No sense making it political because there are nutcases out there with a host of different political opinions who might try this including an idiot just pulling a stunt for a youtube video. Maybe the drone operator had his power shut off for not paying a bill. Who knows. What makes me laugh is how this particular news article hyped the incident. At least they made it clear they have never seen this before. As far as causing power outages using a drone, yes it can be done, but the person would have to have some knowledge about how things work in the electrical utility industry to be highly effective. There are a other ways to raise havoc inside a substation or molesting a power line besides using drones. Heck, trees, birds and mylar balloons cause hundreds of distribution outages every day throughout the US. But I do think this was intentional, however the reason why is just speculation.
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