Northern Door County recovered from the windstorm on August 9, who hit the trees, makes

(This story has been updated to add more information, photos and a video.)

According to the Door County Maritime Museum, nineteen people were stranded in the Kana island parking lot for about seven hours after falling trees and power lines, after heavy weather, blocked the streets.

“Our employees evacuated the people from the island and brought them to the parking lot (and) to have protection. Everyone who was there was certain, but they were caught because the street was only covered with so many drained trees and powerlines,” said Kevin Osgood, the President and Coo of the Door County Maritime Museum, to The Green Bay Press-Gazet.

The group was stuck in the parking lot from around 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Around 10:15 p.m. on August 9, the local firefighters had climbed through the trees to supply hot dogs and water to the stranded guests and employees. Baileys Harbor Fire Department cut the trees, while Wisconsin public services ensured that all power lines were dead.

According to Osgood, the island is a dangerous place due to the large trees separated on the street. Therefore it remains closed. The interpretation center also occurred damage that contains holes in the roof. Osgood believes that if the holes are defined and the trees are cleaned, the island could be reopened by the end of the week.

None of the historical structures suffered damage, including the lighthouse, the keeper quarters, the hut and the oil house.

“What we need at the moment is that people are not trying to come to Cana Island. It is simply not a safe place (at the moment). We know how popular it is and we know that everyone wants to return out there, but we only need patience until we clean it up and make it safe,” said Osgood.

“The most scary thing I saw,” says Hurricane Survivor

Sara and Brian Hamm split the time between Sarasota, Florida and their Baileys Harbor Place near the lighthouse of Cana Island. They went through three hurricanes in Florida last year, said Sara, but the mighty windstorm, who hammered the Door County in the late afternoon of August 9, was an experience in itself.

“It was probably the most frightful thing I saw,” said Sara Hamm.

Her place is located in the Cana Island Road, which leads from the district Q to the parking lot and the entrance to the island, whose lighthouse/museum is probably the best known of the 11 lights of Door County and a popular tourist attraction.

The road was employed two days after the storm on the morning of August 11, but whatever tourist traffic drove to Kana into the island, as crews of WPS, Michels Construction and other construction companies, and tree cutting services loosened trees that were caught in half, or replace half. Set up new power lines.

The Hamms said they were in Brian's mother house, also near the entrance to the property, and saw how the weather suddenly became violent by the mother's full bay window with a view of the water.

“We saw the whole thing,” said Sara Hamm. “I said, 'See how big the waves are – they got white caps and they could really surf them.

“Then, within 90 seconds, it was a large white wall of the rain, and we thought the windows would blow. We couldn't see anything from the windows.”

“(Brian's mother) has these four huge trees,” said Brian Hamm, “and we saw how they snap and crash from their deck within four feet.”

Brian Hamm said they lost at least 20 trees and saw their cover chairs blown out of the deck in front of their house.

Sara Hamm said after the storm had passed and they assessed the damage, they learned from the approximately 30 lighthouse visitors who were stranded on the island due to streets on the mainland. She brought them water and food and said, about a dozen of them stopped in their house to take a break

Brian Hamm said that he and some neighbors went out with saws to clarify folded -down trees and branches, but they stopped when they came across trees that were on living power lines.

He also attributed the crews and Baileys Harbor Fire Department for their quick and efficient reaction to the storm and its consequences.

“The answer how quickly they came out after the storm, how much has already been tidy was incredible,” said Brian. “The fire brigade was there immediately.”

State Highway closed in Sister Bay to repair repairs from Storm

The Wisconsin Ministry of Transport also said that the state of 42 on the north side of Sister Bay between Scandia Road and the Hill Road for repairs to repairs from the storm of August 9th. It also means that the reopening time and the date were not yet known. In the detour recommended by Dot, drivers drive north to 42 to the Mink River Road again after 42 in Ellison Bay and the back for those who drive south.

Warning to avoid living wires in Ephraim

The Ephraim Firefighter Association warned the public at 7:34 a.m. on August 10 that trees and wires are “on different streets” and asked the drivers not to drive barricades, cones or adhesive tape.

Ephraim Ice Cream Shop receive losses

Sarah Martin, co -owner with her husband Slade from Wilsons Restaurant & Ice Cream Salon in Ephraim, said electricity went through the village when the storm came back on the afternoon of August 11th on August 11th.

But it was not early enough to save many of the 26 flavors of ice cream Wilson to create and serve its renowned sundaes, swimming bodies and other ice cream specialties that draw thousands of sweet tooths every summer.

Martin said that the salon had lost most of the ice by melting and its chilled foods, including the meat for its burgers, hot dogs and other sandwiches, to a lack of cooling.

“We were able to save some (ice) with the help of dry ice and everything in the fridge had to be thrown,” she said.

Martin had not yet calculated how much was lost from the afternoon of August 11, but said that it would have been in thousands of dollars, and the setup was closed since the power. She said she could not allow grocery suppliers to bring food without knowing when the electricity for refrigerators and freezers would return, but with power this morning, the next day, August 12, it was expected to open it.

Since the storm met a typical door County on Saturday afternoon, Wilson's customers had the lawn and veranda and inside. She said she let her come to the store to drive the storm from the state 42 from Eagle Harbor.

“I have never had a situation in which everyone had to evacuate outside and we all pull inwards,” said Martin. “We could hardly open the door to let people in (because of the wind).”

Martin said that on August 11th and a collar cleaned and caught up with the outdoor area – and let people drive or ride that the restaurant was closed. She said the house had suffered some damage, with some trees and branches and the well -known “Wilson's Restaurant” sign on the roof.

She didn't know what the wind speeds were that blew up the village, but she said several people told her that they had seen water dishes over the harbor.

How bad was the rain and the wind in the north door County August 9th?

The National Weather Service Green Bay said that between 3:36 and 4.15 p.m. there was gusts of wind of 70 miles per hour between 3:36 and 4.15 p.m. north of one centimeter rain, but the winds were so strong that the rain was a factor.

According to Jason AlumbauGH, meteorologist of the National Weather Service Green Bay, no injuries were reported.

How many customers have lost power after the storm in Door County?

A representative of the press gazette said that around 28,000 WPS customers lost the power supply through August 9. WPS said Brown and Door Counties had the most failures in the northeast of Wisconsin due to the storms. By August 11, August 11, the number of customers without service had dropped to 26 according to the failure card.

WPS said that failures in the afternoon reached its climax on August 9th. The service recommended that people treat people who have fallen as if they were supplied with energy, are 25 feet away and report WPS.

Will Door County get more rain soon?

Door County could become heavy storms in the afternoon of August 12th. There is a probability of rain of 60% between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., which was estimated to pay 0.13 inches.

Door County and the Maritime Museum use an emergency fund for the island of Cana for the damage. Osgood said that everyone who is willing to donate to the fund can contact the Maritime Museum of the Door County and provide a donation to the Cana Island Reserve Fund, which is confronted with emergencies with which the historical location is confronted.

Door County was not the only part of Wisconsin who was hit by strong storms on August 9th. Parts of the Milwaukee area saw more than 10 inch rain in less than 24 hours.

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Rashad Alexander can be contacted at ralexander@gannett.com and 920-431-8214.