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No US grid attack or grid-level failure found for Nov 10-11. This is based on searches of NERC, FERC and utility news; nothing turning up is not proof that it was quiet. DOE's 2026 Federal Power Act 202(c) emergency-order page (read Nov 11) lists no order issued after Nov 6. The newest are the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority orders 202-25-1F and 202-25-2F, in effect Nov 8 to Feb 5, 2027. Craig Unit 1 order 202-26-49 runs to Dec 25. The only newer item on the page is a Nov 10 press release about a $480 million loan, which is not an emergency order. EO 14421 (the bulk-power equipment order): DOE's FAQ, updated Oct 6, describes a targeted, risk-based framework, not a blanket ban on foreign-made equipment. No final DOE rule was found. As of Aug 2026, Morgan Lewis put the rule deadline at Dec 24. FORTRESS America: Fox affiliates report the Pentagon has opened a competition among states for a new 'Next Great American Base', described as a pilot for ideas that will feed into FORTRESS America. As of Oct 7, DefenseScoop reported a memo setting up the program office. As of Nov 9, Snopes said FORTRESS America is a real initiative and that the 90-day standard is not publicly confirmed. NERC's 2026-27 winter reliability assessment was not found yet; last year's came out Nov 18.

Iran: Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Nov 10 that no talks with the US are underway, called reports of a meeting in Qatar a lie, and said the Strait of Hormuz stays closed until the US meets Iran's seven conditions; Foreign Minister Araghchi said it could reopen within two days if they are met (Al Jazeera/Reuters). The conditions include lifting sanctions and the US port blockade and ending fighting on all fronts (AFP). Rubio, after a G7 meeting in Paris, called Iran's terms absurd and said the economic campaign means there is no need for major combat operations now; Qatar said there had been progress (AP, AFP). The US blockade remains. Shipping: on Nov 10 the Revolutionary Guards said three tankers hit mines and caught fire on an unauthorized route; UKMTO (the UK navy's maritime reporting office) said a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile northeast of Lima, Oman, crew safe; ADNOC said one of its vessels was attacked in UAE waters. It is unclear whether these are the same ships, and the Guards' claim is unverified (AP). Maritime monitoring firms count at least 37 attacks on ships in and near the strait so far in November, the most of any month in the war (Al Jazeera/Reuters). Ukraine: Russia hit five major substations overnight into Nov 10; Ukrenergo said energy sites were hit in eight regions and homes lost power in six, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk; two people were killed in Vinnytsia region (Reuters). Ukraine's prime minister said Nov 11 that Russia had struck six large substations in four central regions (France 24). US-Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi ran about four hours Nov 10 and a second day began Nov 11; Zelenskyy said they focused on prisoner exchanges, return of civilians and children, and security guarantees; Rubio said a solution is not imminent; Putin still demands four regions and Kyiv rejects ceding territory (AP). No outcome yet. Overnight, the Baltic states issued drone alerts, later withdrawn, and NATO jets were activated, with no injuries; a drone attack caused a fire at Russia's Ust-Luga oil port (France 24). Yemen/Saudi: the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh and the south Nov 10, hours after reporting damage to the East-West pipeline; AFP reported explosions heard in Riyadh and shelter alerts (Al Jazeera/AFP). The Houthi-run health ministry said airstrikes it blamed on Saudi Arabia hit a Sanaa gas station and an oil company Nov 10, killing one and wounding at least nine; AP could not verify. Gaza: hospitals said Israeli strikes and gunfire killed five Nov 10; Israel's military said it struck militants in Gaza City (AP). Lebanon: no newer report found; as of Nov 9, APA (single outlet) reported Israeli strikes on at least five southern villages. Taiwan: Defence Minister Wellington Koo confirmed Nov 10 that China is running 'area denial' drills in the Western Pacific with the Liaoning carrier group; China has not declared drills and earlier called the training routine (Taipei Times/Reuters). North Korea: no launch since Nov 3-4 found; as of Nov 4, Seoul reported a multiple-missile launch and KCNA an air-defence missile test (NBC, US News/Reuters).

