A power outage knocked Plattsburgh, New York NBC affiliate WPTZ off the air during its morning news Thursday, leaving morning anchors with flashlights in a darkened studio. Anchor David Schneider tweeted “Power is out .. If we get enough juice back perhaps we could broadcast by lantern light.”
In one photo tweeted with the hashtag “#lanterncast”, meteorologist John Hickey is seen preparing the forecast by battery-powered lantern. See it, after the jump.
Meteorologist @WPTZ_John says it’s a windy day with sct’d showers. #Lanterncast pic.twitter.com/LA12HU3l38
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— David Schneider (@NC5Schneider) September 11, 2014
This is what our studio looks like right now. Our system crashed. We are working to resolve this ASAP. pic.twitter.com/dUm4VT8esM
— Courtney Kabot WPTZ (@Courtneykabot) September 11, 2014
The station says heavy winds brought a tree limb down on power lines, cutting electricity to the station and surrounding neighborhood. WPTZ has a generator, and equipment can be seen in photos partially powered up, but it took 90 minutes to get the station back on the air.