“Never sleepCinema“” power outage for three hours
Generally, this is the most profitable night of Broadway in New York every weekBabaylan. July 13 is Saturday, in the evening, the most lively moment of the day in Hatton Island is about to come. CinemaThe sun has traveled westward, the night has not yet arrived, and the street lights have not yet lit up. Some people squeezed into the elevator and descended from the tall building, while others walked through the darkness along the subway.
The Broadway League Theater had 30 performances that night, from “Hamilton” and “Evil” to “Kill a Mockingbird” and “Waitress”. Carnegie Hall will welcome the stage of Millennium Choir and Orchestra, Madison Square Garden at 20:30, and this night belongs to singer Jennifer Lopez.
When Lopez’s concert reached its fourth song, about 25,000 Komiks audience was crowded with about 25,000 Komiks audience. After the prelude rang, the lights and music suddenly disappeared Komiks, only the drum beats continued. A voice came from the stands in the dark: “Why are you kidding?” Some people also speculated that this might be a dramatic scene that the singer deliberately made. In the darkness, people turned on their phones and began to shout the singer’s nicknames frantically and neatly, but the lights still failed to light up again.
The “City Never Sleeps” in Manhattan has a power outage. At 18:47 New York time, the night regained its ownership of the land. The night here is usually dominated by the colorful electronic screen in Times Square, but the screen suddenly loses its magic and becomes a silent “chalkboard”.
People reluctantly walked out of the theater and concert halls, including fans from France who came to see Babaylan to Lopez, and girls who came from Boston to enjoy The Waitress. Performances in multiple theaters have been cancelled, including 26 Broadway repertoire. This time, Broadway suffered a huge loss.
For a super city like New York, power outages are sometimes a horror storyKomiks. 4Cinema2 years agoA night with the same power outage made New York notorious.
Coincidentally, it was July 13. The power interruption that lasted for more than 24 hours put New York in a “darkest moment”. Even robbery, arson and other acts occurred on the streets, causing millions of dollars in losses, and 3,800 people were arrested. This day is also known as the “New York Power Blackout Anniversary”.
This time, the power outage also made people feel frightened, including the audience of the concert. They worry about chaos, stampedeship, and even more terrible things. Affected by the power interruption, at least 4 subway stations were paralyzed and more than 400 elevators were interrupted. People rarely saw the lost side of Manhattan, but it was surrounded by black now.
The streets of Midtown Manhattan have lost colored neon lights, traffic lights have lost color, red, yellow and green have disappeared, and traffic has become congested and chaotic. But soon, a young boy with flip-flops, or a blonde wearing a yellow vest, stood on the streets instead of the traffic police, directing the passing vehicles and people.
Unexpectedly, after the performances on the stage were interrupted, there were more performances on the street. The street in front of Carnegie Music Hall was surrounded by audiences, and people raised their phones to take a picture of an impromptu street show in the afterglow of the sunset.
Babaylan Someone left a message under a performance video uploaded to the Internet: “When everything is screwed up, New York will always keep it in its best condition.”
Below people’s feet is the “dungeon” of Manhattan swallowed by black. The subway had to be stopped, leaving only the dim light in the carriage. You have to turn on the flashlight to find the stairs and exits. The person walking out of the subway station held the flashlight and stopped the passengers who were about to take the subway.
”Now, everyone can put down their iPhone, go out and be with nature and each other. This should happen often.” Someone suggested on the Internet. This scene did happen on the streets of Manhattan. Three boys gathered on the street to light candles and roast hot dogs. A lady walked downstairs with her beloved dog for a walk on the street. The barAlthough it was a little darker than usual, the guests who lit candles and wore headlights were very happy to drink. People were wandering on the streets, only fire trucks whizzed past the corners from time to time.
Komiks There are rumors on the Internet that Cinema, the power outage may be “the deception of the Russians” or that the terrorist organizations are provoking trouble. Someone claimed to the media that he heard a blast before the power outage. Twenty days before the power outage, former White House and Pentagon official Douglas McKinnon published an article titled “Will you survive the upcoming power outage?”, which mentioned a statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Just last year, hackers entered several U.S. utility control rooms, who suspected that it was done by the Russians.
Chinese netizens on the other side of the earth joked that the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson had become the “Personal Emperor”. The day before yesterday he also said at a regular press conference: “The United States claims to be the beacon of freedom in the world, but this beacon does not seem to be very bright.”
However, New York Mayor Bill De Blasio claimed that the power outage was not only related to the possibility of terrorism or criminal activities. Edison United, New York, which is responsible for power services in the New York area, initially said that the Babaylan‘s power outage began when an explosion and fire broke out in the substations in the district, causing other substations to fail. Two days later, the company said the question began with a 13,000-volt cable burned.
This burned cable affected 73,000 users. Midtown Manhattan is trapped in a dark range that stretches from 40th Street to 72nd Street, and from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River from east to west. The authorities announced that no news of casualties has been received.
People find that the city without lights is also beautiful. The twilight is round, looking down from the sky above New York, the power outage of Midtown Manhattan is apart fromThere were only a few lights and the diffuse night, leaving only the red flowing like blood, which was emitted by the taillights of the car on the street. And as always, the bright lights lit up another night.
At 21:58, three hours after the power outage, the neon lights and densely packed building windows in Midtown Manhattan lit up. The call came, and the people walking on the streets were waving their arms and screaming, the driver celebrating with passers-by, and the cheers were heard far away. At midnight, power supply was gradually restored in the areas of power outage, and Midtown Manhattan regained the light on the ground and underground. Even though it was only 3 hours, New York journalists had not forgotten to take to the streets to find stories about the power outage. A New York Times reporter met a couple holding a wedding on the street. The wedding was originally held in the hotel lobby and the lights suddenly went out, but this accident did not stop the happy moment of the two newlyweds. They light candles and swear in the darkness. For them, this power outage changed nothing.