Thread by @Bearfoott360

1. Something that is an interesting repeat event "undersea cable disruption." The Tonga incident brings this narrative back into the spot light.
tinyurl.com/48zpu7md
#disruption

2. 01/07/22 Greenland Sea undersea cable experiences issues and Fails with no immediate apparent reason.
rt.com/news/545818-ar…

3. 08/14/2020 Beirut Port Explosion, has anyone looked into the similarity between this explosion and the Tonga "volcano" explosion? Communication cables? (Nothing I have found so far)
bbc.com/news/world-mid…

4. Lets keep rolling back time a bit. 02/01/2018 An undersea communication cable snapped in the Mediterranean sea north of Egyptian port & Alexandria. It's explained as a ships anchor. (I think the fuel leaking off California last year shared a similar explanation)

4.5 But wait, there is more to this story! Apparently 03/27/2013 divers were arrested trying to cut this very under sea cable. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

4.75 And still more in this region as in 02/08/2008 a ships anchor (imagine that) also did some damage.
nbcnews.com/id/wbna23068571

5. Then we have a report by .gov released called "Threats to Undersea Cable communications on 09/28/2017 Download full report here:
dni.gov/files/PE/Docum…
(I'm thinking 2017 is a bit late to the game, what do you think?)

6. Not to leave any region on this wonderful planet out, the Asia pacific undersea cable suffered a serious fault 08/12/2009 pcworld.com/article/524885…

6.5 But a quick search also pulls up more recent articles 12/20/2021 because they "Break about 10 times a year"
subtelforum.com/aag-still-not-…

7. Conclusion, ship anchors and shitty workmanship, plus some natural volcanoes or explosions can really mess up our undersea cable infrastructure. Good thing we continue to find billions of dollars from tax payers to fund all these fixes. 🤔

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