Episode 330: Kevin Estela is Joined by Gerry Young to Discuss North Carolina's Recent Blackout
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🗓️ 20 December 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast, Fieldcraft Training instructors Kevin Estela and Gerry Young discuss the recent blackout in Moore County, NC that was caused by deliberate gunfire to multiple electrical substations. The two reflect on the lessons learned from the power outage that lasted from Sunday December 4th to Wednesday December 7th for most. Kevin and Gerry witnessed how society reacts to hardship and what each did to address basic needs when the grid went down. America's electrical network is vulnerable and this event will not be the last.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the Field Crafts arrival podcast. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm your host for this episode. |
| 0:28.2 | I'm in the light, holy crap. |
| 0:30.5 | And I'm here with Jerry Young, one of our instructors here. |
| 0:33.7 | I feel crap training. |
| 0:35.0 | Jerry, what's up dude? |
| 0:36.5 | Not much. |
| 0:37.5 | You have your flashlight on you today? |
| 0:38.5 | I have one in my pocket, yes sir. |
| 0:40.3 | Holy crap. |
| 0:42.0 | I mean, I know you always have a flashlight on you and I know I always do, but I think after |
| 0:46.6 | this past week, I think we're not alone anymore with people that are that are carrying flashlights. |
| 0:53.1 | Just to catch everyone up on speed or two speed, Jesus, I get coffee or something. |
| 0:58.0 | We are on the tail end of a blackout that took place here in North Carolina. |
| 1:04.9 | Jerry and I were teaching a survival course and Aberdeen go home and at like two in the |
| 1:11.0 | morning, I get a message from Jerry and it's like, hey, some idiots just shot up the |
| 1:15.2 | power station. |
| 1:16.2 | I'm like, okay. |
| 1:17.2 | But then I realized that those idiots that shot up the power station affected my power |
| 1:22.2 | and not just my power, about 40,000 people in more county. |
| 1:26.4 | They didn't hit just one power station. |
| 1:28.0 | They hit two and what eventually happened is that power was out from Sunday until Wednesday |
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