- Dates
- 2018-09-21 – 2018-09-22
- Kind
- Storm response
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherinfrastructureemergency-servicestransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Forum participants reported that a gale-force storm affected Beaver Island on or around September 21, 2018. They thanked crews and local workers for clearing roads, cutting fallen trees, and restoring power; one reply specifically identified Great Lakes Energy worker Mike McDonough, while other replies named John Gillespie and Jim Wojan.
Evidence limits
The thread provides contemporaneous community testimony about storm response, but no official outage log, weather report, damage assessment, cause, or exact restoration duration. The named workers and activities are reported by forum participants and should not be read as a complete list of responders.
Sources
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Sources
- Multiple participants thanked people who had been clearing roads, cutting trees, and restoring power after what one described as a gale-force storm. Replies specifically mention Mike McDonough working long hours for Great Lakes Energy and John Gillespie and Jim Wojan assisting. This is contemporaneous community testimony, not an official outage log, meteorological report, damage assessment, or restoration-duration record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013605
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Gale-force storm prompts road clearing and power restoration work, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gale-storm-road-and-power-response-2018/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Thank You Storm Crew Workers,” September 21–23, 2018..
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