- Dates
- 2012-03-07 – 2012-03-08
- Kind
- Service restoration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherinfrastructurecommunityemergency-services
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On March 7, 2012, a Beaver Island forum participant reported that heavy snowfall had left more than 112 Islanders without power. The post credited John Gillespie and Mike McDonough with working day and night to restore service. Replies also identified an unnamed Islander who assisted without pay for hours or days.
Evidence limits
This record preserves contemporaneous community testimony. It does not establish the exact number of affected customers, the outage’s full duration or cause, utility involvement, or the identity and complete list of responders.
Sources
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Sources
- A resident reported that more than 112 Islanders had lost power after heavy snowfall and credited John Gillespie and Mike McDonough with working day and night to restore it. Replies credited an additional unnamed, unpaid Islander who assisted for hours or days. This is contemporaneous community testimony, not a utility outage log, customer count, weather report, or complete responder list.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004672
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Heavy snow leaves more than 112 Islanders without power, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-power-restoration-heavy-snow-march-2012/, accessed [date], citing Pam Grassmick, Larry Hall, and Ray Cole, “Two Thumbs Up,” Beaver Island Forum, March 7–8, 2012..
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