“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 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.
Komiks When Lopez’s concert reached its fourth song, the stage was filled with about 25,000 audiences. After the prelude rang, the light and music suddenly disappeared, 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 did. 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.
”NoKomiks Night City” There is a power outage in Manhattan. At 18:47 New York time, the night regained its ownership of the land. The night here is usually dominated by the colorful Cinema 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 KomiksFrance to see Lopez, and girls from Boston to enjoy Babaylan‘s Waitress. Performances in multiple theaters have been cancelled, including 26 Broadway repertoire. This time, Lao Hui suffered a huge loss.
Babaylan For a super city like New York, power outages are 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 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 are worried about chaos, Babaylan‘s trampling, and even more terrible things. Affected by the power outage, at least four 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 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 of Cinema, directing the passing vehicles and pedestrians.
Komiks UnexpectedlyKomiks, 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 to take an impromptu street show in the afterglow of the sunset.
Someone left a message under the performance video uploaded to the Internet: “BabaylanWhen everything is screwed up, New York will always keep it in its best condition.”
Below people’s feet is the “underground city of Manhattan, which is swallowed by black. The subway had to be stopped, and there was only the dim light in the car. You had to turn on the flashlight to find the stairs and exits. People walking out of the subway station held the flashlight and stopped them.Passengers who are preparing to take the subway under Babaylan.
”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 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 having a good time drinking. 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 he heard an explosion before the power outage. Twenty days after 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 a beacon of freedom in the world, but this beacon does not seem to be very bright.”
However, New York City BabylanBaylanBill De Blasio claimed that the power outage ruled out 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 power outage began with an explosion and fire at the substations in the district, causing the failure of other substations. Two days later, the company said the problem began with a 13,000-volt cable burned.
This burned cable affected 73,000 users. Midtown Manhattan is in darkness. The range of Babaylan extends from 40th Street to 72nd Street from north to south 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. Twilight is gathering, looking down from the sky above New York, the power-out Midtown Manhattan has only blood-flowing red, which is emitted by the taillights of the car on the street. andAs 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, the power supply in the power outage area continued to resume, and Midtown Manhattan regained the light from the ground and underground.
Even if it was only 3 hours, New York journalists did not forget to take to the streets to find stories in the power outage. A New York Times reporter met a couple holding a wedding on the street. The original KomiksThe wedding was held in the hotel lobby, and the lights suddenly went out, but this accident did not stop the happy moments of the two newlyweds. They light candles and swear in the darkness. For them, this power outage changed nothing.