Snipers, Cyberattacks & Fire: America’s Power Grid Is in Danger I IRONCLAD

Today’s guest is award-winning journalist Katherine Blunt.
She is a Wall Street Journal reporter and author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric and What it Means for America’s Power Grid, a national bestseller, and winner of the 2022 Golden Poppy award for nonfiction. She was also a part of the reporting team that uncovered how Instagram’s algorithms promoted disturbing underaged content.
On this episode, she and Andy discuss vulnerabilities to America’s grid, the danger these vulnerabilities present, and what can be done to fix them.
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[@jameslively8648]

Journeyman Lineman here: I worked in Northern California most of 2021 based out of Angels Camp. We had four crews oing "fire hardening" projects. Most of which was installing newer, fancy lightning arrestors and driving tons of ground rods. It was a gigantic waste of money. The lines we were "upgrading" were installed in the 1960's-80's and badly needed to be reconducted anyway. And to counter everyone's argument that the lines need to be put underground 1.) That's a huge cost difference. Think $12-18 per foot if you can get through the volcanic rock. Not to mention every transformer from the substations down to the last on the line would need to be changed 2.) Most of the lines out there are Delta not wye. Delta cannot go underground, wye can. The reason they don't run a wye system again comes down to cost, and also the hard rock. Where ground rods can be driven the soil is often loose, sandy loam which doesn't give the proper continuity for grounding an electric circuit.

[@Nobody_inportant]

Delta can be under-grounded. Just float the neutral.

[@jameslively8648]

@@Nobody_inportant I've only ever seen a ratio can a span or so away and run it as wye to the dip

[@jameslively8648]

@@Nobody_inportant just talk with an older lineman at my shop that's done a ton of work in Cali and Arizona and he says there's tons on Delta padmounts so my bad! I've never seen them

[@sambenge9140]

If all of Europe can do so can we, Scandinavian ground is harder…

[@Nobody_inportant]

@@jameslively8648 I’ve been a Journeyman Lineman for 27 years. I don’t know where you’re getting your math. But at $3 million a mile on average to underground an overhead circuit works out to about 600 bucks a foot.

[@dashady187]

We need to stop sending money to other countries and invest in our own.

[@andrewbrady3139]

I went through the ice storm of 98’ in Maine. In the town I lived in, we lost power for 3.5 months. Most of the county was 2.5 months. No gas, no stores. One old person living alone fell in their driveway and froze to death. Wood stoves and it being cold, kept us alive. Everyone helped everyone. We were in the woods in small towns. No police. No snowplows.

[@ericmartin5720]

CalFire budget is determined by previous years acreage burned. CalFire was pulling out of the Santa Cruz Mountains while the CZU fire was raging. They were going to let the fire burn to Silicon Valley. The only thing that saved Santa Cruz County was a small town volunteer fire chief, he said nope this is what we do and got busy saving our community. There is an insane story here that has never been told.

[@75Prelives]

Holy sht. That’s crazy. The stuff we never hear about…. No news definitely does not always mean good news.

[@Lukethesteelheadmaster]

And don't forget how they set a lot of the fires themselves just like in Oregon. They are going to burn the forests until there is nowhere to hide.

[@BrapBang]

I have worked as a Forester in the inland west since 2008. The main problem with large wildfires is not climate, it is an increase in fuels. We've been putting our fires all across the west for well over 100 years. These forests continue to grow and die, accumulating massive amounts of living and dead wood. We really slowed recurring timber harvest in the 1980s. If you don't cut down trees and remove them, or allow fire to clean up the woods in regularly occurring low intensity fires, you get what we have today. A warming climate doesn't help but its not the primary driver of the wildfire issue.

[@bluefootedboobie1893]

Makes sense, since the climate isn't warming.

[@75Prelives]

The environmental fanatics are a catalyst for a lot of this increased danger. Leaving all the deadfall in place instead of doing controlled burns or other clean up measures. The climate is always in flux. Always changing. But “man-made” global warming is total BS. There’s more arctic sea ice today than in the last 50 years. They’re still building million-dollar ocean front property everywhere. Meanwhile millions of acres burn down because we’re not allowed to be ACTUAL good stewards of environment. SMH.

[@sethtaylorm925]

Climate change is just scam to bring us under communism, your correct about cleaning the dead trees and cleaning up Forrest, but you'll never get them to admit that, becausr they have an agenda, agenda 21 and agenda 2030.

