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No US grid attack, large outage or new DOE emergency order found for Nov 6-7. DOE's 2026 Federal Power Act 202(c) emergency-order list (read Nov 7) still shows Order 202-26-50, issued Oct 12 to PJM for Oct 13-16, as the newest. Orders keeping older plants available remain in force: Craig Unit 1 in Colorado (Sep 27 to Dec 25), Culley 2 and Schahfer 17-18 in Indiana (to Dec 18) and Centralia Unit 2 in Washington (to Dec 11). As of Nov 6, Utility Dive reported the Stanton Unit 1 (Florida) order, 202-26-42, runs to Nov 30; that order was not on the page excerpt read Nov 7, so renewal after Nov 30 is not known. A Pepco substation incident in Washington's Foggy Bottom on Nov 2 left about 1,100 customers without power; Pepco said the cause was under investigation and nothing calls it an attack (Anadolu); we did not find a restoration update. FORTRESS America (the Pentagon effort to let major bases run without the civilian grid): Snopes (page blocked Nov 7, search snippet only) calls it a real initiative announced Sep 30, with a reported 90-day self-sufficiency goal; no new November program step found. As of Oct 7, DefenseScoop reported a memo setting up a program office. EO 14421 (Aug 2026): no new DOE rule found; the Dec 24 date was not confirmed. Could not check: NERC and FERC pages (FERC returned 403), ERCOT/PJM/MISO alerts. A 2026-27 NERC winter assessment did not appear in search (the 2025 one came out in November 2025).

Iran: CBS News live updates report President Trump confirmed what he called 'minor' US strikes on an Iranian anti-aircraft site near Qeshm Island, and Iranian media reported two missiles hit the island; damage is not independently confirmed (CBS, Gulf News). The Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) claimed it downed a US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm on Nov 6 and said two more tankers hit mines; its earlier claim of five tankers and a tugboat on Nov 5 has not been confirmed by maritime officials (CBS). Separately, a crew member died in an explosion aboard the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Velos Sapphire; the operator suspects a missile, but the cause is not established (Gulf News, CBS). On Nov 6 Trump spoke with Qatar's emir about de-escalation, the US offered up to $20 million for information on Iran's nuclear program, and Treasury sanctioned currency-exchange firms (CBS). Qatar has put proposals to both sides; Iran says it will discuss its nuclear proposal only after US demands are met, and no deal to reopen Hormuz has been announced (Gulf News, citing AP and Reuters). Brent settled at $98.32 and WTI at $90.83 on Nov 6 (Gulf News, citing Reuters). Ukraine: Russia launched 128 attack drones overnight into Nov 5, of which Ukraine's air force said it downed or suppressed 105; Russia's defence ministry said it downed nearly 500 Ukrainian drones, and a fire was reported at the Ryazan refinery (Globe and Mail). Al Jazeera reported Nov 7 that the death toll from the Nov 2 strike on an aid distribution point in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, had risen to at least 50; Zelensky had said 43 on Nov 5 and NBC (Reuters) reported 40 on Nov 4. Russia, Ukraine and the US are due to meet in Abu Dhabi on Nov 10-11, which the Kremlin has confirmed (Globe and Mail; Al Jazeera, Nov 3). Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and Kyiv region and Ukraine's Air Force reported 172 Shahed-type drones overnight Nov 6-7; the Northern Bridge in Kyiv is closed (Kyiv Independent, Al Jazeera). Yemen: Houthi health officials said at least 30 people were killed and eight injured in an attack on a market in Taiz province (Gulf News); the Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed Yemeni authorities blamed the Houthis (Gulf News). North Korea: South Korea's military said multiple missiles were fired from the Sondok area on Nov 4, possibly several types; North Korea's state media said it tested a new air-defense missile and ran a cruise-missile drill, the fourth launch in about a month (Reuters via Internazionale). Lebanon: Lebanese state media reported an Israeli air strike on Bint Jbeil on Nov 6 and a strike that killed one person on a motorcycle on Nov 4 (CFR tracker); no progress in direct Israel-Lebanon talks as of Nov 2 (Arab News). Gaza: nothing newer than Nov 2 verified; as of Nov 2, ABC (Reuters) reported Israeli strikes killed eight, medics said. Taiwan: as of Nov 2, Taiwan's coast guard accused China of harassing shipping east of Taiwan (ABC News/AP); no newer wire report found.

