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iamlucky13 t1_izjfne6 wrote

I think that a politically motivated group trying to disrupt our grid is a possibility that has to be considered. After all, the article does cite the case of three men recently convicted for just that.

But the article describes a variety of different attacks, and it's not clear to me all of them are planned with political motivations. It seems just as likely that some of them could be unrelated acts of vandalism from the same types of people who shoot up road signs or start fires for fun. And metal theft is another possible motive for the cases described as using hand tools and chains.

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sverre054 t1_izin6ei wrote

Moose historically wre never very prevelent in WA outside the Selkirk and Blue mountains. The population has been steadily growing and expanding since the 50s, including moose moving into the North Cascades.

I remember about 10 years ago, my friend went solo deer hunting for the first time outside Winthrop. A game warden talked to him as he was driving out fur the and asked if he saw anything. He said no buck, but I saw a huge moose walk by. The game warden said there weren't any moose in the area, and he must be mistaken, until he saw the photo my friend took, and "well holy shit, you just shut me the hell up"

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