The Bundy Takeover of the Malheur Refuge.

[Buns_of_Fire]

134. The one thing I DON'T think I'd do is turn off the electricity.

If the rough tough manly-men can't keep warm because none of the heaters work, I'm sure things would start burning -- anything that would burn, including records, documents, artifacts, and parts of the buildings themselves. So far, I think the FBI is probably trying to avoid any further damage to the reserve's infrastructure than has probably already been done, since it doesn't seem that there are any innocent bystanders or hostages to worry about.

Same with blocking gas, water, Cheesy Poof shipments, propane, and members of the Nutbag Reserve. Any slight (real or imagined) could set them off to go out in a final blaze of glory, martyrs to their Glorious Cause.

Of course, these fools may well just torch it all as they eventually leave, anyway, just as a final FU.

Right now, just waiting them out might be the best move, realizing that there will come a point where someone on one side or the other is going to say, "this ends now."