Despite these outages happening in 3 different cities, they all share a surprising common denominator.
The first power outage in New York hit the 7th Avenue and 53rd subway station at precisely 7:20am. Setting the train of events that triggered the unprecedented blackout.
A little bit later in the morning, major power outages started occurring throughout the Los Angeles International Airport. Shortly after more outages started being reported in various parts of the city.
Power outages started being reported at 9am in San Francisco after a substation caught fire causing over 90,000 residents to lose power in under 30 minutes.
Blackouts of this level are rare and the occurrence of 3 within 1 morning has led state officials to start releasing statements.
“New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for a state investigation into the power outage that ruined Friday’s commute for many straphangers.
Cuomo said in a statement. “Simply put, this was completely unacceptable.”
The electric companies have also begun releasing statements despite still lacking answers as to why the outages happened.
“By 11:30am, MTA spokesman, Kevin Ortiz, confirmed the generators were running again at the station, and delays were cleared up by the afternoon.
The utility company, Con Edison, said one of its electric lines triggered the outage. Spokesman Allan Drury told AP it is not clear how long the repairs will take or how the failure occurred.”
What exactly happened yesterday is still unknown as officials continue to investigate. Although the blackouts caused much inconvenience and chaos, it could have been much worse.
Source: RT
