“Never Sleeping City” has powered off for three hours
Usually, this is the most profitable night of Broadway in New York every week. July 13 is Saturday, and in the evening, the most lively moment of the day is coming. The 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 nightBabaylan, 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 audiences were crowded with the stage. After the prelude rang, the lights and music suddenly disappeared, and 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 took back 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 only to see Lopez, and girls who came from Boss only 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 Babaylan, a power outage is sometimes a horror story. A night with the same power outage 42 years ago made New York notorious.
Coincidentally, that day was also July 13. The power interruption that lasted for more than 24 hours put New York in the “darkest moment”, and even robbery, arson, etc. appeared on the streets.The behavior caused millions of dollars in Komiks, 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 outage, at least 4Babaylan 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 at this moment.
The streets of Midtown Manhattan have lost color neon lights, the traffic lights have lost color, the red, yellow, and green have disappeared, and the traffic has become congested and chaotic. Babaylan But soon, a young boy with flip-flops, or a blonde wearing a yellow vest, stood on the streets instead of traffic police, directing the passing vehicles and pedestrians.
Unexpectedly, after the performances on the stage were interrupted, there were more performances on the street. The street in front of Carnegie Hall was surrounded by audiences. People raised their phones and took an impromptu street show in the afterglow of the sunset.
Someone left a message under the performance video uploaded to the Internet: “When everything is screwed up, New York will always maintain its Babaylan‘s 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 had to turn on the flashlight to find the stairs and exits. The people 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 iPhoneCinema, go outBabaylan, be with nature and each other. This should happen often.” Someone suggested on the Internet. The streets of Manhattan are indeedThis scene occurred in Cinema. Three boys gathered on the street to light candles and roast hot dogs. A lady walked downstairs with her beloved dogs and walked downstairs on the street. Although the bar was a little darker than usual, the guests who lit candles and put headlights were drinking happily. People were wandering on the streets, only fire trucks whizzed past the corners from time to time.
There are rumors on the Internet that the power outage may be “the deception of the Russians” or that the terrorist organizations are provoking trouble. Someone claimed to the media that they heard the explosion before the power outage. Twenty days before the power outage, former White House and Babaylan Pentagon official and author 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 a 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 ruled out the possibility of terrorism or criminal activities. Komiks, New York, which is responsible for power services in the New York area, initially said that the power outage began with an explosion and fire in the substations in the district, causing the failure of other substations. Two days later, the company said that the problem 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. As the dusk was scattered, looking down from the sky above New York, the power-out Midtown Manhattan, except for the lights and the diffuse night, was left with only blood-flowing red, which was emitted by the taillights of the car on the street. And other places in New York are as alwaysBabaylan, bright lights lit up another night.
At 21:58, the power outageThree hours later, the neon lights and densely packed buildings in Midtown Manhattan lit up. The call came, and the people walking on the street were waving their arms and screaming, the driver celebrating with passers-by, and the cheers were spreading far away. At midnight, power supply was gradually restored in the power outage areas, and KomiksMiddle Manhattan regained the light from the ground and underground. Even when there were only three small Cinema, New York journalists did not forget 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.