Power returning to major sections of Manhattan after outage

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Video captures moment power returns on 44th and 9th Ave. in Manhattan. (Video by anna_marcuss)

Power was returning to the heart of New York City after a major outage impacted an estimated 72,000 customers, mostly in Manhattan's midtown and Upper West Side areas.

Con Edison CEO John McAvoy told reporters late Saturday that power in five of six neighborhoods impacted by the outage was already back and remaining customers should have their power restored by midnight. As he spoke in midtown, a flash of lights came on, and people on the street cheered. McAvoy said the outage started about 6:47 p.m. with an"event" that will be the subject of investigation. The CEO said summer warmth, which can overload power grids with energy demand, was not the source.The outage disrupted life for thousands in the Big Apple. The city's transit authorityIt came on the anniversary of the, which led to rioting and looting. That outage started July 13 and ended the next day.

"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," the New York City Transit AuthorityA senior city official with direct knowledge of the matter says it appears the outage was caused by a transformer fire. The New York City Fire Department tweeted it was at the scene of a transformer fire on West 64th Street.

is on scene of a transformer fire at W 64 St and West End Ave. Members are responding to reports of numerous stuck elevators that are occupied, but there are currently no patients reported.

 

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anna_marcuss Finally NY rehired the whites they fired and replaced with a multiculural nightmare.

If they are that ecstatic after just a few hrs, imagine after a few weeks or months when you live in zones that experience hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires....

anna_marcuss The Screaming is why I hated my 20’s.

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anna_marcuss New Yorkers are cray lol

anna_marcuss I have to remind these people that power was ot for most of Puerto Rico for several weeks. For some it was months, think about it.

anna_marcuss New yorkers are living in the fake world and they're thriving. They create dozens and dozens of fake billionairs each year by their market gimmicks and fake speculations. The gaming city LV is honest enough to tell players 50.50, not the fake talking NYers.

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anna_marcuss Noah fence but this is as white as clapping when an airplane lands

anna_marcuss When we lost power after Hurricane Michael, people were cheering like this when the line workers showed up in our neighborhood. Of course that was nine days later. Next time we lose power for a hurricane I will not be above bribing. Lol

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anna_marcuss If a power outage took out civilization in NYC, y'all better think twice about your revolution

anna_marcuss We've had a black out before here in springfield,illinois...it sucked...2 hours with no power but thank god i had pot to smoke or i have went crazy lol

anna_marcuss wow a big deal for nothing

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anna_marcuss Y’all really haven’t experienced a blackout before?

anna_marcuss Powers back. YAY.

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anna_marcuss Lmao u guys I did the same thing lol

anna_marcuss When the lights came on did everyone remember who the beatles were?

anna_marcuss Y'all need to experience real darkness from the other part of the world. That's when you will appreciate more life in America.

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