The first few years we lived here, our grid was government run and we had outages every hint of weather. It was privatized and it's rare we have an outage now, if we do, it's not long.
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Name *one* thing that the government runs well (money laundering and war mongering excluded).
To @Marauder06 point; I’m all for a true free market in regards to every single government funded/ran entity. Imagine if multiple different companies would fight to see who can get your DMV task done the fastest?
To @Marauder06 point; I’m all for a true free market in regards to every single government funded/ran entity. Imagine if multiple different companies would fight to see who can get your DMV task done the fastest?
If you don't follow this guy, maybe you should.
This should be our new National Anthem....
Not to worry brother, train derailments happen all the time /s
Along the lines of the derailments, there seems to be a significant connection to arson or at the very least government neglect being responsible for some of the major fires this year. The media is focused on the Lahaina fire for obvious reasons but there's some major fires in Canada right now.
Not sure if I posted this before but it's good place to see the current fires and smoke forecasts. Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca
The capital of the Northwest Territories is being evacuated and at least some of the fires are caused by arson.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nort...o-tuesday-night-fire-in-yellowknife-1.6937968
N.W.T. fires reach critical point as winds expected to shift, federal ministers to give update
The Okanagan, a major agricultural area for British Columbia has been hit hard by fires.
Kelowna RCMP appeal for witnesses, video of moments prior to Knox Mountain wildfire - Kelowna News
Just like California, letting the eco-terrorists dictate policy; has resulted in an unstable forestry. Similar policies were pushed across North America. But they'd rather blame oil and gas and climate change. I'm getting tired of platitudes instead of acting to prevent a lot of these fires.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...es-board-report-wildfire-strategies-1.6894280
There's tools that can be used for investigations but aren't because of expense.
https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/a-new-spark-in-wildfire-investigation/
Not sure if I posted this before but it's good place to see the current fires and smoke forecasts. Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca
The capital of the Northwest Territories is being evacuated and at least some of the fires are caused by arson.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nort...o-tuesday-night-fire-in-yellowknife-1.6937968
N.W.T. fires reach critical point as winds expected to shift, federal ministers to give update
The Okanagan, a major agricultural area for British Columbia has been hit hard by fires.
Kelowna RCMP appeal for witnesses, video of moments prior to Knox Mountain wildfire - Kelowna News
Just like California, letting the eco-terrorists dictate policy; has resulted in an unstable forestry. Similar policies were pushed across North America. But they'd rather blame oil and gas and climate change. I'm getting tired of platitudes instead of acting to prevent a lot of these fires.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...es-board-report-wildfire-strategies-1.6894280
There's tools that can be used for investigations but aren't because of expense.
https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/a-new-spark-in-wildfire-investigation/
This is huge. I know several people in both cities affected by the evacuations.
Wildfires Burning Out of Control Widen Canada Evacuations
Wildfires Burning Out of Control Widen Canada Evacuations
Sad emoji for the people who are losing everything they own. Wildfires don't discriminate.
Out of curiosity, were these ones natural, arson, or "accident" caused? Accident is in quotes, because what that usually really means is stupidity or brazen disregard for conditions.
Out of curiosity, were these ones natural, arson, or "accident" caused? Accident is in quotes, because what that usually really means is stupidity or brazen disregard for conditions.
Majority of them are lightning or "accident" but there's been quite a few arson cases.
This is local but the dude fired for effect. Lol
Good video. I have their boots. They are great.
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Has anyone been paying attention to what's going on with all MGM Resorts nationwide (hotels, casinos, etc - Bellagio, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, etc.)?
Now, this clearly isn't U.S infrastructure but it seems to hint at a significant and complex cyberattack. It appears the same group hit Caesars a couple weeks ago. This attack has largely shutdown everything from gaming machines (video poker and slots) to hotel communications going on 4 days now.
Given the security associated with gaming machines, this is pretty serious. It appears to be a DoS/ransomware attack and a group called Scattered Spider is reportedly responsible. This is a pretty good article on the issue:
Over the past few weeks, MGM and Caesars were both hacked by one of the most 'aggressive threat actors' targeting the U.S.
Now, this clearly isn't U.S infrastructure but it seems to hint at a significant and complex cyberattack. It appears the same group hit Caesars a couple weeks ago. This attack has largely shutdown everything from gaming machines (video poker and slots) to hotel communications going on 4 days now.
Given the security associated with gaming machines, this is pretty serious. It appears to be a DoS/ransomware attack and a group called Scattered Spider is reportedly responsible. This is a pretty good article on the issue:
Over the past few weeks, MGM and Caesars were both hacked by one of the most 'aggressive threat actors' targeting the U.S.
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^ Update to the story above.
As mentioned in the earlier link, a Russian hacker group called ALPHV or "Blackcat" is claiming responsibility as part of a coordinated attack using simple social engineering.
According to their online post, “All ALPHV ransomware group did to compromise MGM Resorts was hop on LinkedIn, find an employee, then call the Help Desk. A company valued at $33.9 billion was defeated by a 10-minute conversation.”
Russian hacker gang caused MGM Resorts outage, post says
As mentioned in the earlier link, a Russian hacker group called ALPHV or "Blackcat" is claiming responsibility as part of a coordinated attack using simple social engineering.
According to their online post, “All ALPHV ransomware group did to compromise MGM Resorts was hop on LinkedIn, find an employee, then call the Help Desk. A company valued at $33.9 billion was defeated by a 10-minute conversation.”
Russian hacker gang caused MGM Resorts outage, post says
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