- Date
- 2010-11
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructureweathercommunitypublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 2010 Beacon reported that the District Library lost five trees in the October 27 windstorm, received cleanup help, and installed battery backup for its public computers after power interruptions had disrupted automated checkout.
Evidence limits
This is the library’s contemporaneous community report, not an engineering inspection, utility outage log, or complete conference report.
Sources
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Sources
- The Chamber relayed that 9&10 News expected Beaver Island to be near the center of a major storm and solicited photographs. This is a contemporaneous warning and media notice, not a storm measurement or damage report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002904
- The Center announced an afternoon closure because of weather. This corroborates hazardous conditions around the October 27 windstorm, but does not independently quantify damage.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002909
- Beaver Beacon, December 2010, "Library News."Reports five trees lost in the October 27 windstorm, patio-furniture damage, cleanup help from Jim Wojan's crew, battery backup for public computers, power-related handwritten checkouts, and library staff's November conference attendance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the library report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library reports windstorm damage and public-computer backup power, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-library-windstorm-backup-power-2010/, accessed [date], citing Chamber of Commerce, "The Big Storm and 9 and 10 TV News," Beaver Island Forum, October 26, 2010. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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