Newscasters didn't realize they were going off air. They did know their building was crashing down around them.
By Matthew Cappucci April 12 at 1:26 PM Hurricane Michael | Final Broadcast Unedited.SIX MONTHS LATER: These are the final moments, unedited, of our broadcast from October 10th, 2018. Some of this has never been seen, as we are unsure when exactly we lost our link to the transmitter and most of the area had lost power by this point. We will be replaying the video here in realtime as it happened six months ago.
A voice calls out from off-camera. “We’re at twenty-seven nine nine for the pressure.” Kiefer looks stunned. That is a barometer reading of 27.99 inches. Typical surface air pressure at sea level is around 30.00 inches. All that “missing” air has been vacuumed out the storm’s top, fueling its ferocious 130+ mph wind gusts.
Tension continues to rise as news director Tom Lewis walks onto the set, offering a sobering report: “We have lost our Internet. We’ve lost Verizon phones. We believe we’re broadcasting.”Anchor Amy Hoyt calls a friend at the competing station on her cellphone, who confirms the roof is still in place. Moments later, Hoyt interjects, “Uh oh. Is that the roof?” watching a live shot of debris and shrapnel peel away from their own roof. “We may have to run out of here if this gets any worse.
“My ears just popped,” reports Kiefer, a product of the wild air pressure fluctuations in the inner eyewall.Seconds later, Brown jumps in. “It’s a history making-storm.” As if by cue, a shrill, piercing beep hisses eerily in the background. The screen goes blue as the station loses power — the anchors continuing to deliver their broadcast, unaware it was not being disseminated.“I want a list of everybody’s names so we can account for everybody,” orders a voice — presumably belonging to Lewis.
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