Oil ended a volatile week lower. CNBC reported Brent settled at $98.32 on Friday Nov 6 (up 3 cents) and WTI at $90.83 (up 31 cents); for the week Brent fell more than 16% and WTI nearly 13%. CNBC quoted Rapidan Energy's Bob McNally putting the chance fighting resumes at 80% and saying prices could top $100 (an analyst view, not a forecast we can confirm). AAA's national averages on Nov 7: regular $4.04 (yesterday $4.07, week ago $4.18, month ago $4.37, year ago $3.08); diesel $6.21 (yesterday $6.23, week ago $6.31, year ago $3.71). As of Nov 4 (EIA weekly report, week ending Oct 30, via BOE Report): commercial crude stocks fell 865,000 barrels to 409.8 million, distillates (diesel and heating oil) fell 3.6 million to 99.3 million, refineries ran at 94.5%. The next EIA report is Nov 12. As of Nov 1, OPEC+ held December output unchanged per OPEC's release; next meeting Nov 29.

Refrigeration open thread re-checked. On Nov 5 CISA and the FBI, with the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services and Transportation, warned of an ongoing threat to internet-connected refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems (CISA fact sheet dated Nov 5; TechCrunch). Attackers could force units into continuous heating or defrost, with risks of spoiled stock, equipment damage and fire. Advice: take controls off the public internet, secure needed remote access, separate them from business networks, change default passwords, install updates, retire unsupported equipment (Nextgov/FCW). US cases are still the roughly six military commissaries since late August, which the Pentagon is investigating; the reports name no civilian US store (Nextgov/FCW, TechCrunch). The notice names no responsible party; TechCrunch reported some affected Danfoss units no longer got security updates, and that security researchers broadly point to Iran while US officials reportedly suspect Iran. Defense One's anonymous-source report (Nov 2) is not an on-the-record finding. Europe: hundreds of French establishments in October; a new wave hit supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg and three French blood banks overnight into Nov 2; the European Commission, ENISA, Europol and national authorities issued a joint warning Nov 4 (Nextgov/FCW). A Substack post claims the Defense Commissary Agency blamed European commissary outages on equipment wear; we could not verify it and do not rely on it. CISA's advisory page (read Nov 7) lists, after the Nov 5 refrigeration fact sheet, one Known Exploited Vulnerabilities addition on Nov 6; no new numbered advisory was seen. Nov 5: a coalition of 35 national groups urged Congress to extend a federal cybersecurity law for 10 years (Western Water). Water: as of Jul 31, CISA and FBI warned of a 'significant escalation' in attacks on water-utility controllers (Cybersecurity Dive). No new US hospital, water or utility attack found for Nov 5-6. Could not check: FBI IC3, state-level hospital reports, full KEV entries.

Georgia-Tennessee flooding (recovery): WSB Radio reported Georgia Emergency Management Agency officials cited one death, more than 50 people rescued by boat in Fannin County and more than 60 in Copperhill, Tenn., and the Toccoa River reaching about 18 feet, its highest recorded flood stage. As of Nov 6, water had mostly receded in McCaysville, Ga., and Copperhill, Tenn.; the overnight curfew ended Friday morning; a boil-water advisory continues, and Fannin County emergency management warned most McCaysville water customers would lose service as reserves run out; Fannin County schools closed Nov 6; the state of emergency covers Fannin, Gilmer, Union and Murray counties. East-central Florida flooding (recovery): MyNews13 (Nov 6) reported floodwaters receding in Palm Bay and recovery under way. As of Nov 5-6 in the previous report: 2 dead (ABC News, Nov 3), up to 24 inches of rain in southern Brevard County, a state of emergency covering 14 counties, and Flood Warnings from NWS Melbourne. Overnight Nov 6 the NWS alerts feed still listed Flood Warnings for Brevard, Seminole, Lake, Volusia and DeSoto counties, Fla.; Maricopa County, Ariz.; Benton, Iowa and Keokuk counties, Iowa; and Platte County, Mo. The same feed showed no Tornado Warnings or Flash Flood Emergencies among its severe and extreme alerts. Outlook (Weather Prediction Center, 3 AM EST Nov 7): fair weather for most of the country under a large high-pressure system; cold rain from the lower Great Lakes to New England today into tonight, with wet snow possible on higher New England terrain tonight into Sunday morning; heavy rain from southern New Mexico and west Texas moving to southern Texas Sunday into Monday, where WPC has a Slight Risk (level 2 of 4) of excessive rainfall; the Pacific Northwest gets quick-moving storms with gusty winds. Storm Prediction Center (SPC, 11:59 PM CST Nov 6): no severe thunderstorm areas forecast today. Santa Clarita Valley, Calif.: a Red Flag Warning (high fire danger) from Santa Ana winds was reported to expire Saturday afternoon (Santa Clarita Valley News via search). Tropics (National Hurricane Center, 1 AM EST Nov 7): a non-tropical low south-southeast of Bermuda has a 10% chance of gaining tropical or subtropical traits in 48 hours and 7 days (down from 20% and 30% yesterday); gale-force winds likely over the central subtropical Atlantic this weekend. In the Pacific, the area near Hawaii became Tropical Storm Pena, several hundred miles south-southeast of the Big Island; NHC expects no further formation in the central Pacific for 7 days. NHC also gives 30% for a low off Central America, which could bring heavy rain there. Space weather (NOAA SWPC, 08:45 UTC Nov 7): geomagnetic (G, 1 minor to 5 extreme), radio blackout (R) and radiation storm (S) scales are all 0 now. A G1 (minor) Watch runs Nov 7-9 from a fast solar-wind stream out of a coronal hole; SWPC says a G2 (moderate) chance exists. SWPC's alert says weak power-grid fluctuations can occur, mostly poleward of 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude, with aurora possible in the northern tier of states such as northern Michigan and Maine. R1-R2 chance 35% and R3 or greater 10% daily; no radio blackouts in the last 24 hours. The 2 MeV electron flux alert (particles that can affect satellites) continues; the Nov 5 peak was 2,197 particles per unit. No G3 or higher and no SWPC grid warning.

