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>Anyone have a good theory on the blackouts,
Can't refer to the US powergrid. Cut power to the whole country for 10 days and a quarter of the population would die.
Shutdown the internet for 10 days and a quarter of the economy would die (and many people would too).
I dunno.
>I'm inclined to believe this is a black hat op. Destroying evidence…
If it was a normal equipment failure you'd that that then too.