Power outage brings chaos to Sydney

Per Reuters, a blackout during rush hour in Sydney on Monday brought chaos to the streets. 70,000 homes and businesses were without power after the power supply to four high-voltage power cables failed. The blackout caused peak-hour traffic jams and resulted in the partial closure of the Sydney Harbor tunnel.

Twitterers from Sydney documented the event:

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   stephzuniga has power at home but had to walk down 23 flights of stairs! Sydney is surreal at the moment! 30 Mar 2009 from web
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   fridley Now that was a freaky trip home. Sure its been mentioned a heap already but Sydney CBD was like a third world country this avo with no power 30 Mar 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ChrisCopywriter sydney australia in power outage chaos. our office power down. police on every corner. snot much fun being w/out power. batteries work yes! 30 Mar 2009 from web
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   MikaVidler ONLY i would be caught driving over the harbour bridge during a Sydney CBD power outage, i have come to conclusion i need a schauffer.. 30 Mar 2009 from mobile web

Others began to wonder what would happen when the sun went down as discussion on Twitter about the outage turned to talk of zombies:

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   mlimburn Power cuts in Sydney, and Zombies, all read first on twitter, Check out power story http://tinyurl.com/d2uf9p. what a laugh..(zombes) 30 Mar 2009 from web
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   matsby Optimism turns to fear - Sydney's power outage might get interesting once the sun goes down... They come at night, mostly.. 30 Mar 2009 from web
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   iB3nji Following the blackout in Sydney on twitter. Sounds pretty bad, power out for hours hmm here comes the zombies! 30 Mar 2009 from web
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   failnetorg SYDNEY BLACKOUT ZOMBIES ARE NOW TARGETING PEOPLE WITH NO POWER STILL. 30 Mar 2009 from web