Washington, D.C.: AP (via WTOP, Nov 5) reported Defense Secretary Hegseth approved a wider Guard role, with up to 60 military police vehicles, tactical vehicles and patrol boats, and about 3,100 Guard members deployed against a 3,500 cap. My Nov 7 search found no report of a D.C. Circuit merits ruling after the Oct 14 arguments; that is an absence in search results. I found no reports of post-midterm unrest, new emergency declarations or new Guard activations dated Nov 5-7; that is not a confirmed quiet. As of Nov 3, AP (via Spectrum) reported an Alaska Senate certification suit was dismissed and the Justice Department said it would appeal; not re-checked.

Stocks were mixed Friday Nov 6 after Thursday's sell-off. Yahoo Finance's closing table showed the S&P 500 up 0.31% at 7,376.86, the Nasdaq composite up 1.09% at 24,579.42 and the Dow down 0.46% at 51,285.73. Yahoo said the S&P 500 had its worst week since June. The October jobs report (BLS, via CNBC): payrolls rose 165,000 versus a 59,000 forecast; unemployment was 4.1% against a 4.2% forecast; hourly earnings rose 0.4% on the month and 3.1% on the year; August was revised up 53,000 and September up 31,000; the broader unemployment measure rose to 7.9%. Treasury yields rose; CNBC cited CME FedWatch odds of a quarter-point rate HIKE at the Dec 8-9 Fed meeting at 76.8%. As of Oct 28 the Fed held its range at 3.75%-4% on a 10-2 vote (carried). No major US bank or payment outage was found (not exhaustively checked).

LA/Long Beach watchmen strike: outcome of the midnight Pacific Nov 6 deadline not yet reported in anything we could reach (see watchmenStrike). Last known: contract extended to that deadline with federal mediators in talks Friday. No FAA national ground stop or airline strike was found for Nov 6-7 (FAA status page not checked). No US rail, trucking or airline strike was found for November. Diesel at $6.21 (AAA).

No new supply-chain disruption found dated Nov 6. The nearest risk is the LA/Long Beach watchmen dispute (outcome unreported, see above). As of Oct 28, FreightWaves reported about 35,000 containers waiting for rail service at LA-Long Beach. As of Oct 29, NPR reported GM expects chips and diesel to cost it as much as $2 billion this year. Tariffs: as of late October, Reuters (via Investing.com) reported the US and Canada working on a deal to ease steel and auto tariffs; a Nov 7 search found no report of a signed deal. Could not check Section 232 pages directly.

