cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/28977252

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned the National Weather Service of possible attacks from an armed conspiracy group targeting Doppler radar stations, according to a report from CNN. The group, Veterans on Patrol, is going after government radars because it believes they’re being used as “weather weapons.”

CNN learned of the possible attacks through NOAA emails warning NWS staff that Veterans on Patrol was planning to conduct “penetration drills on NEXRAD sites to identify weaknesses,” with the ultimate goal of destroying NEXRAD. Despite its cooler-than-average name, the NWS uses NEXRAD or “Next Generation Weather Radar” for a fairly mundane purpose: detecting precipitation in the atmosphere. NEXRAD plays a vital role in locating thunderstorms and tornados, making it easier to evacuate vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.

Archive link: https://archive.is/GVsgP

  • CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    39
    ·
    15 hours ago

    My brother is one of these idiots, I dunno how they got him. He’s not part of the militia group but dipshit thinks a local radio tower that just went up is part of the weather control system…

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    edit-2
    14 hours ago

    An armed militarized group planning potential attacks on a federal government entity… Why would the FBI not be picking every one of those idiots up?

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        4 hours ago

        The United States: Into Darkness.

        A people manipulated and driven to the edge of Discovery and Dishonesty. We will turn the lights out to fear that which we know… But in the darkness there is nothing to find but our people’s vengeful hatred of each other. Ignorance is the weapon, and the lights shall stay out.

        So what does man do? We starve. We suffer. We bleed, and then when all else is lost we scream. Not out of fear; for that is already gone. We scream because we are already in hell. And it’s the devil staring us in the face designing the torture.

        We aren’t a phoneix, we don’t rise from the dead. We are supposed to be humanity; and it’s lost past time we become it. If you think humanity was designed to be built in the image of God. Are you mistaken?

        I’m an idiot

        Neitzshche is dead.

        God is an Idea

    • turmacar@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      14 hours ago

      “Vet” covers everyone from Air Force Tower Controllers to Navy Seals to the guy in charge of records in a basement in Alaska and more.

      For 4 years active duty and 4 years reserve most people are involved in logistics or records, and few of those have to know anything about radar.

        • Sinthesis@lemmy.today
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          12 hours ago

          You’re not far off as it is the second definition of the word. “Vietnam vet” “Gulf war vet” etc.