Monday, May 20, 2019

Power outage darkens multiple high-rises in Bethesda (Photos)

Crescent Plaza blacked out
Thousands of downtown Bethesda residents lost power and air conditioning around 8:44 PM tonight after a mysterious power outage darkened multiple high-rises near the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Miller Lane. Pepco has been on-scene for a couple of hours now trying to restore power to several properties, including the Solaire Bethesda apartments, the Crescent Plaza condos, and some nearby garden apartments. True Food Kitchen, located in the ground floor of the Solaire, was forced to close early tonight due to the power outage. 
Pepco workers in front of
True Food Kitchen, which was
among those without power tonight

The Pepco website shows power has now been restored to all downtown Bethesda customers affected.
Garden apartments off Woodmont Avenue


True Food Kitchen had to close
early due to the power outage

Pepco employee shines his flashlight
near a manhole that men would soon
descend into to fix the problem

Solaire Bethesda in the dark





3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Pepco employee shines his flashlight
near a manhole that men would soon
descend into to fix the problem"

LOL

Anonymous said...

Blame Riemer's disastrous nighttime economy initiative. Things are so bad they don't even bother turning on the lights at night any more!

Anna said...

Yep, that's what a power outage looks like.
It's quiet too. You don't realize all the machinery that humming 24/7 until it stops.