Ah, Christmastime in New York City. The cute street carolers, the festive department store window displays, the… terrifying blue light looming over Queens?
New Yorkers were confused and alarmed on Thursday night when a power plant explosion occurred in Astoria, Queens and casted an unnatural display onto the city skies.
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Say, NYC, wtf was this? pic.twitter.com/14Udgs0SFt
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 28, 2018
Twitter was ripe with theories after residents posted images of the teal stratosphere, with freaked out users speculating everything from an alien attack to a Cthulhu awakening.
Thankfully, New York Police Department informed the masses that they need not anticipate a J.J. Abrams-style disaster. The light was merely the result of a transformer explosion at a Con Edison power plant:
ADVISORY: The lights you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens. The fire is under control, will update as more info becomes available. Follow @fdny, @NYPD114pct and @conedison. pic.twitter.com/fdzQKs1wVV
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 28, 2018
Phew!
Con Edison reps took to Twitter afterward to describe the incident as a “brief electrical fire” involving electrical transformers that caused a “transmission dip.”
The explosion caused no injuries, though it impacted local subway services, caused minor power outages, and sparked quite a few freak-outs on social media. See some funny responses (below).
UFO ???? in the skies of NYC? #nyc #newyorkcity pic.twitter.com/PNv53tqURT
— Ahhhhhhh! (@ankinnyc) December 28, 2018
A closer look!
ConEd— Astoria, Queens.#ConEd#Astoriapic.twitter.com/LvFGg2uH30
— Ryan Hill (@RyanHillMI) December 28, 2018
What just happened to the sky in New York…. or am I tripping!??
— Saquon Barkley (@saquon) December 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/mattryanpeyton/status/1078476535684784128
They're here. #NYC #NewYorkCity pic.twitter.com/fDVoHO0kWD
— BK (@bvks_) December 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/pginolii/status/1078484536596533248
“and I started to wonder, in a city like New York, with its exploding transformers, could I also be transformed without blowing myself up?”
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 28, 2018
[Image via CBS News/YouTube.]
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