Monday, December 18, 2017

Atlanta Airport Blackout Sends Message to Terrorists: America Is Unprepared

Via Billy


If a terrorist wanted to find the most vulnerable point in America’s airport network they could not have hoped for a better guide than what just happened at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson.

Just after 1 p.m. Sunday the whole airport, the world’s busiest, went dark for 11 hours. Thousands of flights were disrupted. For many hours nobody in authority attempted to explain—or even seemed able to explain—what had happened.

Just imagine this is a classic plan for phase one of a terrorist attack: Render the target blind. None of the defenses are operational. Thousands of people are trapped in restricted space without directions about how they can find an exit.

As chaos spreads nobody knows who turn to for information. The communications blackout is as complete as the power blackout.

25 comments:

  1. This has happened before at the Atlanta airport - not too long
    ago. We're becoming a third world country. All of our money
    goes to illegal wars, so-called refugees, illegal immigrants,
    slush funds for whoremongers, money stolen by the gov, i.e.
    pentagon, legal ventures being sued by the gov, i.e. Bundys.
    And so it goes, on and on.
    There seems to be no restraints/checks and balances anymore.

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    1. There seems to be no restraints/checks and balances anymore.

      Agreed.

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  2. Blacks run Atlanta and in time it will look like Detroit. Detroit had all the automakers until they moved on. Atlanta has Coke, Holiday Inn, and Delta...in time they will see the light and move on. All assets in Atlanta will be redistributed just as they have been in Zimbabwe. Results will be the same. indyjonesouthere

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  3. There are a number of issues here.

    1. The Hartsfield Airport was the victim of a power outage.

    2. The power outage was caused by an underground fire. It damaged two substations which, if undamaged, should have provided redundancy. Obviously Georgia Power will have to insure this does not reoccur.

    3. Georgia Power is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company. It is a private enterprise, not public.

    4. Terrorism is a threat to our entire infrastructure. Power grids, water supplies, food chain, petroleum, etc. The dangers are well known. Unfortunately it's hard to stop a determined individual. The good news is that so far no one has been determined enough and smart enough to do significant damage.

    5. A snowflake at the airport was interviewed. She said the power outage was the worst experience of her life. Some people actually slept on the floor. How terrible.

    The threat to our infrastructure is real, but what makes it a concern is the inability of people to cope. What happened at Hartsfield was a major inconvenience. It wasn't life threatening.

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    1. She said the power outage was the worst experience of her life. Some people actually slept on the floor. How terrible.

      Amazing and thanks for the info.

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  4. Welcome to the jungle baby.

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  5. The bridge collapse near Seattle, 'something' on the track
    is suspected. Anything is possible in our caustic environment.
    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-18/watch-live-amtrak-train-derails-plunges-i-5-freeway-near-seattle

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  6. What is truly amazing is that places like this apparently have never heard of the simple concept of having a back up
    self contained power source.... i.e. Diesel Generators. Major Hub airports are a vital part of the nations economy and as such need to be prepared for such contingencies. This is more than a local failure....this is a failure on a grand scale as the Transportation Department should have long ago set standards and requirements to force airports and other critical transport modalities and locations to be prepared for things like this.

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    1. Diesel Generators

      Really and even my place has a generator just in case. Haven't used it on 15 years though.:)

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  7. PCR was at the Atlanta airport when the power went out.
    He mentions a backup Grid - I thought the same thing:
    https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/12/19/i-have-returned-2/

    I am surprised he was even able to rent a car.

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    1. Yes and thanks.

      https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2017/12/i-have-returned.html

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  8. A strange phenom at the Atlanta airport was while all the
    planes were grounded, a foreign plane, Boeing 747 cargo plane
    was allowed to take-off at 6:27 p.m. The plane had come in
    from Mexico but not a Mexican plane. I wonder what the cargo
    was.

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    1. That's most interesting. If you find anything new, please let me know

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    2. Found this: https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2017/12/flights-logs-show-single-israeli-plane.html

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  9. I couldn't get your site to open on any of my search engines.
    This is the one I read:
    http://thefreethoughtproject.com/atlanta-airport-blackout-secret-plane/

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    1. It's the same. Strange. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/atlanta-airport-blackout-secret-plane/

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  10. Yes, it is strange that is why I wonder what the cargo was.

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    1. I imagine you saw my post on Israel, but it doesn't make sense to stop there as they could have gone direct.

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  11. Not unless they picked the cargo up in Atlanta - more to
    Atlanta then meets the eye. I met an FBI agent once in an
    underground type lounge on Peach Tree Street who suggested
    such. Oh, well. Guess we'll never know.

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    1. Not unless they picked the cargo up in Atlanta

      Excellent point. Hadn't thought of that.

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