Someone shot at substations in North Carolina, knocking out power for thousands

My immediate thought is of the 2013 Metcalf Substation sniper shooting, south of San Jose, CA:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack>

By NPR's account, the North Carolina incident involves multiple substations.

I've noted that Wikipedia is often one of the best places to look for a current-level situation update for developing stories. And there is indeed an article for the Moore County attacks:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_County_substation_attack>

... which also references the Metcalf article.

FYI: Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Carolina power grid attack

[ 5 hours ago - 215 comments ] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33859220

Shootings at power substations cause North Carolina outages

[ 3 hours ago - 4 comments ] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33861042

I still think the curfew was an overreaction. It is normal for drunk rednecks to do stupid things like shooting at random infrastructure, although fibre optic cables are a more typical target since a transformer is just way too easy of a target to hit.

I guess this is marginally better than a widespread cyber attack on critical infrastructure? Not that either one is a good thing, but at least this sort of thing can be fixed in a few days.

Hope they catch the perps. My state doesn't always make the news, but when it does, it's usually for some nonsense like this...

Sheriff is now saying the "right wing attack" rumors were started online with zero evidence. By everybody's favorite looney troon Charlotte Clymer.