December 22nd, 2013 at 9:53 AM ^
Nothing here in Ann Arbor. I usually like a good storm but screw this ice stuff bc falling branches make for a hell of a cleanup. Sorry to hear that brother.
December 22nd, 2013 at 9:53 AM ^
Is where I'm standing. Hilarious. There must be 40 people at this little grocery store counter. It's just outside the area where we all lost power.
December 22nd, 2013 at 9:55 AM ^
John Stamos is hot enough to keep himself and anyone nearby warm.
December 22nd, 2013 at 9:54 AM ^
Didn't get affected by this storm but my house has had two instances in the past when an ice storm blew out my TVs and VCR/DVD players. Killed one of my fridges too. Totally sucked.
Hope people have only lost power and haven't lost a ton of stuff.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:54 AM ^
The 1990's are calling... it wants its outdated technology back.
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:57 AM ^
He said "in the past", genius.
December 22nd, 2013 at 5:12 PM ^
oh, and I was joking, smart guy.
December 22nd, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
When I was growing up I wanted to be a VCR repairman..
December 23rd, 2013 at 10:12 AM ^
VCRs are underrated. You can record and physically bring your recording to different locations. And you don't lose everything when you switch cable/satellite providers.
Down the road we're going to look at the first generation of DVR as a weird evolutionary bottleneck.
December 22nd, 2013 at 9:54 AM ^
I didn't, but my parents and brother in the other end of town did. With how much I pay in property taxes and HOA dues I better not have lost power...
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:02 AM ^
Have nothing to do with Consumers power dude.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:10 AM ^
It's my way of rationalizing why I shouldn't ever lose power.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:39 AM ^
No! They do! It's all the same person! He makes me run out of gas and break my golf clubs.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:08 AM ^
Unless my /s is also frozen, if you live in or near GR your property taxes and HOA dues have nothing to do with your interrupted supply of electricity because you are not served by a municipal power supply. Consumers Energy and their steadfast refusal to bury power lines have more to do with it.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:00 AM ^
We have no power. Heading over to the East Lansing couch fires in a bit to warm up.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:22 AM ^
Blue, I didn't know you are here in Lansing. I thought you were in SB per your handle. I had to move back after living in GR the past five years, and I hate every minute of it. The Mrs. wants to move back when her youngest graduates high school in a couple of years, which can't come soon enough.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:05 AM ^
Um no....It's freaking 60 degrees here in tropical Cleveland. I dont know what everybody's bitching about - I'm about ready to go fire up the grill, bust out the coco butter and work on my tan.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:08 AM ^
We will be back sub-freezing temps tomorrow
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:21 AM ^
Really? Oh crap - better cancel the pool party then.
I was so hoping this global warming thing was going to turn Cleveland into the next Aruba.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:06 AM ^
Lol well I live in Muncie, IN and we're having flash floods haha....Indiana weather is the weirdest
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:09 AM ^
Pretty much a 24/7 disaster zone because of flooding?
December 22nd, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
No not really...we had like 5-8 inches of snow probably and it all melted and then we had a huge rain storm on top of the snow melting
December 22nd, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
still come to Muncie?
December 22nd, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
Very underrated movie. I love that movie.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
That's just...your opinion, man.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:12 AM ^
Went on and off all night and large branch on my roof. Old man winter means business this year. Golf has never been closer in my mind and further away in my reality........ :(
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:12 AM ^
I live in Lansing and I can see the tree teetering on the lines in front of our house.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:19 AM ^
Poor people lost power.
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
lack of punctuation?
EDIT: post I was responding to is, alas, no more
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:28 AM ^
small amount of ice on the roads and some sidewalks, but that's about it. I wish it would get below freezing, otherwise it means muddy dogprints in the house.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
Parts of Lansing lost power, but we still have power on the south side. During the wee hours of the morning, I saw lightning in colors I had never seen before; purple, green, orange, and red.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
Flew out of lansing bright and early this AM. The colors flying through the air (transformers blowing) were impressive to say the least.
I was amazed that we got out, but the airport did very well on backup power.
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
Ahh that's what I figured the lights were initially. It must have been at shit ton of them biting the dust because it was widespread and lasted quite a while .
December 22nd, 2013 at 1:10 PM ^
I wasn't sure, but I happened to see one up closer and then the power went out in the area immediately afterward. Driving around was scary, to say the least.
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
I saw this as well! Couldn't believe it was lightning! Thought it was a transformer blowing up.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:35 AM ^
In the DTE service territory, it seems like the worst was north and west of Brighton and along and nother of M-59, so northern Oakland County, parts of Macomb and into the thumb. Down here in western Wayne county, it was all rain and never got below 32 degrees, so no icing either.
However, southwest Wayne county - where I live - is a low-lying marsh and we do have some minor flooding issues. My sump pump is going nuts and my neighbor's sump line to the street actually blew up yesterday, so now his front yard and part of mine are covered in water as well.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:43 AM ^
All kidding aside, I had two basement floods over the years due to a "sump pump going nuts" and then first failing (old pump) and then once with power going out. After the second one I finally got smart and invested in a battery-operated back-up so I could actually sleep at night when the power was out and not run to the basement to start picking up stuff worrying about another flood. For anybody who has a house where the sump pump runs with any regularity I would strongly recommend both servicing your sump regulary and getting a battery operated back-up in place. It's a fairly inexpensive insurance policy against power outages.
December 22nd, 2013 at 1:16 PM ^
If you have city water, it would probably be more effective to simply buy a sump that is powered by water. Your water bill will spike if it has to run, but the pump itself is pretty much bullet-proof.
December 22nd, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
As far as getting the message out for them, DTE is focusing their communication efforts in Lapeer County.
You'll be seeing messages and hearing about 'downed power lines' (as in stay away, dudes) and for the DTE outage app all day. DTE appreciates you not blaming them for Mother Nature being a real pain in the buttocks. ;)
Speaking of which, the app is helpful in reporting outages and letting DTE know if you are out:
Android users: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dteenergy.mydte
iOS peeps: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dte-energy-outage-center/id446411318?mt…
To those who have Consumer's Energy... sorry. Can't help you, man. That's CE's problem.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
I live in Florida.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:43 AM ^
I'm about to drive Chicago to Port Huron. Is this gonna suck?
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
From Lansing on east is pretty much under a sheet of ice going up this way.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
Seems like you should avoid 96 corridor. Other than that, I don't know
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:01 AM ^
If you can stay South for as long as possible.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:51 AM ^
Not being insensitive- are we/people really calling this the Great Ice Storm? A lot of people got hit, but here in AA we got nothing. How widespread was this?
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:52 AM ^
And sorry for your luck OP- no power on Christmas.. Ugh
December 22nd, 2013 at 11:14 AM ^
I call every winter storm the Great "insert weather" storm here. So I don't know. It's kinda weird regarding areas effected. I think it's 96 corridor north to around Frankenmuth got ice, and north of Frankenmuth got snow.
December 22nd, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
It's in Grand Rapids as well
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:52 AM ^
The Northteast is doing so hot, but it's not as bad as expected...no lost power yet just a sheet of ice over the roads and a bunch of cancellations.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:52 AM ^
My folks are in East Grand Rapids and they lost power. My sister lives a couple miles away from them and she didn't. In Sibera-Cuse where I live, it's a balmy 55 degrees.