Massive power outage puts part of New York City in the dark for several hours

An outage in New York City led to more than 70,000 customers without power on Saturday. New York City officials and Con Edison CEO John McAvoy give a press conference as power started to return.

[betsycheddar]

This happened exactly 42 years after the historic blackout in 1977. On the same day. 🤔 I smell a conspiracy

[MichelleJamesBetsy]

i'm soooo happy my mother just moved in Dec... Because she would have been in this mess and she don't need to be in the heat. God Bless those who had to Go through This....

[patriotmaine]

Maybe New York will find out why legal gun ownership “pistols” should be legal in their city

[penelopedinkledongs]

It's after midnight there, now...everyone just f*cking go to bed already...

[MV-nsle]

Here we go people! Who's next? We're being tested!

[skeleton]

Was a press conference really necessary? Seems kind of pointless.

"The power went out" "Were looking into it."

Yeah, duh.

[skapunkoialternativeliving]

This is exactly what I'm talking about we are to depending upon the grid instead of going to war with other countries building arms for billions and billions of dollars use that money to build your infrastructure or you'll find yourself like the Roman Empire crumbling...

[anthonymejia]

Quick everybody check your magnet's!!!

[Mike_Davidson]

*All that yapping to tell us it was an "Electrical Disturbance" that was the cause. WTF does that mean?* ️😂😂😂😂😂😂

[sonjaleesloth]

Sign of the times to come. Get prepared folks.

[billslattery]

somebody should be fired for letting this happen again

[davidellis]

Awesome that the citizens of the Big 🍎 kept their cool tonight. Let's Go Yankees !

[stormygirl]

So, what caused it?? Prayers for everything to get back on track.

[paigecollins]

people are trapped there, stop belittling it people are trapped in subways and trains, you can’t just get out and leave and for everyone saying to just go to sleep, a huge part of ny is filled with tourist from the island and other parts of new york who have no where to sleep.

[ohyeahyeah]

If your watching this you have light for Wi-Fi

[betoortiz]

It could always have been worse! Thank God that they got the power back on.

[jway-ou]

Incredibly professional approach from NYC officials. I commend their commitment to clarifying the extent of the situation.


I wish D.C. could operate with this level of transparency and acknowledgement for their constituents

[AsukaLangleyS]

Oh my God a power outage, wow imagine living like the people of old who never even knew what electricity was...

[islandchi]

Our magnetosphere is too weak to keep out the space riff raff. Expect more electrical outages due to electromagnetic anomalies. This is going to get more noticeable.

[skindianu]

That's what happens when you don't pay the bill