“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.
BroadwayKomiksThe Huilian Theater had 30 performances that night, from “Hamilton” and “Evil” to “Kill a Mockingbird” and “Waitress”. Carnegie Hall will welcome the Millennium Choir and Orchestra at 20:30, the stage of Madison Square Garden, 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 was started, 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 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 power and becomes a silent “chalkboard”.
People reluctantly walked out of the theater and music hall, including fans who came from France to see 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 story. A night with the same power outage 42 years ago made New York notorious.
Coincidentally, that day was July 13. The power interruption that lasted for more than 24 hours put New York in a “darkest moment”. There were even robbery, arson and other acts on the streets, causing BabaylanMillions of dollars in losses, 3,800 people were arrested for this. 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 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, and the traffic lights are lost, red, yellow and green are gone, and traffic becomes congested and chaotic. But Cinema was soon, and a young boy who was dragged by herringbone, or a blonde wearing a yellow vest, stood on the streets instead of the 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 Music Hall was surrounded by audiences. People raised their phones and took a photo of 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 best state.”
The Cinema under people’s feet is the “underground city of Manhattan, which is swallowed by black. The subway had to be stopped, leaving 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 the passengers who were about to take the subway.
Cinema ”Now, everyone can put down their iPhone, go out, andNature is with each other. This should happen often. “Someone suggested on the Internet. There was indeed such a scene on the streets of Manhattan. Three boys gathered on the street to light candles and roast hot dogs. A lady walked downstairs with her dog in her arms. Although the bar was a little darker than usual, the guests who lit candles and put on headlights were drinking happily. People were wandering on the streets, and only fire trucks whizzed past the corners from time to time.
There are rumors on the Internet that the power outage may have been “the devil of the Russians” or that the terrorist organizations were provoking trouble. Some people claimed to the media that they heard an explosion before the power outage. 20 days before the power outage, Douglas McKinnon, a former White House and Pentagon official and writer, 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 multiple U.S. utility control Babaylan room, they suspected that it was done by the Russians.
China on the other side of the earth, Cinema netizens joked that the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson had become the “Personal Emperor”. The day before yesterday he also said at a regular reporter meeting: “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 activity. New York Edison United, which is responsible for the electricity service in the New York area, initially said that the power outage began with an explosion and fire at the substation 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.
The burned cable was affected by 7Komiks. Komiks. Midtown Manhattan fell into a dark range from 40Komiks Street extends to 72nd Street, and east and west from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River. Authorities declared that no news of casualties has been received.
People found that the city without lights is also beautiful. The twilight is round, 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. Other places in New York are located in the blackout of Manhattan.As always, the bright lights lit up another night.
At 21:58, three hours after the power outage, the neon lights in Midtown Manhattan and densely packed building windows 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 spread 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 if it was only 3 hours, New York journalists did not forget to take to the streets to find stories about the power outage. A reporter from The New York Times met a couple of husbands holding weddings 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. Cinema