Power outages hit 3 U.S. cities
Residents of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco found themselves without power leaving commuters stranded and traffic at a stand-still.
New York City was the first to be hit at 7:20 Friday morning when a subway station lost power and threw the whole system into turmoil, causing delays. As of now the cause of the power lose is still unknown.
As the day wore on the West Coast had power problems of their own. In the morning, Los Angeles International Airport and other areas of the city reported power loss.
But it was San Francisco that was hit the hardest with 90,000 people and businesses in the financial district affected.
The power cut did not affect San Francisco International Airport, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said through a spokesperson that the agency had not received any reports indicating that the outage was related to any security or terrorism incident. The spokesperson requested anonymity, citing department policy.
from: http://www.trunews.com/article/power-outages-hit-3-u.s.-cities