We Don’t Need No Stinking Smart Meters

Sacramento;

A power surge left thousands without power in Stockton on Monday after smart meters on their homes exploded. The explosions started at around 8:30 a.m. after a truck crashed into a utility pole, causing a surge.

h/t peterj

7 Replies to “We Don’t Need No Stinking Smart Meters”

  1. Smart meters just another was for Big Brother to control our lives by giving them and the deep ecologists the means to shut off peoples power at their own whim becuase the persons using electricity during the eco-wackos sacred Earthday

  2. It’s not the first time smart meters have gone bang. Here are a few samples.
    Illinois; reported June 2010
    Pickering; reported Oct 4, 2011
    Reno; 2012
    Saskatoon; reported 28th July 2014. Ten other incidents at least.
    BC; August 2014

  3. I can hardly wait until they start going pop in our condo where there are a quite a few in the electrical room of our six story building. KABOOM.

  4. Y’all realize that what can happen by accident can also be done on purpose, right? And I don’t mean by Big Brother necessarily, more likely some d1ck head with time on his hands and an axe to grind.
    So move all that combustible material out from around the meter, just to be on the safe side.
    The question these days is not “am I paranoid?”, the true question is “am I paranoid -enough-?”

  5. I also heard they give off a low level hum that might be interfering with people’s sleep, could be tin foil hat stuff, but wonder sometimes why I wake up at 3am often…

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