Lights
Out! Huge Power Outage Hits San Francisco and NYC
RT,
21 April, 2017
Power outages hit Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, leaving commuters stranded and traffic backed up Friday. About 90,000 customers were affected in San Francisco.
well then... #poweroutage @PGE4Me
While the outages occurred around the same time there is no evidence they were connected or coordinated.
NEW YORK
The first outage occurred at around 7:20am in New York when the power went down at 7th Avenue and 53rd Street subway station. That sent a shockwave of delays into the rest of the subway system.
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman told AP some passengers were stranded on trains. Some cars were dark except for phone light, and some riders say their commutes took two to three hours. Stations were packed.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for a state investigation into the power outrage that ruined Friday's commute for many straphangers.
"The loss of power due to a Con Edison equipment failure during the morning rush hour caused a cascading effect and impacted the lives of thousands of commuters," Cuomo said in a statement. "Simply put, this was completely unacceptable.
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“The @MTA started the weekend early, I guess? Power outage at 53rd & everything is crazy,” one commuter wrote on Twitter.
The weekend is when the MTA does many of its major subway repairs and cuts or reduces subway service.
“It took me an hour and 20 mins to go one stop, give up, find my way out of this mob, then walk back home @MTA,” wrote Liz Baker on Twitter.
By 11:30am, MTA spokesman, Kevin Ortiz, confirmed the generators were running again at the station, and delays were cleared up by the afternoon.
The utility company, Con Edison, said one of its electric lines triggered the outage. Spokesman Allan Drury told AP it is not clear how long the repairs will take or how the failure occurred.
LOS ANGELES
Later in the morning, power outages were reported in Los Angeles International Airport, as well as in several other areas around the city.
SAN FRANCISCO
In San Francisco, the power outages were widespread.
The utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, said a series of outages began at 9 am and within 30 minutes about 90,000 customers lost power.
PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said crews are assessing the situation but there's no immediate estimate for when power will be restored.
PGE officials are pointing to a substation fire as the primary cause of the outage, but have given no public estimates as to when power will be restored.
The blackout includes the Financial District, Presidio and stretch to the Marina/Cow Hollow area, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Traffic lights were out at scores of intersections, and cars backed up on downtown streets as drivers grew frustrated and honked at each other.
BART’s Montgomery Station was closed for more than two hours, with trains running through the station without stopping, before the agency reopened it.
All cable cars were down, as were several Muni bus lines that typically run on electricity from overhead wires,. Shuttles were put in place to provide service, according to the Municipal Transportation Agency.
The blackout took out traffic signals, affecting office buildings with residents and workers in the area calling it “totally surreal.”
Twenty-one schools in San Francisco were affected by the outage that affected utilities, including the internet, but they remained open and their schedules adjusted. Families were to be notified if there were changes at the schools.
The Philip Burton Federal Building and US Courthouse were closed down by the outage.
The San Francisco Fire Department said it has responded to more than 100 calls for service since a power outage struck a large area of the city. No injuries were reported.
The department tweeted that the calls included 20 elevators with people stuck inside.
The department adds there have been no delays in responding to calls.
Daisy Prado, a 23-year-old South Bay resident, told the San Francisco Chronicle she was sitting at her desk on the 14th floor of an office building in the Financial District when the power suddenly dropped out. She looked out the window and saw the buildings across the street go dark.
“They told us on an intercom to just stay calm,” Prado said. “People are hanging out the side of their buildings waiting to see what’s going to happen.”
Pacific Gas and Electric’s own outage map shows thousands affected and current estimates indicate that the outage is hitting up to 100,000 customers.
At a 2:00 pm press conference, city officials said 300 traffic signals went still down, with either flashing red or no signals, in the North East section of the San Francisco. The city employed 100 parking patrol officers to help with traffic control.
Drivers were asked to treat intersections as 'Always Stop.'
There had been no reports of traffic collisions.
San Francisco Police Chief, Bill Scott, said "Our major issue is traffic."
"Total
Chaos" - Cyber Attack Feared As Multiple Cities Hit With
Simultaneous Power Grid Failures
21
April, 2017
The
U.S. power grid appears to have been hit with multiple power
outages affecting
San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.
Officials
report that business, traffic and day-to-day life has come to a
standstill in San Francisco, reportedly the worst hit of the three
major cities currently experiencing outages.
Power
companies in all three regions have yet to elaborate on the cause,
though a fire at a substation was the original reason given by San
Francisco officials.
A
series of subsequent power outages in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and
New York City left commuters stranded and traffic backed up on Friday
morning. Although
the outages occurred around the same time, there is as of yet no
evidence that they were connected by anything more than coincidence.
The
first outage occurred at around 7:20 a.m. in New York, when the power
went down at the 7th Avenue and 53rd Street subway station, which
sent a shockwave of significant delays out from the hub and into the
rest of the subway system. By 11:30 a.m. the city’s MTA confirmed
that generators were running again in the station, although the New
York subways were set to run delayed into the afternoon.
Later
in the morning, power outages were reported in Los
Angeles International
Airport, as well as in several other areas around the city.
Via : Inverse
The San Francisco Fire Department was responding to more than 100 calls for service in the Financial District and beyond, including 20 elevators with people stuck inside, but reported no immediate injuries. Everywhere, sirens blared as engines maneuvered along streets jammed with traffic.
