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October 9, 2013 (Julian) – As searchers comb Volcan Mountain for a missing airplane tonight, thunderstorms have knocked the University of California’s hpwren atop the mountain offline—perhaps permanently, ECM has learned.
“This site was badly hit by lightning,” the webcam website states. “The Volcan cameras may be outfor good, as we checked and they did not power back up after main power was restored. We can check them out further once we get them off the tower, but we have no hardware budget to repair or replace them any more.”
A 360-degree set would cost about $7500 in hardware, the site indicates. It is unclear when the damaqe occurred.