 PM

Feb 2012

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Scared of Anonymous? NSA chief says you should be... [View all] Earth_First Feb 2012 OP

Why should Anonymous attack our power grid? Our corporations are doing that already. Zalatix Feb 2012 #1

Seriously. Where I live everyone who can afford to has gotten generators Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #5

We are very close to purchasing a stand alone generator... Earth_First Feb 2012 #6

This sounds like a great idea... Do you recommend a certain size or brand? midnight Feb 2012 #19

IMHO, get two. (1) a small one until the neighbors get used to the noise, and to be used as a AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2012 #27

I would assume you could probably run the exhaust through a larger muffler as well, like a car Erose999 Feb 2012 #41

The exhaust produces relatively little of the noise of a generator jmowreader Feb 2012 #58

If you get a wired in full size residential natural gas powered generator Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #43

20 minutes? Good for you. In Illinois, we've had repeated outages last year. Sometimes for days. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2012 #55

Right it was the four day outage in October here that got me a generator. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #61

United Way got my dad a generator. My mom had ALS and when their neighborhood was hit by a tornado Erose999 Feb 2012 #62

Same thoughts Progression Feb 2012 #46

meh Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #2

They may even interfere with the government's ability to arrest cancer grannies for getting high Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #3

Most People should worry more about NSA than Anonymous. nt PufPuf23 Feb 2012 #4

100% TalkingDog Feb 2012 #24

+1000. They tried to hire me, years ago. gkhouston Feb 2012 #52

Fuck you, Mr. NSA Chief, sir. Systematic Chaos Feb 2012 #7

What an erudite post. badtoworse Feb 2012 #17

If you knew anything about the NSA, you probably wouldn't post that either... villager Feb 2012 #18

...for the win! truebrit71 Feb 2012 #29

I know about the power business badtoworse Feb 2012 #36

...because the whole premise of the OP relates to the ridiculousness of Anon attacking the grid Earth_First Feb 2012 #37

If they can do it, other, perhaps terrorist or otherwise malicious groups can also do it. badtoworse Feb 2012 #38

You must work for a BIG utiltity company, then. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #64

I've worked for GPU (now part of First Energy) and Con Edison badtoworse Feb 2012 #65

Sounds like NSA is more frighten of Anonymous and exposing them the truth. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #8

More fear ... be afraid. There are a zillions things I fear far more than Anonymous since RKP5637 Feb 2012 #9

How much longer until one of them is charged with 'domestic terrorism' Earth_First Feb 2012 #10

Ushering in authoritarianism and THEOCRACY: Santorum BeHereNow Feb 2012 #12

Translation: Terra, Terra, Terra...we need more internet regulation Hugabear Feb 2012 #11

BINGO Broderick Feb 2012 #13

Agitprop at its Newest Reality Feb 2012 #14

Growing in power? drm604 Feb 2012 #15

Exactly... midnight Feb 2012 #20

I've got about a dozen UPS units in the house. A power grid outage would ONLY impact my usage... HopeHoops Feb 2012 #16

I'm not afraid of Anonymous Marrah_G Feb 2012 #21

Why, we could lose a majpr American city! Gold Metal Flake Feb 2012 #22

So, Anonymous, internet hacktivists, would turn power off (thus turning the internet off?) chrisa Feb 2012 #23

Anonymous has everything to lose if there is no internet. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #26

'power grid' could mean Wall St. GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #25

They're scared of Anonymous hyphenate Feb 2012 #28

So they haven't threatened the power grid, but they have the capability to crash it, so we should be hughee99 Feb 2012 #30

Yep, that's what it's all about IMO. They challenge TPTB, yep, "Perhaps the REAL problem RKP5637 Feb 2012 #32

Did the NSA borrow this bogeyman from the Pentagon? Or, did they invent their own? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #31

Better get people hating them Matariki Feb 2012 #33

Beware the anonymous... davidthegnome Feb 2012 #34

COLOR ALERT - ORANGE DearAbby Feb 2012 #35

powdered milk and tuna fish? bvar22 Feb 2012 #45

Beware! You may lose your website for several full minutes! nt ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #39

says the head of Paranoia for Profit Tom Ripley Feb 2012 #40

That's ridiculous, Anonymous would not be interested in doing that. But then, someone might and sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #42

Yeah you have to fear a terrorist DearAbby Feb 2012 #47

Off the top of my head hootinholler Feb 2012 #48

Yes, me too. And seeing this statement makes me think that is a very definite possibility. Although sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #49

Remember it's not paranoia if someone is actually out to get you hootinholler Feb 2012 #51

I'd be more concerned about the upcoming elections if I were the NSA justiceischeap Feb 2012 #44

When the grid collapses for profit taking and lack of proper maintenance... hunter Feb 2012 #50

It didn't work, I'm not scared. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #53

I fear a Santorum or Romney administration much more than I fear Anonymous. nt Terra Alta Feb 2012 #54

projecting got root Feb 2012 #56

Shouldn't the NSA Chief be more concerned with the future hacks than future fear? lonestarnot Feb 2012 #57

I'm more worried about the NSA and the NDAA JNathanK Feb 2012 #59

I wouldn't be surprized if the government intentionally crashed the grid... JNathanK Feb 2012 #60

I embrace Anonymous on serveral levels. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #63