Take A Look At NYC’s Saturday Night Black Out
77,000 people lost power Saturday night in Manhattan due to a transformer fire. Social media let the world know what it all looked like. If this was 40 years ago, midtown would be a pile of ash right now.
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no one tell the mayor, but we finally pedestrianized 8th Ave pic.twitter.com/agVjhJA5pD
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) July 14, 2019
WE’RE BACK, BABY!!! #BLACKOUT pic.twitter.com/9KySiRQf4m
— Jason Mante (@jasonmante) July 14, 2019
There’s a power outage at the subway station on 59th, anyone else having this problem? #MTA pic.twitter.com/j9iDIHB7OK
— Elizabeth Brennan (@ElizabethB95) July 13, 2019
Yet another Good Samaritan directing traffic at the hairy Lincoln Square / Columbus / Broadway intersection on the Upper West Side. #blackout pic.twitter.com/0NqKPhirpy
— GrammarCop (@grammarflic) July 13, 2019
Looking north up 9th ave. #nofilter #Blackout #poweroutage #nyc #NYCblackout pic.twitter.com/3lceymu5t4
— Rebecca (@BeckySpigs28) July 14, 2019
@JLo concert at MSG being evacuated bc of power outages pic.twitter.com/dZDqIHDYIn
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) July 14, 2019
@cnn @HamiltonMusical was cancelled due to the blackout. The cast sang to us from above the Rodgers Theater in NY. It was awesome! pic.twitter.com/HV6cf1tTzG
— Antony (@lemonfuzz) July 14, 2019
I guess this is what they call a New York moment. After being trapped on the F for an hour because of the power outage I emerged to see dark restaurants & traffic lights, civilians directing traffic, & an evacuated Carnegie Hall concert happening in the street. #nyc #Blackout pic.twitter.com/3p9UWtRrel
— Briallen Hopper (@briallenhopper) July 14, 2019
Here’s a look at the #NYC #Blackout– pic.twitter.com/iX2NvkTNBp
— Heather Childers (@HeatherChilders) July 14, 2019
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