AAA's national average on Wednesday Nov 11 is $3.9429 for regular (yesterday $3.9788, a week ago $4.1239, a month ago $4.3585, a year ago $3.0719) and $6.1306 for diesel (yesterday $6.1572, a week ago $6.2748, a month ago $6.2771, a year ago $3.7480). EIA's weekly survey for Nov 9 (released Nov 10) had regular at $3.995, down 15.8 cents on the week, and diesel at $6.127, down 16.5 cents; the next release is Nov 17. Oil fell again Tuesday Nov 10 to two-month lows: Reuters reported prices dropped more than $3 intraday after US officials played down the need for further strikes on Iran, then recovered part of the loss after an Iranian security official said no talks were taking place. Reuters' Wednesday-morning figures (Brent $92.01, up 52 cents; WTI $86.20, up 16 cents at 07:30 GMT) imply Tuesday settlements of about $91.49 for Brent and $86.04 for WTI; exchange settlements were not read. Reuters cited continued attacks on ships near Hormuz (37 ships attacked in October, per Washington Institute data; Al Jazeera/Reuters separately counts at least 37 so far in November) and an API report of a 9-million-barrel US crude stock build. OPEC+: on Nov 1 the core members held December targets unchanged; the wider group meets Nov 29 to set 2027 quotas (The National). No November Texas Gulf Coast refinery outage found.

We re-checked the refrigeration open thread. One new step: on Nov 10 Iran's Foreign Ministry rejected France's Nov 9 accusation that Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the October attacks on supermarket refrigerators. It called the claims baseless and one-sided and said Iran would take measures to protect its interests (Iran MFA; AFP). AFP also reported that the EU will seek a 'swift and united response' after talks with member states. As of Nov 9, Reuters reported that French agencies named a Guards-linked unit and counted about 700 targeted sites and at least 15 fires. US link, unchanged: Reuters says Pentagon investigators treat August freezer failures at about six military commissaries as a suspected cyberattack. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters that Iran is a suspect. The Pentagon has made no on-record attribution, and Reuters could not establish a link between the US and European incidents. No civilian US store has been reported hit. The Nov 5 CISA, FBI, USDA, DOT and HHS refrigeration fact sheet is still the newest federal guidance. CISA's advisories page (read Nov 11) shows one new item: six additions on Nov 10 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (flaws CISA has seen used in real attacks). No new numbered advisory. No confirmed new US hospital, water, utility or city ransomware attack was found. A ransomware tracker lists a gang's claim against an Indiana hospital system, but no hospital statement or news coverage was found, so it is not reported here.