[@brycecharles3856]

I am a forester in upstate NY. Our woods are being destroyed by city people buying land and then subdividing this making logging impossible. Then you have the ones who buy farms and allow the fields to turn to shrub brush. NYC has decided they own our land up here and have put regulations on logging near water, farming and farms near water. Trucking regulations for long trucks this chasing out loggers. Sawmill after sawmill has closed here along with the pulp industry. We also have the DEC just waiting to issue tickets, crazy city people who will threaten loggers for cutting a neighbor's property bound determined they are being robbed even though property lines have been put in place. People dont understand that cutting timber is necessary for the health of the woods. Dead and downed timber are destructive. They wont even allow stone cutters to open new quarries on private property. Canada is always asking loggers here for Hemlock so their regulations up there have gotten extreme.

[@maryboros-te8wn]

Just curious, do you work for the USFS or another public land agency?

[@Blackopspenguin]

The problem isn’t a localized outage for a few days. If there was a large regional outage or national outage, for any reason, the fear and chaos starts when people aren’t getting updates and aren’t given resources after those few days. That fear and chaos doesn’t happen on small outages.

[@ryanwegand74]

Andy, I've been fighting forest fires as a snag faller for 8 years. You might want to look into forest service fire fighting practices. Believe it or not they just keep them going, they don't put them out. I wish someone would do a video on that to bring awareness to that aspect of it, they're letting our forests burn on purpose.

[@joesmith5604]

No place to hide, or to heat

[@ericmartin5720]

CalFire’s budget is determined by previous years acreage burned. They wanted to let CZU fire burn to Silicon Valley that was stopped by one small town Fire Chief. The “Perfumed Princes” running CalFire were pulling out of the Santa Cruz Mountains, when the Chief said nope this is what we do.There is a story there…

[@nickjenkins1663]

​@@joesmith5604plus more profitable real estate for the hedge funds.

[@therza1133]

Can you explain those practices here? Cant seem to find anything on youtube.

[@owenasmr.m2743]

Yeah holy shit please tell me more

[@lyfandeth]

When that first substation in CA was attacked, the FBI asked the press to disclose nothing, as it was a national security issue. One full year later, the Wall Street Journal broke the silence saying "a year is enough." Perhaps Catherine forgot the news blackout? It turns out that if a different substation had been hit, Silicon Valley (?) would have had no power for over a year. The same for the Duke Energy attack. If a substation at the next closest location had been targeted, a major piece of hitech NC would have gone dark. FBI estimates concede that some 200 unsolved attacks on power grid, fiberoptic phone and data lines, all kinds of vital infrastructure have been happening just in the US, mainly NW, every year since. And some 200+ intentional local disruptions to GPS service. Catherine was holding back infirmation as to the extent of the problem.

[@disposabull]

Much worse than a substation attack would be drone attacks on the step up transformers at powerstations. There are far more sub stations than step up transformers and it takes years to build a new one and install it, these are giant 200 ton monsters that react really badly to things getting "energetic" next to them. You would think with what is going on in Ukraine we would have put cope cages and chicken wire up to stop drones, that is all it takes...

[@Lukethesteelheadmaster]

They want to keep the majority of the population in the dark about what is happening as long as possible

[@jeffreygunn3530]

I worked for the NM legislature in the runup to Y2K. I remember when we had a hearing on threats to the power grid. An official from PNM, the electric company that serves most of the state, told us that one person with a decent scoped rifle could cut the power to 2/3 of the state in a matter of minutes if they knew where to aim (and no, he didn't tell us where that spot was).

[@Heywoodthepeckerwood]

There are ways to do it way easier than that. And with easier equipment to get hold of than a rifle.

[@stp479]

Joe Biden just allowed 10,000 military age men into our nation. It is likely many have been trained with such skills.

[@dennisl4000]

There are many informed and knowledgeable individuals who believe that thousands of foreign operators skilled in long term disruption of the inter structure have entered this country in the past several years. The head of the FBI has testified in front of Congress that this country is in dire danger. The magnitude of this danger I don’t believe has been made known to the public. If power, food, water, fuel, and sanitation come to a long term halt, it doesn’t require a lot of insight to see what will follow.

[@slappy8941]

Thousands? No, millions.