FDA recalls page, newest first (no entry newer than Nov 3 as of this check): Nov 3 Brad's Raw Chips Crunchy Kale and Veggie Chips, possible thallium (a toxic metal); Nov 2 Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels toddler bars, choking hazard; Oct 30 365 Whole Foods Market ashwagandha capsules, possible Salmonella; Oct 29 Wise Wife ground cinnamon, elevated lead; Oct 27 cold-smoked sprat fish, possible botulism; FDA outbreak table, ongoing rows: Salmonella Javiana, 65 cases, source not identified (posted Oct 28); Listeria, 11 cases, source not identified (Sept 30); E. coli O26:H11 in raw milk cheese (Sept 25); Listeria, 51 cases, source not identified (Sept 23); E. coli and Salmonella Agona in alfalfa sprouts (Aug 19). Marked ended: E. coli O157:H7 in chicken wraps (50), Salmonella in sprouts, Cyclospora, Listeria (12). Part of the table was not read, so rows beyond these may exist. Water: the Georgia and Florida flood boil-water notices are under Weather; no other water notices checked. Open thread (refrigeration hacks): nothing new found in this sweep; Cyber owns it, and I did not search for it.

Ebola (Bundibugyo strain): CDC's situation summary (page updated Nov 6, data as of Nov 4) gives 10,772 confirmed cases and 5,234 confirmed deaths, up from 10,699 and 5,202 (data as of Nov 3): DR Congo 10,741 and 5,230; Uganda 20 and 2 (plus 1 probable case and death); Kenya 9 and 2; Nigeria 1 and 0; France 1 and 0. No cases linked to this outbreak in the US; CDC calls the risk to the American public and travelers low. ECDC (Nov 6) reports eight affected DR Congo provinces; Kenya's health director-general said Nov 6 that one of its nine patients remains in treatment (reported by Chimp Reports; no wire or CDC page seen). WHO (Nov 4) said two more candidate vaccines are recommended to join the Tumaini ring-vaccination trial. Travel rule: CDC's travelers page (updated Oct 30) says that from Nov 3, 11:59 p.m. ET, everyone boarding an international flight to the US must sign a statement that they have not been in DR Congo in the prior 21 days, and anyone who was there within 21 days, US citizens included, will not be allowed to board US-bound flights. Measles: CDC (page updated Nov 6, case count as of Nov 5) shows 5,182 confirmed US cases in 2026 from 47 jurisdictions, 43 new outbreaks, 96% outbreak-associated; the deaths figure on the page is 4, with a note that it may change. That is up from 4,852 as of Oct 29 in the previous report. As of Nov 2, NBC News reported New York announced its first measles death in more than 30 years, a child in Lewis County. Bird flu: USDA APHIS confirmed H5N1 (genotype B3.13) in an Indiana dairy herd on Nov 2, Indiana's first, found through routine milk testing; DTN (Nov 6) says 21 states have had affected dairy cattle since 2024 and reports a Sac County, Iowa, commercial turkey flock confirmed Oct 28, Iowa's eighth detection of 2026, with an Iowa disaster proclamation through Nov 27. DTN reports two Washington dairy herds were infected and USDA said the infections were consistent with transmission from Idaho cattle. One blog (MyVetCandy) says a Yakima County, Wash., resident died of H5N1 on Nov 1; I found no official or tier 1-3 source for it and do not include it as fact. The APHIS herd-count pages could not be read. Flu and drug shortages: not obtained. As of July 20, AJMC reported 227 active drug shortages in Q2 2026 (carried forward, not current).

Kilauea (Hawaii): USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said episode 56 of the Halema'uma'u eruption ended at 6:01 PM HST Nov 5 and lowered the alert level from Watch to Advisory and the aviation color code from Orange to Yellow. Great Sitkin (Alaska Aleutians): Alaska Volcano Observatory weekly update Nov 6, Watch/Orange, slow lava eruption within the summit crater continues with low-level seismicity. Quakes: USGS significant-earthquake feed for the past week returns no events; its 4.5+ feed for the past day lists M6.1 southeast of Hasaki, Japan, plus M4.5-4.8 events near Greece, Indonesia and Guam; none on the US mainland. Fire: NIFC's national report (Nov 6) shows 4 uncontained large fires, in Washington, Michigan, Florida and New Hampshire, and about 9.47 million acres burned in 2026; its preparedness level reading (1 of 5) is dated Oct 14, so may be out of date. The Wild River Fire in New Hampshire was the subject of a closure order and public meeting plan (InDepthNH, Nov 4). Nuclear: NRC event reports page lists only three Agreement State medical and gauge events dated Oct 27-30, none at a power reactor; nothing newer was shown.