GRAVESEND: Zap, pop! Balloons causing Southern Brooklyn blackouts, Con Ed sez

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThese blackouts aren’t to be taken lightly.Con Edison will invest a $9 million jolt of funding to minimize blackouts in response to a wave of outages that hit Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, and Manhattan Beach in recent months. Balloons and boughs are to blame for the frequent outages, a utility spokeswoman said.“The recent outages in Gravesend were caused by tree limbs and Mylar balloo