[@griftinggamer]

​@@slappy8941 Notice the qualifier...definitely not millions of highly skilled and trained operators. But...with a wide open border...definitely thousands by now. Who wouldn't send sleeper cells, spies, and soldiers into an empire that left the door open? Millions of useful idiots for sure...here to save us....by taking out welfare 😂😂

[@desertcrimedogg]

Theres a station in socal just sitting there with only fencing around it. I had to have a plan in case an alarm went off there. Really no protection.

[@SwirlingDragonMist]

The hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River were pivotal in World War Two, allowing Portland Oregon to electrically weld battleships for the Pacific Theater. While also providing very cheap electricity, a subtle advantage to the local economy in many ways. But it came at the cost of Salmon Runs, which at one time ran at a massive capacity, it’s own juggernaut of natural wealth and abundance. It’s easy to forget what a wealthy nation looks like, financial gymnastics around currencies and services can look prosperous on paper, but the true wealth of an economy is it’s output, and the carrying capacity of natural resources is perhaps the best measure. Our forests and rivers are running below capacity, our continuous harvests are suppressing the recovery of these resources, limiting their potential to have even higher yields. Likewise farmland, and energy generation/extraction are essential elements to consider as we optimize our use of resources. The aquifers, springs, and rivers all receive their water from soil permeation. Various methods of land use, affect how much water is absorbed by the ground. The difference between grass, and no grass is huge, grass provides just enough shade for rain to soak in, and for dust not to blown away. The difference being,springs that flow or dry up completely, and aquifers that entire cities draw from. The biggest impact to grass cover is goats, who eat the grass down to the root, while other cattle and buffalo actually encourage grass growth from their heavy hooves stimulating the soil. So the electricity is strategically important, but so is the salmon run, and the grasslands. All of which holistically make for wealth and prosperity. It’s not hard to simply look for the signs of depletion, ask why, and take steps to restore the carrying capacity.

[@bsmithhammer]

Where the pro-salmon advocates who want to "tear down" the Columbia/Lower Snake dams fall short in their advocacy is that I have never heard a single one of them provide a realistic, viable alternative energy plan for taking several gW of hydro generation offline.

[@handroids1981]

This is probably the most important yt comment I've ever read. Thank you. I've screen shot this for the future.

[@handroids1981]

Also, how bad is the damage from feral pigs? In your opinion. I understand the basics; more intelligent that canines and with a better sense of smell. ETC ETC.

[@SwirlingDragonMist]

@@handroids1981 Aww thanks man, I appreciate the compliment! from my perspective, pigs are quite destructive as an invasive species. Australia has these crazy looking prehistoric birds called Cassowaries, they’re huge and have blue skin, and are like living dinosaurs. With like a big old stegosaurus fin on their head! They eat these special nuts that only germinate in their digestive system, and the pigs are eating them all, and there are no natural pig predators to stop them. So the pigs are just spiraling out of control and the special nuts are in heavy decline, and so too this ancient dinosaur bird. The natural predator dynamics are huge, for instance in Bryce canyon Utah USA they discovered that a single bobcat in a valley restored the entire ecosystem. Because the deer, (which are similar to goats in many ways) will walk along the river bank and eat all the fresh sprouts, well those sprouts would grow into trees, hold the river in place with their roots, and anchor down marshes that pump out bugs and frogs and birds. The bobcat is lazy, and puppy guards the river, so the deer don’t destroy it by eating the sprouts. The difference, is a barren wash with no vegetation or animals that allows floods to surge through, and a vibrant jungle thick with plants and animals, that sponges up flood surges into the marshes. Great documentary on this called “Lords of nature” available on youtube dvd etc. In the southwest US there are allot of wild boar running loose, but also wild horses, and large deer populations, all of which would benefit from being checked by natural predators who will puppy guard the rivers 24/7. But human interventions from time to time may also be wise. As we’ve seen with the dust bowl in the past, dust control and wind driven soil erosion can be very problematic. Which is something to consider from an animal perspective and also a human land use perspective, as both can cause allot of dust. Year round open-season along rivers may be an interesting policy to exercise in the absence of natural predators. Could be worth it’s weight in aquifers. But also the hunting of predators should be replaced with the reintroduction of predators. There’s allot of small canyons being decimated by deer that could really use a cat.

[@emroberts9274]

I’m in Moore county NC and we were out of power for a week or so when they shot the substations the only thing they have changed is put cameras and a chain link fence up idk why they cannot harden them more than a chain link fence

[@christopherjames1453]

We definitely need to wake up and prepare, time to take ownership of our own safety and survival.

