Overnight Storm Knocks Out Power to Hundreds in Fox Point, Bayside

Winds whipped through the North Shore Thursday evening into Friday morning, leaving hundreds without lights, Internet, television and phone access.

As of 12:30 a.m. Friday, 217 Bayside residents were without power according to the WE Energies outage map, however the reason for the outage is still under investigation.

In Fox Point, it was a similar story — 457 people without power.

However, by 6:30 a.m Friday, power had been restored to most residents. There were 70 people without electricity in Fox Point and just two in Bayside.

At one point, there were about 10,000 customers without power in southeastern Wisconsin. By 6:30 a.m. that number was down to about 3,000.

Brian Manthey, a spokesman for WE Enereries, said much of the power outages are due to the heavy winds.

"For the most part, tree limbs make contact with wires, they can either knock them down or make contact where they’ll trip wires off," he said.

But even if your power is out and you may believe your neighbor has called it in, Manthey says it's best to still notify WE Energies at (800) 662-4797. He also urged people to stay away from any downed lines. 

"You definitely want to call our outage line and make sure we’re aware of it," he said. "Power lines, completely stay away from them, at least 25 feet away, and let us know. Don’t try to guess either it’s a cable, phone or electric line. Just assume it’s an electric line and that it’s live, and give us a call."

Patch will continue to update this article as more information becomes available.