Vandalism suspected in outage that left thousands without power in Moore County

[Jamastiene]

62. So true. Did you see the poles that held that gate on?

They were rotten at ground level. I've seen very old poles rot like that at ground level. It makes them very weak, like punky wood.

A small child could have pushed that gate over, even a small animal. That should never have been left that dilapidated that someone could just get in there to that equipment so easily.

As many storms as we have here in this area of NC, they should have long since gone to lateral lines (underground). It would stop a lot of power outages and unnecessary food spoilage. I know every time a storm knocks my power out, it is going to be anywhere between 5 hours to 5 days. I dread hearing 5 days when I call to report it and get the reply back from Duke Energy.

Like you said, though, we should have long since protected our electrical grid. Our grid is atrociously undefended, dilapidated and weak. That should have been done during the war on terror, a long time ago. We were sitting ducks the whole time.