[@rcflightseeker3488]

First-time, and last-time watcher of the channel, too many plug-in ads, I hate that I pay for add free for a reason.

[@RiflemanLEONE]

I was near a large substation near Los Angeles. The perimeter security in place rivaled that of what I’ve seen at a prison or our southern border.

[@impeachorrevolt]

It is insane to think a 1 mile trench and some new electric wire would cost 3 million per mile!!!!!!!

[@visamedic]

I think what angers me the most about this, is with all the oversight they supposedly have…I remember an interview that stated that our grid, at best, is 1960’s tech. Our power bills go higher and higher every year, in leaps and bounds, under the guise of upgrading and maintaining an archaic system, that, very obviously, have not been maintained. Let’s be real, you know those with the oversight are holders in these companies. Upgrades and “maintenance” cost money, and cut into their take. We’ve been getting screwed for some time. Im a medic. I work 48 and 72 hour shifts. This means, depending on whether I pick up extra shifts or not, I’m gone, like NOT AT HOME, 10 to 15 days a month. My bill in summer has been as high as $800 for a 1200 sqft house. That f&@king ridiculous! I’m to the point where I’m taking myself off the grid, power-wise as a result. It will unfortunately be closer to October when I do this, but it will be a 10-15kW system with solar and wind (something we have plenty of here in Central California) with a generator backup to charge the system in a few hours at most. They will no longer get my money to line their pockets. My money will buy my own Cal Edison, I will maintain it and protect it myself, and they can go pound sand.

[@DIXIEMAFIA251]

That is a great idea!

[@kevinmartin4787]

Thank you for this production. Watching from Central Texas.

[@50shadesofcerakote]

I used to inspect powerlines from helicopters, and I noticed how vulnerable our electrical grid is almost immediately... They could put 20ft concrete walls up around even the smallest substations, the powerlines themselves are still at risk. And theyre all held together with bandaids. I saw powerlines from as early as the 1910s, some of the insulators have dates on them (Its been some time so, details might be off) When I was in training, they told us a story of a tree landing on a large line somewhere in Kentucky?and the surge was making its way to NYC. A guy that worked for a power company had been doing maintenance and noticed the lines were sagging. He flipped a switch(think valve for electricity) and ended up saving the stock market from collapsing.

[@klmorg63]

I’ve lived in Texas all my life, I’m 60, and my electricity was out for 4 days and came back on sometime on the 5th day, it was not fun. It had never happened before, and we’ve had worse ice and snow storms, so it’s never made sense. The population explosion is most likely the culprit and that’s still growing so you better be prepared for future problems that last longer. I’ve done a few things to make sure I won’t be in the dark continuously for days, but most have done nothing and just “hope” it won’t happen again, it will. A prepared person can survive, the unprepared especially in urban areas are going to be screwed!

[@realpropertymangement7640]

If cost was no matter, there would be redundant system critical components held in storage (i.e. EHV transformers). The lead time on replacement of these system critical components can be as long as twenty-four (24) months. Unfortunately, these components are manufactured at a cost of millions and utlities are extremely reluctant to have that money just sitting in a storage yard, not generating a return on investment.

[@jrub9983]

So the power company in our area is doing a lot of upgrades for security at the sub stations. Better fences, motion sensors, cameras and stricter on who has access to that area.

[@griftinggamer]

That's cute, but even if they do all that, there's no way to protect the actual lines, poles, and anyone serious about it isn't going to be detered by a little fence and some cameras.

[@michaelblock3998]

Great information. We have neighborhood well system for water but will only have 3 weeks of reservoir capacity. We often lose power, our island is well practiced in power outages. I think we will be better off than the city folks on the mainland. Fortunately we can block the only bridge road on/ off the island.

[@DIXIEMAFIA251]

What island is this that you speak of good sir?!

[@camron1501]

Thank you.

[@vladimirmihnev9702]

Ok how did it just so happen, that 2 days ago Dankula did a "mad lads" about a sniper attack on a sub station? WTF

[@handroids1981]

Stop noticing things! Wacist!

[@vladimirmihnev9702]

@@handroids1981 I'm not.

[@nickjenkins1663]

​@@handroids1981😂

[@nickjenkins1663]

Dank. is THE man!! He is a great comedian. But also very politically savy.