Weather Prediction Center (WPC, 300 AM EST Wed Nov 11): a polar air mass from northeastern Canada brings the coldest air of the season so far to much of the central and eastern US starting Wednesday night. Showers and a few thunderstorms move across the Midwest and the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys Wednesday into Wednesday night, and some storms in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys could produce damaging gusts. A low-pressure system is forecast to grow into a large storm as it reaches the Mid-Atlantic coast Thursday: steady rain from the northern Mid-Atlantic to southern New England Thursday into Friday, stronger winds near the coast and a risk of minor coastal flooding at high tide, and snow in the higher elevations of the central and southern Appalachians Thursday night, with wet snow possible in the interior Northeast. Behind the front, below-freezing temperatures could reach Tennessee and the southern Appalachians by Friday morning, lows in the 20s are expected over the northern Plains, and WPC says a widespread hard freeze is forecast to reach into the South this weekend; lake-effect rain and snow begins Wednesday night, with accumulating snow likely over higher ground in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Dry air and gusty north winds raise fire danger in parts of the lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast Thursday. The West stays dry and unusually warm, with a few near-record highs possible from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Basin; a stronger Pacific storm brings heavy rain toward northern California and the Northwest by Friday morning. Storm Prediction Center (SPC Day 1, issued 11:51 PM CST Nov 10): a Marginal Risk (level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms across parts of the Ohio and western Tennessee Valleys Wednesday afternoon and evening, with isolated large hail, damaging gusts and perhaps a tornado possible. NWS alerts feed (severe and extreme, early Nov 11): Flood Warnings for Mason County, Wash.; Val Verde and Llano counties, Tex.; DeSoto, Seminole, Brevard, Lake and Volusia counties, Fla.; and Maricopa and Yuma counties, Ariz. (upstream dam releases on the Salt and Gila rivers); Winter Storm Watches for the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, Mono County and the eastern Sierra slopes from Friday into the weekend (above 7,000 feet in Inyo County); plus Alaska freezing-spray and storm marine warnings. No Tornado Warnings in the feed. Tropics (National Hurricane Center, 1 AM EST Nov 11): no Atlantic formation expected in 7 days; Tropical Storm Pena is several hundred miles southwest of Honolulu, and no other formation is expected in the eastern or central Pacific. Space weather (NOAA SWPC, 08:49 UTC Nov 11): SWPC rates three things on 1-to-5 scales: G for geomagnetic storms (which can stress power grids), R for radio blackouts from solar flares, and S for solar radiation storms. All three are at 0 now. G is forecast to stay 0 through Nov 13 (highest expected Kp 3, below storm level; no storms expected). Chance of R1-R2 (minor to moderate) blackouts 60% and R3 or greater 15% per day through Nov 13, from sunspot Region 4566; S1 chance 15%. SWPC alerts show a continuing high-energy electron flux alert (a satellite-charging concern, not a grid concern) and a K-index 4 warning that expired Nov 10. No G3 or higher and no SWPC grid warning. North Georgia flood recovery is covered under Food & water.

Washington, D.C.: After the Nov 9 Lafayette Park incidents (a driver crashed onto the sidewalk near 16th and H streets and fought officers; a second man tried to jump a barricade), the Secret Service said both men were unarmed; as of Nov 10 no charges had been reported and authorities had not said whether the two were connected (WJLA). National Guard: as of Nov 5, AP reported Hegseth approved military vehicles, patrol cars and boats for Guard patrols in D.C.; no D.C. Circuit merits ruling on the deployment was found in Nov 10-11 searches (absence in search results, not confirmation). No new Guard deployment to another city was found. Immigration enforcement: as of Nov 7-8, ABC7 and NBC Los Angeles reported protests after federal agents blocked the emergency entrance of White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights; no newer coverage was re-checked. In Oakland, several dozen people protested Nov 8 at Fruitvale Plaza after weekend ICE arrests, part of a federal operation in California that began in early October (Oaklandside). As of Nov 2-3, the Sacramento Bee reported protests at Natomas hotels over ICE activity. No curfew or unrest-related emergency declaration dated Nov 9-11 was found; emergency declarations found were for weather and fire recovery (California Gov. Newsom's Nov 10 proclamations for Humboldt and Imperial counties).

Tuesday Nov 10 close: CNBC reported the Dow down 0.3% to 52,231.89, the S&P 500 down 0.38% to 7,520.93 and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.74% to 25,065.87, giving back part of Monday's rally; Nvidia fell 5.5%, its second straight drop, which coverage tied to reported questions about CEO Jensen Huang's China ties. October CPI (consumer prices) rose 0.4% for the month, above the 0.3% forecast and below September's 0.6%; Yahoo Finance reported core (without food and energy) up 0.3% against 0.2% expected. Fed: Governor Christopher Waller said Nov 10 he leans toward a quarter-point rate increase at the December meeting and that a half-point move should be considered if core inflation stays elevated (CNBC). CNBC said CME FedWatch showed about a 90% chance of a quarter-point hike after the report. A rate hike is a possibility being priced by traders, not a Fed decision. No US bank or payment-system outage found.

