- Dates
- 2019-02-24 – 2019-02-25
- Kind
- Service restoration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherinfrastructureemergency-servicescommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On February 24, 2019, forum participants reported that a blizzard with high winds, ice, and snow had interrupted power on Beaver Island. They credited Great Lakes Energy lineman Mike McDonough and other workers with restoring heat and lights; a February 25 follow-up said the winds were subsiding and the school was open.
Evidence limits
This record is based on contemporaneous community testimony. It does not establish the number of affected customers, the exact outage duration, the weather measurements, the cause of the interruption, or the complete list of responders.
Sources
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Sources
- Participants reported that high winds, ice, and snow during a blizzard had interrupted power and that Great Lakes Energy lineman Mike McDonough and other workers restored heat and lights. A later reply said winds were dying down and school was open. This is contemporaneous community testimony, not a GLE outage log, weather report, customer count, or restoration-time record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013929
- A participant thanked Mike McDonough and other workers for maintaining island power through severe weather and said outages were generally brief. This is community appreciation and a personal observation, not a utility outage log or reliability statistic.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013998
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Blizzard conditions interrupt power and prompt restoration work, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-blizzard-power-restoration-february-2019/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Thank You to All The Workers Who Keep Our Power On,” February 24–25, 2019. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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