[@Berzerker71]

Excellent show!

[@Ef554rgcc]

Water should be a top concern.

[@manualgearshift4965]

Two significant challenges the industry is facing which are preventing upgrades are people and money. There aren’t enough linemen and customers (family homes to airports) can’t afford their bills and aren’t paying. Up north it’s illegal to cut power, so the bills just climb.

[@Lukethesteelheadmaster]

Yeah well more people would be lineman if they would actually hire people that wanted to work rather than trying to find people with the right "qualifications" lots of people want to work but can't because they don't meet the criteria.

[@manualgearshift4965]

@@Lukethesteelheadmasterwell…yes, there are certain qualifications when replacing jumpers on a 345kV line or splicing copper into a downed distribution line. Utility companies offer training for those willing to work but you still need to gain the skills.

[@Lukethesteelheadmaster]

@@manualgearshift4965 it's not rocket science man I'm just saying they need to hire people who have gumption and are willing to learn rather than looking for pre qualified people. It's like companies that hire engineers that are straight out of college, they suck they know hardly anything and they have to re learn everything. Where if you take someone already working for the same company and give them a little training they could be a much better engineer with zero college training. College generally makes u dumber

[@sprintkick9793]

Monopolies are always bad for the consumer.

[@bradmilks1058]

17 million vets available for hire , pay a man 60k 70k to protect them simple he will need nods and a thermal scope

[@traceyevans2757]

Talking out the side of your mouth

[@MontanaJim419]

Thank you!

[@itsmeLisar414]

This channel has awesome information. I can see it growing to over 1mil, probably soon.

[@internet_internet]

We went through the Texas winter storms where we lost both water and power at the same time. During the bad one, we had no power for 4.5 days, and no water for 5.5 days both at the same time. Those numbers might be reversed. Hard to remember 100%. Either way, our water came back on for a few hours one evening on like day 4 before it then went out again, and it was a nasty light brown color with all sorts of gunk and film in it, even after it had gone through our water softener system. It ended up ruining our water softener system internals, and we had to later replace the internals. I had a very bad case of poison oak/ivy rash all over my body as the storm hit. I was cleaning my oozing blisters with vinegar and paper towels, and drying myself with a propane heater, which honestly just made the blisters expand and ooze more. It was not fun. But I kept running every day during those times, mainly to do recon all across our surrounding area. One day alone I ran over 9 miles in the snow. My parents were 75 and 65 at the time, and were also going through these same exact conditions, minus my poison oak rash. We have a natural gas stove, which kept our home warm enough, and luckily we could cook on it. I had to convince my parents to open windows a few different times to let fresh air in, as I was getting headaches from the scentless gas/carbon monoxide fumes in the house. They would not have opened windows otherwise… Luckily I kept us properly prepared with extra food and water. I kept and still keep extra gallon jugs around, and we were still beginning to run low in water towards the end of the shortages. My elder parents would not have been prepared otherwise. My mom refused to drink boiled and filtered snow melt. She would only drink bottled water…🫤 Most people in our area were sitting in their running cars either in the garage or on the driveway for warmth, and to charge their phones. People died in our overall area from exposure, among other things. It was not good. I made the best of it, and my poison oak/ivy rash was way harder on me than the weather conditions, but having been twice in my life a potential SEAL training candidate and a lifelong outdoor athlete, the vast majority of people did not handle the conditions nearly as well as I did.

[@DIXIEMAFIA251]

Thank you for sharing your story and I am glad yall made it out alive!

[@griftinggamer]

Thanks for taking the time to write this. I have been in fire/ems, security and police for 15 years. I hate to use the term "prepper", but I have seen way to much of this world to not be prepared for at least a couple months without running water and power, and I'm going to be real...help isn't always coming, and people in uniforms might be leading you to a worse situation than you're already in.

[@ImFlightRisk]

First time watching. Are the ads always like this? Seems like a good show but I just can’t do that many ads.

[@nicklibby3784]

Skip them then?

[@ImFlightRisk]

@@nicklibby3784 I do but when im working (always). That means I gotta stop working, walk over to my phone and skip it. And now YT ads are even more invasive. Not a big deal, there's tons of other shows.

[@user-oi6wi2di2z]

Great work Brother

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

Paradise survivor here, crazy i just clicked because of the black out click bait. I'm now in knoxville, TN. I miss Paradise every minute of the day 😢

[@user-nk8ww9ce9k]

So does David Lee Roth.

