Sunday 14 July 2019

Major power outage in NYC




Major power outage cripples 

Manhattan

Major power outage cripples Manhattan (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
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13 July, 2019

Parts of Manhattan have suffered a widespread blackout, which affected traffic lights, subway stations, businesses and tourist attractions all across Midtown and Upper West Side.
Over 30,000 households and businesses have been left without power in New York, according to utility company Con Edison which continues to respond to “extensive outages” from 5th Avenue to the Hudson River, and from the West 40s to 72nd Street.




ConEdison now showing new power outages down to 34th st, which is close to where Madison Square Garden is
When the city suddenly went dark many people were trapped inside stuck elevators across the city’s high-rises, with firefighters struggling to rescue all of them more than an hour after the incident.




Blackout in Upper West Side New York City near Lincoln center. My block and adjacent blocks are all out of power, fire trucks are on the scene
The iconic giant monitors at the Times Square also went pitch black.



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Well this is something. Apparently there’s a blackout in midtown Manhattan. MSNBC is back on the air thanks to a backup generator, but most of 30 Rock is dark. Started feeling like I was in a post-apocalyptic movie as I made my way outside. (The streetlights are all out too)
The cause of the power cuts has yet to be determined but some reports suggested a transformer fire and explosion could have caused the blackout as several witnesses heard a loud bang before the area went dark.



: Blackout reported in many areas of Manhattan, New York. Subway stations and may high rise buildings are running on emergency backup power. Reports of an explosion are also coming in. Updates to follow.



The power went out during several of our broadcasts, luckily backup generator kicked in. But a good swath of Manhattan is without electricity.




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Yeah. Today is the anniversary of the 1977 Blackout which resulted in much looting around the city. That was just 1 part of a crazy year in NYC. What are the chances that 42 years later, half of Manhattan goes out of power.



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I happen to live 50 feet downtown from the dividing line between power and no power. Starting out looking downtown and east — NYT building -> 42nd St -> the blackout FKA Times Square
For what it's worth this is what Hal Turner is saying:

Electric power has blacked-out on Manhattan's upper west side, and five-hundred-megawatts of energy just STOPPED.   Numerous reports of no lights or air conditioning in the area of Lincoln Center (67th & Broadway) and farther north.  UPDATED:  This was NO ACCIDENT!
The full scope of the blackout is not yet known, but New Yorkers are NOT happy given the temperature in the city right now remains in the upper 80's.   Those tenement buildings will heat up very fast.
And with all the "diversity" living there, the smell will get raunchy fast, too.

UPDATE 7:21 PM EDT --
30 Rockefeller Plaza just has a power SURGE.
Radio City Music Hall has no electricity either.
 The AMC Movie Theaters at Lincoln Square forced all movie-goers to evacuate.
 Emergency lighting is activated inside the 59th Street subway station:
Con Edison is reporting an outage for 19,739 CUSTOMERS in Manhattan.   Bear in mind that a "customer" is not a one family home;  it could be a fifty story apartment building with five hundred families.  
Now, a map from ConEd showing most (not all) of the outage)
Mass Transit riders exiting the trains at 66th St report no lighting AT ALL in that subway station. "People using cell phone flashlights to get out."

UPDATE 7:39 PM EDT --
Reports now coming in from the area of 33rd Street, that SMOKE is coming from Madison Square Garden

COVERT INTEL
Subscribers Only --  This blackout is NOT an accident  . . .
"Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was on his way to New York on Saturday (today) to attend a United Nations conference, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said."

Intel circuits are BLAZING right now with information about Operatives moving under cloak of darkness . . . to be in position.

More updates for the General Public will appear below . . . .

UPDATE 7:47 PM EDT --
"Police are reporting several trains are stuck between 47th-50th St Rockefeller Center and the 57th St station." 

UPDATE 7:50 PM EDT --
Now getting reports of transformer explosions and fires on 64th St at West End Avenue.
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) saying power now failing in Midtown Manhattan; subways stuck.
 Because of the ongoing power outages, there is limited subway service into Manhattan from Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

Please check [link to MTA.info] or the MYmta app for the status of your line, and we will continue to provide updates here.

Update: We are working with Con Edison to determine the root cause of the ongoing power failure, which is affecting Midtown and the Upper West Side.

Several stations are currently without power and are being bypassed by all trains. Please stay tuned here for updates.
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Update: Because of the ongoing power outages, there is limited subway service into Manhattan from Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

Please check http://MTA.info  or the MYmta app for the status of your line, and we will continue to provide updates here.
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 COVERT INTEL
From Staff of Member of New York City Council -- 
"I just got off the phone with the CEO of ConEd who confirmed “a major disturbance” at West 49th Street Substation.
A full emergency response has been mobilized.   No further details at this time.
This is now being looked at as though it is an ATTACK.

Additional updates for the general public will appear below. . . .

 UPDATE 8:12 PM EDT --
FDNY responding to over one THOUSAND calls for stuck, occupied, elevators . . . .
Con Edison now says forty THOUSAND Customers without power in Manhattan.  Reminder, that's CUSTOMERS, not single family homes.  A "customer" can be a fifty story building with hundreds of families.

UPDATE 8:19 PM EDT --
Folks who are at Broadway shows are saying they've been evacuated and standing outside the theater.   That means the outage has now spread down in the forties on Manhattan's west side.

 UPDATE 8:24 PM EDT --
The official COVER STORY is now falling apart.  People are looking for the explosions and fires themselves and finding . . .  NOTHING:
NBC News: It appears at this point that the large-scale power outage impacting approximately 20,000 in midtown and parts of the upper west side in Manhattan was caused by a tranformer fire at 54th Street amd West End Avenue, a senior city official says.

Situation is fluid.
Rode the bike over to 54th & WEA.
No sign of any fire or any problem here or anywhere near here.
No firefighters or ConEd workers anywhere in sight.
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UPDATE 8:32 PM EDT --
Now the game is really up;  the lies are being exposed via social media.   My Subscribers know what's REALLY happening . . . via COVERT INTEL.
They can't get their story straight on how the power went down in Manhattan. Man hole fire,Substations pick one
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UPDATE 8:53 PM EDT --
Con Ed now reporting about 45,000 Customers without power.  The number keeps going up . . .

UPDATE 9:06 PM EDT --
Outage now down to 40th street and 8th avenue, the outage is spreading

UPDATE 9:58 PM EDT --
FROM A NEWS SOURCE: "I'm in my hotel on 37th and 8th. We just lost power. "  (THE POWER OUTAGE CONTINUES TO GET WORSE!)
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and; 
FROM ANOTHER NEWS SOURCE: "I'm in Penn station and lights just went out. Running on emergency lights"

10:03 PM EDT --  MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HAS JUST LOST POWER.  IT HAS 19,000 PEOPLE IN IT FOR A J-Lo CONCERT.

HERE'S VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE GARDEN AS EVACUATION ORDER GIVEN:

UPDATE 10:08 PM EDT --
Con Ed now reporting 51,200 without electric now.
  
UPDATE 10:10 PM EDT --
NYPD Officers on the streets told to expect outage to last another 6 hours until resolved.

National Guard being called in to NYC. -- 

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