The Metcalf Sniper Attack
Unresolved
Unresolved Productions
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In the early morning hours of April 16th, 2013, a group or individual would attack an electrical substation just outside of San Jose, California. Armed with at least two rifles, this mysterious entity would open fire on the station's transformers, destroying more than a dozen and causing more than $15 million in damages.
Years later, federal officials still have no idea who perpetrated this bizarre attack on America's power grid - or why.
Episode hosted, produced, and research/writing by Micheal Whelan
Original music created by Micheal Whelan through Amper Music
Theme music created and composed by Ailsa Traves
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| 0:00.0 | Take a moment and think about how great it is to have access to reliable electricity. |
| 0:09.3 | Because of it, we're able to power the numerous devices we use daily. |
| 0:13.7 | Our computers, our cell phones, our TVs, in addition to numerous other devices that make |
| 0:19.4 | day-to-day life much easier, like our refrigerators, washers and dryers, etc. |
| 0:25.4 | All of us that have grown up in the 20th and 21st centuries have become accustomed |
| 0:30.7 | to having regular and reliable access to electricity, as our entire society has been built off |
| 0:37.4 | of it. |
| 0:38.4 | Now, take another moment and think about how radically different your life would be if |
| 0:42.8 | that reliable access to electricity was yanked away at a moment's notice. |
| 0:48.4 | Just recently, I was left without power for the better part of a day, following a snowstorm |
| 0:53.5 | here in Alaska. |
| 0:55.0 | But I began to realize how essential the internet is to my work on this podcast. |
| 1:00.1 | Without any power, my ability to research and produce this podcast is wiped away entirely. |
| 1:06.5 | And I'm sure the same could be said for many of you working from home, who constantly |
| 1:10.6 | require access to servers or other systems. |
| 1:14.6 | This access to reliable electricity is something we should be thankful for, but we should |
| 1:19.8 | not take for granted. |
| 1:21.6 | You see, the process to create and transfer electricity is a lengthy one, which I'll attempt |
| 1:27.1 | to briefly explain in layman's terms. |
| 1:30.0 | After all, I don't understand the intricacies of it either. |
| 1:33.9 | Electricity is created in power plants, then transferred through transformers and then |
| 1:38.7 | transmission lines, which allows electricity from miles away to reach its eventual destination. |
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