{"id":47469,"date":"2020-08-15T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/generator-perched-atop-power-lines-worries-queens-residents\/"},"modified":"2020-08-15T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T19:17:00","slug":"generator-perched-atop-power-lines-worries-queens-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/generator-perched-atop-power-lines-worries-queens-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"#Generator perched atop power lines worries Queens residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Generator perched atop power lines worries Queens residents<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 15, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 3:17pm           <\/p>\n<div>\n                        A cable company\u2019s temporary fix to a power outage is sparking fear and anger among some Queens\u2019 residents.<\/p>\n<p>Spectrum Cable has precariously mounted a generator on top of power lines following Tropical Storm Isaias in order to address a loss of power in Richmond Hill, and the device will likely remain in the same spot until power is fully restored, said a company spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The gas-powered generator, mounted on electric lines at the corner of 107th Street and 91 St Avenue, was put in place after a power outage following the Aug. 4 storm. For the past week, a Spectrum worker has been seen every morning filling the generator with gasoline, a concerned resident told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen 100 people lose cable what are you supposed to do?\u201d the worker said when asked about the potential safety hazard.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Charter Communications, the Connecticut-based telecommunications company that operates Spectrum, told The Post Saturday the company is \u201cusing a temporary generator that enables us to continue to provide internet, TV and phone services to our customers in this area\u201d after a commercial outage in the area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16141606\"><img alt=\"The generator mounted on power lines in Queens.\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Juan Arellano\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following The Post\u2019s inquiries, the spokesman said, \u201cWe have escalated this location to Con Ed. The unit is checked daily to see if commercial power has been restored or for any other issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Juan Arellano<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/15\/generator-perched-atop-power-lines-worries-queens-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Generator perched atop power lines worries Queens residents&#8221; August 15, 2020 | 3:17pm A cable company\u2019s temporary fix to a power outage is sparking fear and anger among some Queens\u2019 residents. Spectrum Cable has precariously mounted a generator on top of power lines following Tropical Storm Isaias in order to address a loss of power&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53979],"class_list":["post-47469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-generator-perched-atop-power-lines-worries-queens-residents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}