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Thousands of New Yorkers were plunged into darkness early Friday morning when a power outage hit Upper Manhattan and Queens.
The blackout on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and Harlem hit just after 5am and lasted less than an hour, but then Queens' Middle Village was hit an hour later, according to The New York Times. As of late Friday morning, there were 6,882 outages mostly in the outer boroughs.
The power outage was due to a glitch in Con Edison's transmission system that knocked out electricity to three of its networks, Gothamist says. Con Ed had still been working to turn the power back on to customers following Tropical Storm Isaias.
Affected Con Edison customers took to social media Friday morning to show the looming darkness that enveloped their neighborhoods.
Here's a look at the moment the power goes out in upper Manhattan this morning at 5:17AM @News12NJ pic.twitter.com/39bcEkWJ4s
— Jeremy Settle (@JeremySettle) August 7, 2020
Blackout from Midtown to West Harlem @ConEdison #blackout pic.twitter.com/TTaHGrBLjz
— Robin Zhang (@_RobinZhang_) August 7, 2020
#blackout Harlem right now @ConEdison @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/dsCVrdZBTv
— ASH (@Ashman65) August 7, 2020
Complete #blackout in NYC. I see people with flashlights inside their apartments, an emergency vehicle is idling nearby, and we’ve got a steady soft rain falling here. pic.twitter.com/uIPVoeeJuL
— Upchurch (@Upchurc54601511) August 7, 2020
And we're back. Glad the #NYC #Blackout was short lived. pic.twitter.com/w002iknF64
— Anthony Glynn (@anthony_glynn) August 7, 2020
Manhattan Black out#uwsblackout pic.twitter.com/71LLnfSpdQ
— dayB (@noblog73) August 7, 2020
Let's just hope this is the only blackout we see. But of course, nothing surprises us anymore in 2020.
To see where outages currently exist, check out Con Ed's map.
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