Traffic lights were out at scores of intersections, and cars were backing up on downtown streets as drivers grew frustrated and honked at each other.
Via: SF Gate
The
cause of the outage has not yet been made clear, though given the
current geo-political climate it is not out of the question to
suggest a cyber attack could be to blame. It has also been suggested
that the current outages could be the result of a secretive
nuclear/EMP drill by the federal government.
As
we have previously reported, the entire national power grid has been
mapped by adversaries of the United States and it is believed that
sleep trojans or malware may exist within the computer systems that
maintain the grid.
In
a 2016 report it was noted that our
entire way of life has been left vulnerable to
saboteurs who could cause cascading blackouts across the United
States for days or weeks at a time:
It isn’t just EMPs and natural disaster that poses a threat to the grid, but there is also the potential for attacks on individual power substations in the vast network of decentralized and largely unguarded power grid chain. A U.S. government study established that there would be “major, extended blackouts if more than three key substations were destroyed.”
Whether by criminals, looters, terrorists, gangs or pranksters, it would take very little to bring down the present system, and there is currently very little the system can do to protect against this wide open threat.
Whether
the current outages are the result of a targeted infrastructure cyber
attack or simply a coincidence, most Americans think the
impossible can’t happen, as The
Prepper’s Blueprint author
Tess Pennington highlights, a grid-down scenario won’t
just be a minor inconvenience if
it goes on for more than a day or two:
Consider, for a moment, how drastically your life would change without the continuous flow of energy the grid delivers. While manageable during a short-term disaster, losing access to the following critical elements of our just-in-time society would wreak havoc on the system.
Challenges or shut downs of business commerce
Breakdown of our basic infrastructure: communications, mass transportation, supply chains
Inability to access money via atm machines
Payroll service interruptions
Interruptions in public facilities – schools, workplaces may close, and public gatherings.
Inability to have access to clean drinking water
It
is for this reason that we have long encouraged Americans to prepare
for this potentially devastating scenario by
consideringemergency
food reserves,
clean water
reserves and
even home
defense strategies in
the event of a widespread outage. The majority of Americans have
about 3 days worth of food in their pantry. Imagine for a moment what
Day 4 might look like
in any major city that goes dark.
This
exclusive clip from American Blackout shows what an American Blackout
might look like:
A
series of power outages in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York
City left commuters stranded and traffic backed up on Friday.
Although the outages occurred around the same time, there is no
evidence (yet) that they were connected by anything more than
coincidence. Given the sudden and unusual nature of the
outages, SuperStation95 inquired of our sources in the Department of
Homeland Security who told us:
"On their
face, these power outages are a little too coincidental to be
naturally occurring. We can confirm we are looking for evidence
of Cyber-Attack . . . and we think we'll find it."
Power Outage in New York Friday
The
first outage occurred at around 7:20 a.m. in New York, when the power
went down at the 7th Avenue and 53rd Street subway station, which
sent a shockwave of significant delays out from the hub and into the
rest of the subway system. By
11:30 a.m. the
city’s MTA confirmed that generators were running again in the
station, although the New York subways were set to run
delayed into
the afternoon.
The MTA and
Con Ed are still working to determine the cause of the outage.
Power Outage in Los Angeles Friday
Later in the
morning, power outages were reported in Los Angeles International
Airport, as well as in several other areas around the city.
The outage
sent frustrated fliers onto Twitter to comment.
Major power
outage at LAX.... I had to trot every stair... God has a way of
making me exercise....
— Loni Love (@LoniLove) April 21, 2017
Power outage at #LAX B terminal. Just trying to get home :(
— GSpizzle (@GarrettSpy) April 21, 2017
While the
outage was an inconvenience, it does not appear to be as widespread
as it’s San Francisco counterpart.
Power Outage in San Francisco Friday
By far the
largest outage of the morning happened in San Francisco, where, as of
1 p.m., it appears that the majority of the city is out of
commission.
The @internetarchive is offline because of a power outage in San Francisco.
— Internet Archive (@internetarchive) April 21, 2017
The
massive outage is closing
BART stations,
shutting down traffic signals, and affecting office buildings.
Residents and workers in the area are calling it “totally surreal.”
SF #PowerOutage totally surreal pic.twitter.com/PyIMQYBVN8
— Dylan Gale (@dylanmgale) April 21, 2017
Pictures
show blocks of stalled traffic as drivers struggle to navigate
without stoplights. SF
Gate reports that
no injuries have been reported yet in connection to the outage.
Traffic just a littttle backed up due to the #poweroutage in SF. pic.twitter.com/NjTcmRvZxv
— Will Stickney (@WillStick) April 21, 2017
The San
Francisco outage appears to have begun sometime around noon Eastern,
9 a.m. local time, and there is no end presently in sight. Areas
confirmed to be even more affected include the entirety of the
financial district, parts of SoMa, Richmond, Nob Hill, and Pacific
Heights.
I can
personally attest that power is out in inner Richmond, Nob hill and
financial district. Will post if we get more updates.
— Richmond SF Blog (@richmondsfblog) April 21, 2017
Pacific Gas
and Electric’s own outage map shows thousands affected and current
estimates indicate that the outage is hitting up to 100,000
customers.
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