Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent · Aired Nov 3, 2026
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Water in the speaker's Michigan city was shut off for about two hours; the city called it maintenance, while people on Reddit said it was a cyberattack.
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What remains unresolved
Not a checkable claim: the speaker said water in his unnamed Michigan city was off for about two hours, that the city emailed it was normal maintenance, and that people on Reddit claimed it was a cyberattack. He did not say himself that it was one. A real 2026 case does exist, where attackers stopped a Brown City, Michigan well for about two hours, but without the speaker's city his outage cannot be matched to it. The city's name plus an official incident report for that outage would settle it.
Read the supporting source · dysruptionhub.com ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that Water in the speaker's Michigan city was shut off for about two hours; the city called it maintenance, while people on Reddit said it was a cyberattack?
We can't say yet. Not a checkable claim: the speaker said water in his unnamed Michigan city was off for about two hours, that the city emailed it was normal maintenance, and that people on Reddit claimed it was a cyberattack. He did not say himself that it was one. Sam Tallent said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent, aired Nov 3, 2026, at 2:21:36. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is dysruptionhub.com, linked below.
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