People Asked to Avoid Bar Harbor’s Shore Path & Other Areas CARRIE JONES AND SHAUN FARRAR JAN 10, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—High winds and high tide have combined to cause damage throughout Mount Desert Island today, January 10. High tide was shortly before 9:30 a.m. The Bar Harbor Inn’s pier has taken on significant destruction and General Manager Jeremy Dougherty suggests people avoid the Shore … Continue reading Storm Smashes Into MDI
“Awful and sublime” lightning and fireballs terrorized MDI residents MOUNT DESERT ISLAND— It was February 26, 170 years ago, just after sundown, that the world of Mount Desert Island became quite quiet, a lull right before a 20-minute lightning storm that pummeled the island, striking dozens of people and creating a weather mystery that the people of the time just couldn’t fathom. Masts were torn off … Continue reading The Purple Fire Snowstorm Brought Horror to Bar Harbor and MDI
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