iPhone Conspiracy Thread

MikeYMS · Jun 27, 2007

Power outage knocks out NYC subway line
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

A power outage, possibly related to the sweltering heat, has knocked out one of New York City's most heavily trafficked subway lines as well as some lights in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The outage, which apparently began around 3:40 PM EDT, affected the 4, 5, and 6 subway lines (the green line), the D line, and power in nearby areas of Manhattan and the Bronx near Yankee Stadium. There's no word on when power will be restored yet.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority's Web site, meanwhile, is timing out, probably due to the overload of hits.

Put on your tinfoil hats, folks: the green line can take you from 59th St. and Lexington Avenue, just a few blocks from the midtown Apple Store. It can also take you to Spring St. and Lafayette St., in close proximity to the SoHo Apple Store on Prince St. That means that the artery connecting one Apple Store to the next has essentially been severed, so iPhone fanatics may find their travel plans stunted.

Which leads us to this totally obvious conclusion: Did Bill Gates shut down the subway?

If so, he missed something: the R train will take you to essentially the same location at 59th St., and even closer to the Apple Store in SoHo. Looks like a "security flaw" in his nefarious plot. Better patch it, Microsoft.

MinaMACMan · Jun 27, 2007

LMAO

Thats funny... Bill Gates Shutting down the subway. Good One

Thanks for sharing

Kash · Jun 27, 2007

Haha, that's great

jotdess · Jun 27, 2007

Ahahaha good thing there are cabs there.

MikeYMS · Jun 27, 2007

but that's a microsoft thing...they would forget that there are cabs...bikes...spiderman...etc.

MikeYMS · Jun 27, 2007

It continues...

Craigslist posting from San Francisco

WhiteYfz · Jun 27, 2007

MinaMACMan said:
LMAO

Thats funny... Bill Gates Shutting down the subway. Good One

Thanks for sharing

lol....

iCharlie2661 · Jun 27, 2007

bikes, cabs, spiderman... regular stuff.

iRye · Jun 27, 2007

Lol. Classic

BeanieRobert · Jun 27, 2007

Thank god the trains are fixed now

iRye · Jun 27, 2007

In all seriousness, that probably caused heck

RazzLee · Jun 27, 2007

MikeYMS said:
It continues...

Craigslist posting from San Francisco

..."Flagged for removal"
What was on the craigs list ad?

BTW, I will be on the look-out for other Plans-to-keep-us-from-our-iphones here in Chi-Town. There is bound to be meyham afoot!

Original Nerd · Jun 27, 2007

That is funny.

kaidomac · Jun 27, 2007

Oh my gosh, those poor New Yorkers. I'm just a couple hours over in Connecticut and the heat is death here, even though it's evening. I mean I broke a sweat walking from the parking lot to my front door!

Sobe · Jun 27, 2007

kaidomac said:
Oh my gosh, those poor New Yorkers. I'm just a couple hours over in Connecticut and the heat is death here, even though it's evening. I mean I broke a sweat walking from the parking lot to my front door!

You should try the weather here in Ft. Lauderdale/Miami ;P

BeanieRobert · Jun 28, 2007

iRye said:
In all seriousness, that probably caused heck

It did. I was on my way to Times Square and the train i was on went out of service. People were panicking because it was hot yesterday. However, since the blackout was in Manhattan the problem was fixed quickly. If it was Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx the blackout would have stayed for hours.