One Thing: Just How Vulnerable is America’s Power Grid?

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🗓️ 11 December 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Thousands of central North Carolina residents spent much of last week in the dark following an attack on two electric substations. It follows years of warnings from the federal government that the power grid was an attractive target for extremists. We examine how this attack upended daily life and look at what can be done to protect the grid going forward. Guest: Whitney Wild, CNN Law Enforcement Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I was a kid, losing power in the house was always a little exciting.
0:05.8	Let's play with flashlights.
0:06.8	We can play cards by candlelight, you know, that kind of thing.
0:09.8	It would be like that for a little bit, then we'd get bored and then pretty soon the lights would come back on.
0:14.4	Well, now that I'm an adult, having no electricity is anything but fun in games.
0:19.9	Not only is it super inconvenient, it can actually get dangerous if it goes on for an extended period of time.
0:26.5	Now imagine that scenario and all the frustration and anger that comes with it and combine
0:31.8	it with the knowledge that someone made it that way on purpose.
0:35.0	In North Carolina, all schools in Moore County will be closed to bar after a massive power outage.
0:44.2	More than 35,000 customers are waking up without power after gunfire left two substations damaged.
0:50.2	This kind of attack raises a new level of threat.
0:55.0	That's exactly what played out in Moore County, North Carolina last week.
0:59.0	Two electric substations were damaged in what police are calling a targeted attack.
1:04.0	I guess this week is CNN law enforcement correspondent Whitney Wild
1:08.0	who rushed to North Carolina and spent days on the ground following the
1:11.7	investigation.
1:13.1	We talk about why authorities say the power grid is such an attractive target for extremists
1:18.2	and what can be done to better protect it.
1:21.5	From CNN, this is one thing. I'm David Ryan.
1:29.0	Whitney, we're talking on Thursday afternoon,
1:32.0	Power is back across Moore County where you are, but can you take me back to the start of this?
1:38.1	How did this all happen?
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