National Grid Preparing for the Risk of Blackouts this Winter

[NorthernRaider]

Can I just pick up on one small point about power supplies either now of after a collapse or event, I don't think we have considered the impact of OPPORTUNISTIC VANDALISM on power and other utilities. Eg we have a brand new electrical sub station here, its less than 2 years old, already its had to have its doors replaced with much heavier duty doors after the local scum broke in to the sub station wrecking the doors in the process in order to try and steal cable. The fact that children play around the sub station every day doesn't phase these scum. Today I'm walking the Were Terrier and I note the local pond life has attacked the rain water guttering on the sub station, not only did they rip the guttering from the building they spent enough time to try and redirect the gutterings components to let rain water pour through the louvres and into the sub station itself. It made me think about the massive amounts of vandalism that occurred in Tottenham in 2010 and how power cuts up here often lead to increased vandalism. JIt just makes me wonder what sorts of stupid acts we would have to contend with in a crisis.