- Dates
- 2012-10-30 – 2012-10-31
- Kind
- Weather
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherinfrastructureutilitiescommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Late in October 2012, Beaver Island experienced intermittent power outages associated by forum participants with Hurricane Sandy. The District Library closed during an outage and expected to reopen once electricity returned.
Evidence limits
This record is based on local community reports. It does not establish the storm’s official wind speed, wave height, outage duration, or island-wide extent.
Sources
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Sources
- The library announced a closure because of lost power; a follow-up said electricity had been intermittent and attributed outages to Hurricane Sandy, especially toward Donegal Bay. The post also reported approximate wind and wave conditions, but those measurements are retained only as unverified community observation, not certified weather data.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005677
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Hurricane Sandy brings intermittent power outages to Beaver Island, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hurricane-sandy-power-outage-october-2012/, accessed [date], citing Phyllis Moore and forum participants, “Library Closed 10/20/12,” Beaver Island Forum, October 30–31, 2012..
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