Amazing NYC power outage panorama: i.imgur.com/FbYl5.jpg
— Marco Carbone (@crazymonk) October 30, 2012
The Guardian’s live-blog notes that “7.5 million people are believed to be without power, including nearly 2 million in New York alone.” The NYT’s live-blog has more details for city residents:
The blast knocked out electricity for all of Manhattan below 39th Street on the east side and 31st Street on the west side – with the exception of a few pockets, including Battery Park City. In the two hours before the explosion, Con Edison officials purposefully turned off all power to two small sections of the financial district in Lower Manhattan and in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. Power to those areas could be restored in three or four days after utility crews pump out floodwater and dry and repair equipment below ground, said Bob McGee, a spokesman for Con Edison. But he said it may take longer to restore power to customers whose service was interrupted by the explosion.
The WSJ adds:
On Monday night, a top official from the utility company said it could take up to a week to restore power to the bulk of Manhattan neighborhoods plunged into darkness Monday evening.
TPM is also live-blogging the storm and the aftermath. For all of our hurricane coverage in one place, go here.
(Photo: Power outage seen on October 29, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. By Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
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