[@slappy8941]

Of all places, you ended up in Knoxville...

[@rockymountainlockpicker9606]

@@slappy8941Knoxville traffic sucks, but the general area is really nice

[@nicholeparrish5253]

I'm also a campfire survivor. I've relocated to shasta county..not interested in Butte county anymore. Hope you are doing good these days!

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

@@nicholeparrish5253 definitely doing good just really miss the ridge. Especially concow lake. Thanks for commenting its good to hear from paradise people. Another thing I miss is juice and java!!! Morning riser

[@TroubleActual]

Edison wanted to use DC power initially

[@EuropaChronicles]

There is an impressive number of ads on this show.

[@passionatepatriot7272]

No this fire was just like Lahaina Laser

[@slappy8941]

Bless your heart. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@passionatepatriot7272]

@@slappy8941 look it up do your research 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@waynehobson2956]

Started by big Foot

[@Grampagreybeard]

The reason these cities burned down was due to the lack of defensive spacing from wildfires around all of the homes and structures. These cities were massive brush patches of highly flammable trees and shrubs and dry grass, the homes and other structures that were properly maintained did not burn down and had little to no damage.

[@user-kc7rm6vm2z]

Just look at hurricane Katrina

[@jimmy2745]

You guys pointed out that pwr has gone out for wide swathes of people before and no one resorted to cannibalism, but the power has nvr gone out nationwide before. There has always been a safety net of sorts in the form of "nearby" emergency services able to provide at least some modicum of relief for those without pwr even if that relief is shipped in from neighboring states. One or two EMPs could put the pwr out nationwide in an instant. Let's see who gets hungry then.

[@aaronkeener95]

Look up Metcalf sniper. Barely made the news and still not talked about by authorities

[@NM-235]

When comparing Europe to the United States you have to consider the vastly larger distances and much lower population density in many parts of the US. This is especially important with the much more rugged landscape over parts of the western states that are larger than many European countries. The cost per customer services over these larger distances is much higher in western states. While the US has over 350mil people very few live west if I35 and east of the pacific coast. I’m not saying we shouldn’t bury transmission line there but the costs will be difficult to recover if they are not distributed across the entire grid. Que the folks in Florida or NY that don’t want to pay for the grid in Northern California or Idaho. It’s a difficult problem that may be best addressed by distributing power production with new tech like small modular reactors.

[@earlpayne9857]

Theres no way to measure because in the past u assume it comes back on but when theres the possibility grid stays down thats a concern instantly

[@sumerstephens7302]

I lost my home in Concow during the Camp fire. I'm shocked you even mentioned Concow!! All we ever hear about is Paradise. Greed always shows it's face in the wake of disaster.

[@pell_jitsu4528]

Power outage can be a problem, especially long term. The bigger problem, i think, is if that is in conjunction with loss of communication. For example, who would go to work, even essential personnel, in that situation? .

[@msh441]

If it’s JUST blackouts at this point… it’s a blessing.

[@pilotincommand85]

I see where you’re coming from saying that and in principle I agree but when you think about how many can die from just blackouts…especially if it is an extended blackout for weeks/months or years. We’re talking the majority of a population gone potentially

[@user-nd8cs3qx1v]

During crisis most people die from panic and stupidity

[@martincarpenter4464]

What’s with all the interruptions

[@maryboros-te8wn]

This has been going on for a long time. Look at the railroads, the Flint mi, and how corrupt the state/ utility co relationship is. And yes the forests were miss

[@DePalma.]

Edison used DC, Tesla made it possible to use AC…that’s why the towers were so close together.

[@panzershrekboy]

If the interviewing was as intense as the background music you guys would really have something

[@MikeC-jw3ny]

We had no power through our the town I live in no Internet no cell service here in Maricopa az on Tuesday

[@macmatt9417]

Here in swfl when hurricane Ian hit an where it landed I went without power for a month storm ripped the power meter off our house as well as many other people I was cooking over a fire in the front yard for days.. so therefore it won’t be that quick people will make do for some time until resources run out

[@kellybarthel8060]

Power is not complicated not at all but burying all the high power transmission lines is very pricey. And of course in delta and high water tables like Florida it's a no go all together. When you are dealing with very mountainous area such as a lot of Cali and west burying it to get over a mountain or through again very expensive.

