Why occupiers' power wasn't cut
Phil Taylor, E&E reporter
Greenwire: Wednesday, February 24, 2016
It was never an option to cut power remotely to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and possibly hasten the end of the 40-day occupation ...
And it wouldn't have been safe to cut power on site, either, said Randy Whitaker, general manager at Harney Electric Cooperative.
Cutting electricity -- and making life uncomfortable for the dozens of armed militants who spent time at the refuge -- would have required a technician to operate a "fuse disconnect" located just below the refuge's fire lookout tower, which served as a perch for armed gunmen, he said.
"Who would want to send their people into a place like that to do something that could get them killed?" Whitaker told Greenwire ...
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