Sniper attack on power substation 4/13

[th3w01f]

Sorry if this is a repost but I wasn't able to turn up anything. I'm sitting in a room in SF and just saw this on the news even though it's almost a year old.

I'm surprised I've never seen anything about this before.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/05/272015606/sniper-attack-on-calif-power-station-raises-terrorism-fears

The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year, when someone slipped into an underground vault not far from a busy freeway and cut telephone cables. "Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on a nearby electrical substation. Shooting for 19 minutes, they surgically knocked out 17 giant transformers that funnel power to Silicon Valley. A minute before a police car arrived, the shooters disappeared into the night.

[Gman]

A lot of these transformers are liquid cooled and insulated. Drain them by punching holes in them, and bad things happen.

I'm not sure any of this would classify the shooters as "snipers", but it's alarming and that's what media likes.

[islandermyk]

Is this the one where they found'em 7.62x39 shells?

Really? Snipers? Media to dumb... shooter at 100 yards is a sniper now...

[MarkCO]

Snipers don't leave brass, don't use 7.62x39 and stand off a lot more than 100 yards. Could be lots of things, but they were not snipers.

[BuffCyclist]

shooter at 100 yards is a sniper now...

If that's the case, then I must be a super-sniper because I shoot my 22LR rifle at 200yds

[th3w01f]

I'm not sure any of this would classify the shooters as "snipers", but it's alarming and that's what media likes.

I was thinking the exact same thing but I wanted to keep the title inline with the articles. If it went down like they said it is pretty interesting that the perpetrators were either well prepared or that lucky with their timing.

[MarkCO]

This could be some trust fund kid that plays too much COD who just got an AK...or a probe attack. No matter, I hope they catch a break and nail whoever it is.

[Gman]

This could be some trust fund kid that plays too much COD who just got an AK C&R SKS...or a probe attack. No matter, I hope they catch a break and nail whoever it is.

FIFY.

[th3w01f]

Someone is getting concerned.

AT&T has offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the damage done to its cables near the substation

[blacklabel]

I think there's something to it beyond some kid out being a dumbass. They spent a fair amount of time and fired more than what just a few potshots.