Mid-Michigan hit by strong storms. Lots of power outages, AGAIN

[Siwsan]

I haven't seen this many 911 reports since the December ice storm. Part of I-75 is closed because a power pole and transformer fell and there are hot, high tension wires down and across the roadway. One report said a car was trapped under the wires. Lots of trees and wires down in the southern part of Genesee County. My part of the county had heavy rain but we were spared the winds.

The weather is much quieter, now, so hopefully Consumers Energy can get people back on line, soon.

[Kber]

1. Thx for the update

Stay safe.

[Siwsan]

2. I'm ok but my sister is in the outage area

She's not in the best of health and doesn't need this agro. Fortunately, they hard wired a generator to their house, after the December outages, so they can at least keep their refrigerator and freezer running.

And, aside from the big mess on I-75, falling trees also seem to have crashed through a pasture fence, and now the COWS are loose. Loose cows on a dark country road can lead to nothing good.

[WhiteTara]

3. Stay safe!

We just had some high winds here in NW Arkansas; but the electricity is still stable.

[Siwsan]

4. Power outages are bad enough. Now there is an official report of cows in the roadway

This is really kind of early for these kind of storms. After our nightmarish Winter, I'm hoping this isn't a preview of what kind of Spring and Summer it's going to be.

[WhiteTara]

5. Ours was pretty brutal too.

I don't have good feelings about it this year.

[AverageJoe90]

7. Me neither. It reminds me of 1994.

Now, TBH, I was only 3 and a half in '94 but I've read up on the heatwave that followed that summer......apparently, 1936 had a similar setup, but even more extreme on both ends(Aug. 1936 occasionally saw temps as high as 120* as far north as just south of the Canadian border, in Steele, N.D.)

[longship]

6. It went through here a while ago.

Rural Newaygo county.

Five minute power outage. Thank goodness it came back on. N.B. CO-OP electric utility here. They're really good in recent years. We still get power outages, but they get the power back on fairly quickly.

[Siwsan]

10. I think my sister's power came back on at about 4am

Still quite a few without power and there is the possibility of another round of strong storms, later this morning.

[knitter4democracy]

8. That really nasty cell went south of here.

I was in my online class and watching my light flicker hoping we wouldn't lose power. Another batch is on the way.

Hang in there! It's going to be a wild ride this spring, methinks.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. take care! i have never lived in extreme weather places. dont know how people cope

[Motown_Johnny]

11. More storms moving through this morning too.

It looks like most of it is north of Genesee.

[Siwsan]

12. And still some storms forming up west and south of here

And they're forecasting a possibility of snow, tomorrow night! This might be an interesting weather week.