[@franknoyola6693]

That camp fire the got near paradise ,ca was perfect cover up for DEW drones that was used to destroy 80 % of that town i saw the picture of the objects were melted and trees that had flames inside the trunk and nothing outside of trunk.

[@briangarcia1507]

Did she say 3 million a mile? We need to let private companies bid on these jobs.

[@kdavidson6771]

Being such a smart lady maybe she can explain why the trees did not burn but the houses and cars did? hmmm?

[@handroids1981]

Being such a smart commentor, perhaps you can respectfully ask a question?

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

I watch the fire come through paradise and it did not burn everything in it's path. Some things did not burn. The fire moves very fast.

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

Most importantly me and my wife and two dogs made it out buddy

[@markspruill4129]

Same as the Lahana fire and the recent fire in South America. She's just towing the government line. ​@@MichaelWilliams-to3cj

[@valerieleonard572]

Young, healthy green trees don’t burn well

[@Lou-sassole3]

hell yeah. once i learned python im acually scared of the future

[@TennGrizz]

In order for solar and wind to work, appliances need to be remanufactured to run differently. And it has to be done on the individual home level. Bigger power companies are not better.

[@jwgbmp40]

Wow! She is strikingly pretty! (First impression when panned to her, just a compliment)!😊

[@americantrucker9813]

Well, you could just make sure the transformers have three-quarter inch steel plate

[@EDINTHEWIND]

How is this company still in business??

[@NM-235]

It’s an unnatural government created monopoly

[@wendyjones3552]

Too many commercials!!

[@bringer-of-change]

It's truely enlightening what you speak of here. Your absolutely correct. We must first come together as a people, even if in groups separated by distance, before we actually have any hope of conjuring and utilizing an alternative system that excludes the tyrants. I think the tyrants will send forces to put a stop to that, and I think it will ultimately still result in a civil war, but hey, at least it would be they who cast the first stone.

[@bringer-of-change]

Wtf. This comment was not meant for this video. It was meant for the one before this. Oh well I guess 🤷‍♂️

[@Attemptedvelocity]

And took many of my co workers properties and homes. One of my co workers get up every 2 hours over the course of 3 days

[@augurcybernaut4785]

31:00 Sometimes a fella has gotta eat a fella. - The Ghoul

[@Spacer203]

What is Ohm’s law and difference between AC and DC?

[@user-tc2lj1lu7m]

The earbuds are being designed to read your mind

[@ericmartin5720]

Think Ruzzia is targeting Ukraine’s power grid by accident?

[@davidpiersiak9503]

A lot of ads though

[@Vincent_Boogaloo]

DEW the DEW.

[@jw5297]

It's insane to me that these would be the same people screaming that gun reform is paramount to the safety of our children, but refuse to restrict the access to social media and these types of AI algorithms that while maybe not or maybe was designed with this intent, but that they don't want to remove it because it will impact revenue generation.

[@nickjenkins1663]

The algorithm is the OVERLORD !!😂

[@billym3781]

Why can't the wires be incased with a see through casing for inspection and made fire proof 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👁️⏳🙏

[@mcal9320]

What makes thes fires caused by the electric companies. Is when they get fined, they just hike everyones rates. We pay for their failures. Same for the recent one in Texas. Rates are already increasing to lrepare fot the lawsuits. We all need to be our own providers. Home solar and wind is viable on the small scale.

[@NM-235]

Note: the original comment I responded too was focused on consumers having to pay for grid resilience. Most of the increase in your(and my bill) in Texas is the result of a state law that assess fees to customers to pay for “hardening” the electrical grid. The base rates have increased roughly in line with fuel prices and inflation. The primary failure point in the Texas grid in 2021 was the nearly 40% reliance on renewables for base load mandated by government regulations and incentives. Historically the surge generators have only been necessary during the summer due to the Texas climate. There was both no incentive to make them cold resistant in the past because base load was weather resistant and disincentive to update them due to no additional funds tied to the switch to wind and solar. All industries face the dilemma of making exquisite but expensive products vs cheaper but good enough most of the time. This gets screwed up when the government tips the scales by artificially manipulating markets. If the government hadn’t pushed renewables the issues in 21 the issues in 21 wouldn’t have happened. Long term profit incentives are the best tool for mitigating risk for most hazards. Some hazards like terrorism while extremely unlikely fall under the purview of government.

