It sounds like a deal, but it wasn’t: It went viral on social media when a TV presenter in Texas turned into a silhouette in video when the studio light went out as soon as she talked about the high temperatures. was increasing energy consumption.
Thursday afternoon (14) ABC13 television news report was about a recent warning by the state energy authority asking the population to conserve energy to avoid power outages.
The grid’s chief meteorologist, Travis Herzog, was speaking in front of a map of Texas the moment the building’s system switched from the outside grid to a generator, causing a brief outage that made it invisible.
The server went viral and took it as a joke
The appeal by Texas officials was made because the state’s network had oversupplied below the safety margin. When this happens, the system operator asks the public to reduce their electricity consumption at peak times to avoid power outages.
That’s what ABC13 did by starting the generator. But the power supply change interval was enough to darken the studio as we talked about high temperatures that increase full consumption and put the supply at risk.
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When the light goes out, it warns that it may be a power supply switch and continues to present by looking at the map.
When he returns to video, the light has already been restored. But in a second newscast, the lights go out again later, when the power supply returns to the public network.
The meteorologist, who proved that lightning can strike the same place twice, was again surprised, but perceived it as a joke:
“Again?” , she laughed.
On Twitter, the meteorologist said he kept saying “the show must go on” and posted a clip of the second video. He then explained the “mystery” and confirmed that the outages were caused by a switch to the generator and back to the public grid.
Mystery solved. One of our engineers said we were off the grid a little after 3 pm. The studio lights are not on a dedicated backup power source, so they went out when we switched generator power. Two hours later we were off the generator and back on the grid and the process was repeated.
— Travis Herzog (@TravisABC13) 14 July 2022
Unforeseen events confuse journalists and presenters
In live broadcasts of studio presenters and street reporters, unexpected events that go viral on the networks are not uncommon.
Some are funny. Ohio correspondent in March Myles Harris He became famous when he was interrupted by a report about traffic by his proud and caring mother. He stopped the car, opened the window and greeted her with a cute “Hello Baby”.
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Others not so much. correspondent Tori Yorgey of WSAZ in Charleston, That is, until a car crashes and turns well. He quickly stood up and continued his report.
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But the story caused protests from journalists due to the lack of infrastructure.
He was working alone, without a camera operator, so he would have taken a risk by handling equipment and talking at the same time.
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