This is a Producer’s worst nightmare….

You work on the show all day and just minutes before the newscast, a lightning strike takes the station off the air.

That’s what happened yesterday to WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi. Lightning knocked the power out just before the 5PM newscast was to start.

That sent Anchors Megan West and Christopher Pipkin to Facebook Live to explain to viewers why they weren’t seeing the news.

Crews worked to restore power and repair damage that occurred when the lightning struck near the station.

For the poor Producer it is the newscast that never was.

I hate when that happens.