[@nickjenkins1663]

Not really viable at the cost of equipment. Not to mention the knowledge and mech. ability to make it work and maintain. I wish it were really viable.

[@eddiealedia7658]

Great show as always I hope terrorists are not watching this video taking mental notes

[@gilgothdae]

31:34 I have yet to hear her answer a question with an answer that makes me feel like she is well versed or has any value added to the subject at hand.

[@alejandroflores-samaniego9320]

allot of this sounds like it’s done purposely. how does anyone have a legitimate business, and allow it to fall apart and not invest to maintain it.

[@etubcsegg]

Kathrine is adorable 😍 ❤

[@ataraxiadreaming]

Because batteries never catch on fire?

[@donfrance3]

259 this is not happy news - but it is honest and identifies a real problem

[@MalaklypsetheElder]

We don't have to put a concrete dome over these substations but you can put them in large corrugated buildings the size of a warehouse and you could feasibly fortify or build up materials at the base level of some of these buildings to prevent firearms damage from penetrating and subsequently damaging the transformers or transmission lines. That's not that real much of an intricate plan and it would not cost billions of dollars. Another more advanced modern technology I think that is not been leveraged to help deal with this problem is drone technology much like drones are used with the telecom industry now in particular the cell phone companies to do constant monitoring maintenance and reconnaissance of cell towers drones could be utilized to provide real time surveillance 24 hours a day at rail yards with switch lines substations and electrical power generation sites and all kinds of other vulnerable public utilities like water reservoirs or water treatment centers. I mean this would also not cost a tremendously large amount of money but you know things like active 24 hours security guards at certain sites possibly funded through counties by way of federal grant money is another option. Everybody has no real problems with spending millions or billions of dollars with large security staffs to guard federal office buildings courts contract or facilities or agency buildings like the FAA or the Department of Energy could we pry loose a little federal money and funding to apply the same type of security measures meaning active armed staffed security forces at vulnerable infrastructure sites?

[@lostfound1093]

Way too many ads , atleast 5 already within 15 min

[@user-qo7pe7wc1o]

Danergerous questions excellent ideal. Concerned about a video I seen a landlord rented a apartment to a girl then later she says I'm leaveing my brother moving in and 5 guys move in stop paying rent cops say they cant do anything. Could this be a sleeper cell ? Or just immigrants or invaders not wanting to pay rent . I'm guessing a sleeper cell would pay rent to avoid cops. Apparently video says these guys are drug dealers and squatters but it has me wondering. Do u think some of these wilderness fires was not natural? 🐾🐾🤔

[@onesilentarrow]

The forest fires benefited who? The logging companies chopping down all the partially burn dead trees? Look at Hazel Avenue in Sacramento COUNTY California. Logging trucks rolling down the road 24 seven for years…now now look at all the pot plants growing in the burned out deforested areas. Owned by the cartel.

[@user-nk8ww9ce9k]

More like a sleepy cell.

[@kylehaynes96]

We need to go back to windmills and things like that. The government has to control our energy so they can make a buck? Take it into your own hands. Generators etc.

[@PNWprepped.father]

I just lost all access to the chat that was going on

[@shadowtraxx6736]

Katherine looks similar to Patriot nurse.

[@michaeld2153]

Why do I see this topic being signal boosted by quite a few channels over the last few days?

[@danielgiammo8102]

❤

[@ACaquatics21]

23 commercials.... Not worth my time to watch a channel like this

[@user-qc3wi5hg3g]

PGE clearly didn’t maintain the right of way. Simply maintaining aerial right of way is far cheaper than underground. I will never understand why academics will play cover for corporations when it’s clearly neglect. The host almost gets to this point talking about Montana. Libby dam is not new and avista doesn’t have these problems. Climate change is excuse making in this topic. PGE keeps smaller set backs and a less aggressive maintenance program. Avista and northwest coops have smaller budgets and do just fine- why is that?

[@ufknsuk]

Only said "um" 5000 times

[@WildernessStudy]

HAVE CHAINSAWS / WILL TRAVEL

[@mptajo]

EagleOne 💚 🦅 💚

[@ts440s]

Our grid is highly secured, go-to sleep.

[@ColeDoerr89]

The Iron Clad adds are super corny and really break up the flow of conversation.

[@ColeDoerr89]

Seriously like 5mins about a knife and fitness app ffs dude

[@John-qz2sy]

Should have used Nikola Teslas tech… tsk tsk