If you still find yourself without power, a Northern Door County fire department will leave the lights on for you. Earlier on Tuesday, the Gibraltar Fire Department and the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Department were designated as warming shelters for residents needing a warm place to stay or to stop in to enjoy a cup of coffee while charging their phones. Door County Emergency Management in collaboration with the American Red Cross, Gibraltar Fire Department, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department, 211, Incident Support Team (IST), and other local partners, collaborated to set up the response to the winter storm that knocked out the power for over 15,000 customers on the peninsula, many of which reside in the northern part of the county. Matt Ney from the Door County IST says they have since consolidated their operations to take place just at the Gibraltar Fire Station, but plenty of people have been utilizing the shelter.

Ney says they will play it by ear as to how long the shelter will remain open, including if they will provide overnight accommodations. He added that the American Red Cross had been deployed to Washington Island to set up a shelter because of the power being knocked out there. As of 4 p.m., more than 11,000 Door County residents were without power, and Wisconsin Public Service was working around the clock to restore everything.

You can find some other options for warming shelters below: