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Power Failure in NYC

Posted on 07/13/2019 5:24:25 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer

There has been a major power failure in Manhattan, from Midtown, West to the Hudson River. Times Square is dark, no Traffic Lights or Street Lights and West Side Subway service is down. No reports of mayhem...yet.


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KEYWORDS: 3; alreadypostedtwice; blackout; nyc; searchworks
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To: gaijin

Ah, Snake Pliskin.

He didn’t want to be there either.


41 posted on 07/13/2019 5:47:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: puppypusher

Seriously? What have you been watching all day? Because FOX has been non-stop New Orleans in the afternoon. I’m guessing NYC got upset and pulled the plug to get attention.


42 posted on 07/13/2019 5:47:50 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Rumplemeyer

I remember the first power failure back in 1965. No crimes were committed. Twelve years later, another power failure and massive looting took place. What happened to change a peaceful NYC to a ultra violent city back then?

The first blackout was blamed on UFOS. INCIDENT AT EXETER comes to mind.


43 posted on 07/13/2019 5:48:08 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Rumplemeyer

I have been telling people about this for years. No one spends money on updating the power grid, fixing 50+ year old watermains, replacing piping that is pre WWI etc. All of these things no on sees until they fail. As they rarely fail politicians cannot do a photo-op standing next to a new substation.


44 posted on 07/13/2019 5:48:17 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Rumplemeyer

Squirrels chewing on lines???


45 posted on 07/13/2019 5:49:01 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: puppypusher

Agree. They always do this. I remember when JFK Jr’s plane went down, they showed the water for days. It was ridiculous.


46 posted on 07/13/2019 5:51:51 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert
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To: Lockbar

ROFL


47 posted on 07/13/2019 5:52:18 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: ground_fog

Sounds like him. DeBalsio did send out a tweet.


48 posted on 07/13/2019 5:53:06 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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Bad car accident at 96th and Broadway. But the traffic lights are working up here. Lights are on, AC is on.

1965 I was caught in subway.
1977 I was in Jersey City.

With this heat wave, I may start taking bus to work so as not to get caught in subway again. My left knee will like it a lot better too. Only problem is it takes an hour and a half each way.

Hope those downstream from here are safe and well.


49 posted on 07/13/2019 5:53:30 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: puppypusher

I’m ticked, too. They are just filling time blabbing without any new info.
Isn’t it awfully coincidental the ‘77 blackout was exactly the same month and day.


50 posted on 07/13/2019 5:55:06 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: firebrand

NYC hasn’t been hit by a locust swarm of battery powered scooters?


51 posted on 07/13/2019 5:55:33 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Rumplemeyer

Well
Time
To
Fire up
All
Those solar panels
Common progessives put up
Your shiny glass at midnigtht

A-s hats


52 posted on 07/13/2019 5:56:29 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over!)
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To: Jane Austen

Word is that DeCommieo is just south of the Minnesota Border.


53 posted on 07/13/2019 5:57:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Raymann

People are stuck in elevators, in this heat.
My worst nightmare.


54 posted on 07/13/2019 5:58:29 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: Rumplemeyer

Several Broadway and Off Broadway performances were cancelled. Some of the performers were performing outside.


55 posted on 07/13/2019 5:59:40 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Rumplemeyer

oh the whining on Twitter. what wimps.


56 posted on 07/13/2019 5:59:50 PM PDT by avital2
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To: CaptainK

Isn’t it great living in the first of the first-world countries?


57 posted on 07/13/2019 6:00:00 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Rumplemeyer

See also:

New York power outages darkens homes, streets and subway stations

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/us/new-york-power-outages/index.html


58 posted on 07/13/2019 6:00:26 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

“I am listening to cousin Brucie on SiriusXM on the 60s on six. Live. He’s doing his show with a flashlight in the cell phone.”

I remember listening to him when I was young. Didn’t know he was still around.


59 posted on 07/13/2019 6:01:06 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: _Jim

no no no - no more libs!


60 posted on 07/13/2019 6:01:23 PM PDT by avital2
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