We had Directv (still do) and at the time were unable to get local stations. (Big loss, lol)
We got the news from the NYC main guys. East Coast.
A lot of the rules involving this have changed (become stupid) but we were prob looking at the same feed that night.
Now that I think about it, I am almost certain of it.
Then we probably saw the same thing. I remember that guys home video. He was taping something else and saw the arc and turned the camera on it. And no one at the parties or on the beach seemed drunk to me. Did they to you?