LA/Long Beach: the strike deadline for about 250 watchmen (ILWU Local 26) stands at Nov 20 after rolling extensions; talks continue with federal mediators and no tentative agreement has been reported. The six terminals they staff handle about 85% of Long Beach and a third of Los Angeles container volume, and the employers' group PMA has said other ILWU members are expected to honor picket lines (SupplyChainBrain, FreightWaves; no newer report than Nov 9 found). The separate West Coast longshore contract runs through 2028. Air: the FAA's airport status feed at 08:51 GMT Wednesday (2:51 a.m. Central) showed no ground stops or ground delay programs, only routine overnight or scheduled airport closures. No US airline or freight-rail strike was found; a Teamsters local has been on strike since early November at Associated Grocers' distribution center in Pembroke, N.H. (NHPR).

Port deadline Nov 20 (see Transportation). US-China trade truce: the reduced-tariff arrangement was set to run through Nov 10. China said Nov 9 it will keep its extra 24% tariff on US goods suspended for two more months, to Jan 10, 2027, while a 10% tariff stays, and extended export-control waivers for some critical minerals to the same date (Quartz). On the US side, USTR extended exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on 178 categories of Chinese goods through early January 2027, citing ongoing talks (ANI via The Tribune; the article gives both Jan 9 and Jan 10). A US announcement on its own reduced tariff rate for China was not found. Refrigeration thread (re-checked today; see Cyber attacks): Nov 5 joint CISA-FBI guidance on hardening refrigeration controls is still the newest; US cases remain about six military commissaries since late August; French officials blamed an Iranian Revolutionary Guards unit for October attacks on about 700 French retail sites, Iran denied it Nov 10, and no US statement ties that to the commissaries; no civilian US store hit found. No new chip or auto-parts tariff action dated November found.

New FDA recall notices (both posted Nov 10): Laub's Feeding & Cubing (Beryl, Utah) recalled up to 89 tons of Grade A Mini Hay Cubes, animal feed sold Oct 3-31, for possible Clostridium botulinum (the bacterium that causes botulism). The recall followed reports to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food of sick horses, three of which died on one farm, with more reports from southern Utah, Nevada and Arizona; the company says the cause of death is not yet confirmed and testing is underway. Distribution could include Utah, northern Arizona, Nevada and Southern California. ABC4 (Salt Lake City) reported the state is investigating; per a search listing, preliminary testing points to botulism with final results expected later in November. Family Farmstead Dairy (Worcester, N.Y.) recalled all its raw mild and raw sharp cheddar (8 oz, lot codes dated 10/16/27 and earlier) for possible Listeria, following its Oct 15 recall of some raw cheddar for E. coli; sold in NY, NJ, VT, NH, MA, PA, RI, CT, DE, VA, WV and TN. Earlier on the feed: Fresh & Ready Foods biscuit sandwiches (Listeria, Nov 7); Eugia vancomycin injection, one lot (particulate matter, Nov 6, a drug); Brad's kale and veggie chips (thallium, Nov 2). USDA-FSIS: per a Food Safety News report, FSIS issued a public health alert Nov 6 (not a recall) for three frozen Betterballen meat and poultry snack products with undeclared sesame (and anchovy in the beef items); no illnesses reported. FDA outbreak page is unchanged since its Nov 4 update: Salmonella Javiana (ref 1424) at 65 cases with traceback started; E. coli O157:H7 (ref 1421) tied to multi-ingredient chicken wraps; Listeria (ref 1417) at 51 cases. Water, north Georgia and Tennessee line: as of Nov 10, Local 3 News (Chattanooga) reported McCaysville, Ga., still under a boil-water advisory with residents asked to conserve water, while Copperhill, Tenn., lifted its advisory Nov 9; FEMA assessed Copperhill damage Nov 10 and is scheduled for McCaysville Nov 11, with no timeline yet for federal aid. As of Nov 10, Gov. Kemp's state of emergency for Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and Union counties was reported to run until Nov 12 at 11:59 p.m. unless renewed (WSB Radio); not re-checked today.

