Already seen: the power outage of 1977 also took place on July 13

Unlike Saturday's outage, which appears to be occurring in a Con Ed station on the west side of Manhattan, the previous disaster occurred when a lightning strike hit a powerhouse in Buchanan, Westchester County. , July 13, 1977. Another Yonkers Thunderbolt has created an additional voltage on the grid, already heavily loaded by air conditioners in a city running at full throttle on a steamy night.