Truck Hits Utility Pole, Thousands of Peoples Smart Meters ExplodeMelissa Melton Perhaps smart meters arent the safest, nor the smartest idea to put on peoples homes after all. Despite the fact that these meters have been known to burst into flamesfrom time-to-time, and aside from the fact that they continuously expose occupants to electromagnetic radiation, and despite the fact that they can be used to continually collect data on everyone who lives in a home (the newer versions can send signals from individual outlets in a home every 15 seconds to be later broken down with disaggregation algorithms) now this. A truck crashed into a utility pole in Stockton a few days ago, causing a power surge that ultimately resulted in some 5,000 smart meters on peoples homes exploding, leaving all of them without power. The explosions began around 8:30 in the morning.Via CBS: Neighbors in the South Stockton area described it as a large pop, a bomb going off, and strong enough to shake a house. The neighbor across the street, his meter doesnt look as bad but his receptacles are all blackened. said Brad Abernathy. PGE says a dump truck crashed near its Alpine substation on Arch Road. When the truck hit the utility pole, the top wire fell onto the bottom wire, creating a power surge. So now, instead of just having to worry about continual data collection and surveillance, or the negative health effects of electromagnetic frequency exposure, or the potential for a random house fire, theres also the possibility of a truck randomly hitting a pole and causing your smart meter to straight up explode, also damaging your home and leaving you and yours without power for at least a week, maybe longer until it can be replaced to possibly happen all over again? How smart is this smart grid again? Melissa Melton is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this article first appeared, and a co-creator of Truthstream Media with Aaron Dykes, a site that offers teleprompter-free, unscripted analysis of The Matrix we find ourselves living in. Melissa also co-founded Nutritional Anarchy with Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper, a site focused on resistance through food self-sufficiency. Wake the flock up! We pay NOT to have the radiation machine affixed to our home. I though protection money was only paid to the mob. Uhh. Guess its still true. So, you also have no cell or wireless phones, too? If the smart meter where human; what would its IQ be? moron Styling meters smart is equivalent to politicians calling themselves honest or corporations customer-oriented the proof is in the pudding not the epithet. It is called Government Population Control G.P.C.as it is better known. I wonder why the old meters never did that? (Smirk) If it aint broke, a progressive will fix it! 