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Here's your problem. Photo by Charles Layton

Electrical power was lost Thursday morning at about 9 a.m. (later in some places) and was restored in most places shortly before 11:30. The blackout covered a good part of Ocean Grove north of Main Avenue. According to firemen at the scene, a wire snapped at the entrance to the Grove (above).

A second transformer, at Beach and Seaview, also seems to have been involved, according to a JCP&L worker we spoke with.

The Asbury Park Press reported that about 1,100 customers were without power.

— CL

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Posted in Blogfinger News | Tagged Power outage Thursday morning | 5 Comments

5 Responses

1. on March 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm Heather

   At first glance that picture made me think of the space creatures that came to earth in War of the Worlds.

   
   
2. on March 23, 2012 at 3:45 pm Joan Cruz

   Didn’t know about the problem entering OG. We’re on Beach and Atlantic and lost power 8:30am. Saw the top of pole on Beach and Seaview falling over. Two OG firetrucks arrived soon after on the side of our home on Beach. Finally JCP&L trucks arrived. We left to go shopping around 12:30 with still no power. Power finally on when we arrived around 2:00pm. So grateful it wasn’t worse and no homes or persons harmed!!

   
   
3. on March 22, 2012 at 2:01 pm Charles Layton

   Anonymous — I heard about that, too. Seems to be some uncertainty as to which of the transformers initially caused the trouble. A JCP&L worker I spoke with said both transformers were involved through some sort of cascading effect.

   
   
4. on March 22, 2012 at 1:48 pm Anonymous

   There was a transformer on the corner of beach and seaview that broke as well.

   
   
5. on March 22, 2012 at 11:53 am waterseller

   At 57 Main Ave we had a phase outage first. Half of the service went out. Some outlets worked, some were out. Then all service went out.

   
   

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