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Thousands in Moore County, N.C., still lack power after an attack damaged substations

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As thousands of people in Moore County spent a third chilly² night without power, questions persist about who shot up two power substations and why.

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Whoever opened fire on the power grid³ in North Carolina last weekend drove some people out of their homes. Nick de la Canal of our member station WFAE met some of them.

NICK DE LA CANAL, BYLINE⁴: A conference room at the Southern Pines Police Department has become a makeshift shelter here. Gail Clark says it's better than her house.

GAIL CLARK: You can't cook. You can't turn on your TV. You can't turn on a light. I don't want to take a shower because it's freezing cold in my house.

DE LA CANAL: Families at the shelter huddle⁵ around wall outlets⁶, charging electronic as they warm themselves. Clark is the self-appointed caretaker.

CLARK: I brought some crackers⁷ and jelly and coffee cake. And I have cocoa.

DE LA CANAL: She said she considers herself lucky compared to others in the county.

CLARK: We had people here last night who were charging some kind of battery packs for their sister, who's on some kind of heart-lung machine at home and isn't going to survive without power.

DE LA CANAL: Traffic lights remain dark across the county. Most gas stations are shut down. The local hospital is running on generators⁹. At a news conference, Governor Roy Cooper said federal and state investigators¹⁰ are determined¹¹ to uncover who carried out the attack.

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ROY COOPER: Regardless of motive¹², violence and sabotage¹³ will not be tolerated.

DE LA CANAL: A spokesman for the local utility company said most residents will have to wait until Wednesday or Thursday for power to be restored. For some, that could mean dangerously low temperatures ahead. Sedarius Quick (ph) doesn't want to spend another freezing night at home with his 1-year-old son.

SEDARIUS QUICK: Last night, it kind of broke me because he got below temperature, below freezing. And I can't have my son out in the cold.

DE LA CANAL: Many people left the county to stay with family, friends or at hotels. But he and his son hitched¹⁴ a ride to a different shelter. He's trying to buy a generator⁸ if he can find one.

QUICK: I'm hoping that works out.

DE LA CANAL: Yeah.

QUICK: That's what I'm hoping on.

DE LA CANAL: If all else fails, says Quick, they're back to the shelter.

For NPR News, I'm Nick de la Canal in Southern Pines, N.C.