Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Some Hoboken Households Report 'Flickering' Power: City
Hoboken residents on social media reported briefly losing power and seeing a flash. The city responded.
HOBOKEN, NJ — Residents in the southern part of Hoboken on Sunday night reported brief power outages and seeing a flash some time after 8 p.m.
PSE&G's outage map showed a handful of houses without power in Hoboken on Sunday night around 10 p.m. However, by 10:10, the map showed all power restored.
On social media, a flurry of residents said they experienced a power outage, but most said their power was restored by 10 p.m.
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4th and Bloomfield also out - weird thing is that it seems to be the East/West blocks out, looking towards 2nd and towards 5th, they have power, but Garden between 3rd & 4th does not.
— Dave Temkin (@dtemkin) January 10, 2022
Lots of fire truck activity by Stevens Park @thehobokengirl pic.twitter.com/MwZTKrT9wu
— Maya Alper 🗳️, she/her (@MayaAlper) January 10, 2022
After 11 p.m. the city addressed the situation, saying:
There have been reports of flickering power. If you are impacted by an outage please call PSE&G at 1-800-436-7734 or download the app: https://t.co/RaEFXakwXD.
— City of Hoboken (@CityofHoboken) January 10, 2022
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