BLACKOUT! Power Outages Reported in LA, New York, and San Francisco

[Mystic Wanderer]

A series of subsequent power outages in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City left commuters stranded and traffic backed up on Friday morning. Although the outages occurred around the same time, there is as of yet no evidence that they were connected by anything more than coincidence.

Power Outage in New York Friday
The first outage occurred just before 6 a.m. in New York, when the power went down at the 7th Avenue and 53rd Street subway station, which sent a shockwave of significant delays out from the hub and into the rest of the subway system. By 11:30 a.m. the city’s MTA confirmed that generators were running again in the station, although the New York subways were set to run delayed into the afternoon.

Power Outage in Los Angeles Friday
Later in the morning, power outages were reported in Los Angeles International Airport, as well as in several other areas around the city, sending frustrated fliers onto Twitter to comment about the outage.

Power Outage in San Francisco Friday
But the largest outage of the morning happened in San Francisco, where, as of 1 p.m., it appears that the majority of the city is out of commission.
The massive outage is closing BART stations, shutting down traffic signals, and affecting office buildings. Residents and workers in the area are calling it “totally surreal.”

Pictures show blocks of stalled traffic as drivers struggle to navigate without stoplights. SF Gate reports that no injuries have been reported yet in connection to the outage.

The San Francisco outage appears to have begun sometime around noon Eastern, 9 a.m. local time, and there is no end presently in sight. Areas confirmed to be even more affected include the entirety of the financial district, SoMa, Richmond, Nob Hill, and PAC heights.
No explanation yet has been given by city officials as to the cause — or causes — of the outage. However, sources told Inverse that Pacific Gas and Energy is working to restore power to the city by 1230 p.m. local time.

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Could this be part of the test I posted about yesterday?  If not, what's going on?!

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