Ebola (Bundibugyo strain): CDC's situation page (dated Nov 10) shows data as of Nov 8: 11,021 total confirmed cases and 5,358 confirmed deaths across all countries. DR Congo has 10,990 cases and 5,354 deaths (up from 10,879 and 5,302 as of Nov 6); Kenya 9 cases, 2 deaths; Nigeria 1 case; the table also counts Uganda's earlier 20 confirmed cases (no active cases since July) and one case in France (recovered July 4). The Nov 8 total is not directly comparable to the Nov 6 figure in yesterday's report, which left out Uganda and France. CDC calls it the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record and says no cases have been confirmed in the US and the risk to the American public is low. Travel: anyone in DR Congo in the 21 days before a US-bound flight may not board, and since Nov 3 all international passengers to the US must sign a statement that they were not in DR Congo; US citizens coming from Uganda or South Sudan must enter through designated airports for screening. Flu: CDC's week 44 FluView page could not be found (404). As of Nov 8, NBC (citing CDC) reported 42 states with growing or likely growing flu infections as of Nov 5, test positivity of 9.1% for the week ending Oct 31, and season estimates of at least 1.7 million illnesses, 25,000 hospitalizations and 1,400 deaths, with H1N1 causing most cases; CDC said an earlier start does not necessarily mean a higher peak. WRDW reported some schools in the Augusta, Ga., area closing over flu (Nov 10). Bird flu: CDC's page (updated Nov 5) counts 74 human H5 cases in the US since February 2024 and says the public health risk is low. As of Nov 2, ABC News (AP) reported a Yakima County, Wash., resident died after exposure to infected dairy cattle (carried forward). USDA APHIS said Nov 4 that genetic sequencing suggests the Washington dairy virus likely came from Idaho through cattle movement; APHIS confirmed H5N1 in an Indiana dairy herd Nov 2. Measles: CDC page unchanged since Nov 6 (5,182 confirmed US cases in 2026 as of Nov 5, 47 jurisdictions, 43 new outbreaks). Drug shortages: per a search listing of ASHP's statistics page, 225 active shortages in Q3 2026 (down from 227 in Q2) and 87 new shortages so far in 2026; Becker's reported chemotherapy shortages rose in Q3, partly linked to flooding at a Pfizer plant in India. Drug recall: Eugia vancomycin injection lot (see Food & water). Measles elimination: a commission appointed by the Pan American Health Organization is meeting Nov 10-13 to review whether the US has had a year of continuous measles spread, which would end its elimination status; ABC News counts at least 5,182 US cases so far in 2026. No decision has been announced.

Quakes: the USGS significant-earthquake feed for the past week still lists only the M6.4 about 30 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands (Nov 9; PAGER impact alert green, the lowest). The M4.5+ past-day feed lists 14 events, the largest M5.6 about 43 km south of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, plus events near Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Kuril Islands, Japan, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Italy, Iceland, the Balleny Islands and the Mid-Indian Ridge, and an M4.7 offshore about 130 km west of Tofino, British Columbia; none in the US. Volcanoes (USGS Hazards Notification feed, Nov 11): Great Sitkin, Alaska, remains at Watch / Orange (second of four alert levels); Kilauea, Hawaii, remains at Advisory / Yellow. As of Nov 10, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Kilauea's eruption was paused after episode 56 ended Nov 5 and the next fountaining episode was likely more than a week away. Fire: as of Nov 6 (NIFC, page checked Nov 11, still showing the Nov 6 report; updated Fridays), four large fires were burning (about 4,060 acres) with 342 personnel assigned; national preparedness level 1 of 5. WPC flags higher fire danger Thursday in parts of the lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast from dry air and gusty winds. Nuclear: the NRC event report for Nov 10 lists three items, none an operating power reactor event: an ABB Part 21 notice (a supplier defect report) on electromechanical relays that skipped a coil-baking step, with affected customers including the Catawba and Oconee nuclear stations; a Minnesota hospital radiation-therapy underdose with no dose delivered; and two small cesium-137 calibration sources possibly lost at a Fairview Park, Ohio, cardiology office (below IAEA Category 3, very unlikely to cause permanent injury).