"It's not localized; it really is broadscale damage," DTE spokesman Michael Porter said just after 7 a.m. "In some cases, trees have been uprooted and knocked down poles and wires. Each is a construction job all its own."
DTE called in extra crews from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois after 230,000 homes in southeast Michigan lost power during Sunday's 60 m.p.h. winds.
...more than 400,000 homes and businesses statewide affected |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.