Posted on 07/14/2019 11:51:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In a statement released late Sunday morning, the power company said it will be conducting a diligent and vigorous investigation to determine the root cause of the incident.
Con Ed spokesman Alfonso Quiroz blamed the blackout on a disruption on the transmission side of the companys power grid.
Officials initially suspected a manhole fire that affected an underground transformer, but Quiroz said theres no evidence of a fire at this point.
The blackout stranded people on subway trains and elevators, and forced the evacuation of Madison Square Garden and cancellation of Broadway shows.
It struck on the 42nd anniversary of a massive power outage in 1977 that affected the entire city and sparked looting, robberies and other mayhem.
Saturday nights incident also occurred while Mayor Bill de Blasio was campaigning in Waterloo, Iowa, as part of his long-shot presidential bid.
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Maybe some bearded savage sabotaged it, and mayor deblabio doesn’t want us to know?
Bill at the switch so they have enough time to clear out Epstein’s upper east side flat
Electronics got hacked. They can’t let word of that get out, or hackers will go wild. Of course, the folks that pulled this off now know that they can do it.
That would probably leave a tell-tale crispy residue..
same here (chicago area) .... outages frequently affect 100,000 or more after a healthy thunderstorm .... and the local news barely covers it ... cable news, not at all
The Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell.
Bingo.
Diehard ‘Nakatomi Plaza’ inspired heist?
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