Things You Need to Know about Current Global and National Threats to Your Personal Security
SPECIAL REPORT ON
THE POWER GRID | Without Electricity... Can You Live Like It's 1880!?
Power Grids are now the frontline in conflict between nations... Are You Ready to Survive!?
Today, the U.S. Power Grid remains fragile and needs to be hardened, yet government officials have know this for over 40 years and done very little. Americans need to prepare for an extended "GRID DOWN" situation AND we need to light a fire under our government officials to harden The Grid. The Power Grid can easily be taken down by CYBER ATTACK or PHYSICAL ATTACK by Enemy States or Terrorism; by EMP PULSE (ElectroMagnetic) Weapons and also SOLAR STORMS. From 2010 to 2020 there were over 700 physical attacks on the Power Grid. Are You Ready!?
THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT WE FACE IS...
The Power Grid being hacked/disabled if at war.
“If the grid went down for a long enough time…
90 percent of the U.S. population would die from starvation, lack of water, and social disruption. We are talking about total devastation.”
-- Ambassador Henry Cooper, Former Director of U.S. Strategic Defense
FBI Director Christopher Wray explains
China's threat to U.S. Cyber Security
"The Defining Threat of Our Generation"
Jan 31, 2024 | 9 min | C-SPAN
U.S. believes Chinese Hackers have Penetrated Power Grids, Water Supplies
July 2023 | 1 min | ABC News
China's 'Backdoor' Threat Could Take Down the U.S. Electric Grid
July 2021 | 6 min | CBN News
Chinese Equipment in the U.S. Power Grid
a 60 Minutes report - March 1, 2022
13 minutes
Full 60 Minutes Special
How Secure is America’s Electric Grid?
Bill Whitaker of 60 Minutes reports that a coordinated attack on a relatively small number of critical substations could plunge the entire U.S. into darkness.
ARTICLE | March 12, 2014 | Wall Street Journal
U.S. Risks National Blackout From Small-Scale Attack.
Federal Analysis Says Sabotage of Nine Key Substations Is Sufficient for Broad Outage.
BLOG | Grid Security Now | https://MichaelMabee.info
Article on the 60 Minutes piece
The Future of Electric Power in the U.S.
a Report by the National Academy of Sciences
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additional research:
Solar Storm Hazard Map Shows Vulnerabilities for 2/3 of the U.S. Electric Grid
- March 2020 - U.S. Geological SurveyFederal Electrical Emergency Preparedness Is Inadequate [report pdf]
- May 1981 - Government Accountability Office (GAO)
The GAO reviewed the vulnerability of the nation's electric power systems to disruptions from acts of war, sabotage, and terrorism and analyzed the federal role in dealing with major, long-term electrical emergencies resulting from such acts.
Grid Down, Power Up Documentary
Released January 2023
short preview versions: 8 min, 12 min
website: www.GridDownPowerUp.com
Trailer & Excerpts
WATCH FULL DOCUMENTARY
56 minutes
The Power Grid - In the News
What Really Happened with the Substation Attack in North Carolina?
Jan 2023 | 12 min | Practical Engineering
70 Intentional Attacks on the U.S. Power Grid in 2022!
Dec 2022 | 4 min | Fox News
LIGHTS OUT: Grant Stinchfield calls out the crippling power grid in America
May 2022 | 7 min | Newsmax
Can Cyber-Hackers Shut Down the Power Grid?
Nov 2015 | 2 min | CBS
3 Major Threats That Could 'Annihilate Our Electric System'
June 2021 | 6 min | CBN News
U.S. Blames Russia for Cyberattacks on Power Grid
March 2018 | 3 min | CNN
How a Cyber Attack Crippled the Colonial Pipeline
May 2021 | 7 min | CNET
How Secure Is The United States Power Grid?
Nov 2019 | 14 min | CNBC
Securing the Power Grid from Hacking, Sabotage, and Other Threats
June 2018 | 19 min | ZDNet
Watch Hackers Break into the U.S. Power Grid
May 2016 | 16 min | Tech Insider
Blackout: The Power Outage that Left 50 Million Without Electricity
Nov 2013 | 9 min | The New York Times
NYC Blackout: What It Was Like When the City Lost Power in 1977
July 2019 | 3 min | NBC New York
Chinese Equipment in the U.S. Power Grid
Oct 2023 | U.S. Continues to Import Large Transformers from China | Michael Mabee
Sept 2023 | America isn’t ready for a power grid ‘blackout war’ - U.S. government has been MIA for decades in protecting electrical network. | Washington Times
Nov 2021 | Chinese Transformer Threat Now Confirmed by Two Administrations | Michael Mabee
In May 2020, Trump issued an Executive Order declaring “a national emergency with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system.” The Order banned the use of power line/grid equipment manufactured in countries that are foreign adversaries. January 20, 2021, on Biden's first day as President, he suspended Trump's Executive Order for 90 days, seeking to re-evaluate it. On April 22, 2021, Biden revoked Trump's Executive Order.
2021-April 22 | Biden Revokes Trump's Executive Order #13920 of May 1, 2020 "Securing the United States Bulk-Power System"
2021-April 20 | DOE decides to study the issue more.
2021-Jan 24 | Biden Rescinds Trump Order Keeping China Out of American Power Grid | Western Journal
2020-May 1 | President Trump's Executive Order #13920 "Securing the United States Bulk-Power System"
2021-Jan 6 | DOE Bans China-Connected Transactions in BPS Equipment Serving Critical Defense Facilities
China's 'Backdoor' Threat Could Take Down the US Electric Grid
July 2021 | 6 min | CBN News
Biden Removes Trump Order Protecting U.S. Power Grid from China
Jan 2021 | 3 min | Article