NYC Blackout!!!!!?

Question

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE AS PISSED OFF AS I AM AT CON EDISON??

We just had a blackout for like an hour in upper manhattan, Harlem and the South Bronx. Then there was that Blackout in Queens last year that lasted like almost 2 weeks and that Blackout in 2004 that took 3 days before the power came back on. Con Ed is the worst. I Know one thing, they'll never let that Sh1t happen in Times Square.

Answer 1

no, the CITY is cheap.
why they would never let a thing like that happen in times square is we basically RELY on tourists for money. they try so hard to keep tourists happy, but then forget about the rest of us.
it is ESPECIALLY hilariuos how they have a 39581958985859 colorful lights on in times squre while 39581958985859 people's houses don't even have one light on.

Answer 2

When the system is being strained due to high usage, Con Ed has a history of cutting off electricity in poorer areas in order to avoid even larger blackouts. I don't think that was the case this time though - as someone pointed out, the Upper East Side (including the mayors home and office) went out.

The fact is, the city's infrastructure is very old and needs to be upgraded. At least maybe you can take some comfort in knowing that as a New Yorker, you actually pay less per kilowatt than people do in other big cities around the world. The principle is affordability OVER reliability.

Answer 3

Which Blackout are you referring to? The more recent Blackout of 2003 that affected the Northeastern US and Canada or the more famous blackout of 1977 (which was more localized to New York City)? I'll speak about the blackout of 1977 . . . The blackout of 1977 (July 13-14) was localized to New York City. What caused it was an overload of circuit breakers caused by lightning strikes. The backup systems were inadequate at the time to re-route power causing overloads in other systems which within an hour caused the entire NYC system to shut down. It would take until late the next day for power to be fully restored. People were scared because in the city, certain neighborhoods literally were almost burned and looted to the ground. Particularly, poorer New York neighborhoods (Harlem, Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, Jamaica in Queens) were hit hard. Entire rows of stores were looted and burned. Some neighborhoods suffered severe economic downturns and are just now seeing a return to business since the effects of the blackout.

Answer 4

What happened. Did you have a black out. I used to live in New York City and I went through two of them. The BIG ONE in November 1968 and another one -- I think it was in July 1977 but am not absolutely sure. I had to toss my food in both cases so yes, I understand your frustration and anger. Is it over. Have you gotten your electricity back yet. Not a very good time to have a blackout considering it's pretty dam hot.

Answer 5

It DID happen in Times Square. The lights went out during the Blackout. People were sleeping in the streets because the hotels weren't letting people back in for security reasons (no elevators or air conditioning, that kind of thing).

I remember, because I worked there. It was pretty interesting.

Answer 6

Hey it hit some of the fancy areas around 78 st :) At least now the news is saying the power is coming back on.
And it looks like it's gonna pour soon. Hope it cools things off

Answer 7

It won't be the last this summer.

ConEd needs to spend tons of $$$$$ upgrading the system.
Not enough generating and transmission capacity.

They should shut down the lights in Times Square as a start.

Answer 8

Yes, this would never happen in Times Square, Park Slope etc......

Answer 9

Well, it *would* help if people turned things off when they weren't home! Why do they need to run their AC if no one's home? Furniture doesn't care!!

BTW - the power's back on.... I'm sure it was one LONG 45 minutes!

Answer 10

Yeah, they are awful! Trust me, you are not alone!!!