December 22nd, 2013 at 9:53 AM ^
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December 22nd, 2013 at 9:54 AM ^
Hope people have only lost power and haven't lost a ton of stuff.
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oh, and I was joking, smart guy.
December 22nd, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
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.
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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 ^
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 ^
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December 22nd, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
Very underrated movie. I love that movie.
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
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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 ^
December 22nd, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
I was amazed that we got out, but the airport did very well on backup power.
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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.
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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.
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