It was a ray of hope slicing through a darkened side of Manhattan: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's statement in a Friday afternoon news conference that Consolidated Edison could have power restored in most of Manhattan by on Sunday.
Soon after, a customer told a reporter that Con Ed had called her to say that power had been restored in her Chelsea neighborhood.
I just got the call from ConEd saying my lights are back!!!?!!Can anyone confirm downtown is back?????
- emilywright (@mlebean) November 2, 2012
But for others posting messages on Twitter, it appeared that it was false hope:
@conedison why are we getting calls saying power back on in Chelsea when it's not.
- Zack L Cloud (@zack_attak) November 2, 2012
Thanks Con Ed for the hopeful message. There's still no power. ( @ Chelsea Court) 4sq.com/Qbwupg
- Magnus Martin (@blondtoucan) November 2, 2012
Some reports even indicated that Con Ed had called again to take back the good news.
@conedison called again saying “disregard previous call saying ur power is back on. it isn't yetâ€. r u kidding me.#TellNYT
- emilywright (@mlebean) November 2, 2012
And inevitably came the apology:
Apologies to the folks receiving robocalls from #ConEdison in #Manhattan â€" We're still on target to have power restored by tmw night
- Con Edison (@ConEdison) November 2, 2012
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