Ice forms on utility lines as temperatures hover around freezing in Detroit, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power as crews worked to restore electricity to more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit area after last week's ice storm. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Ice forms on utility lines as temperatures hover around freezing in Detroit, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power as crews worked to restore electricity to more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit area after last week's ice storm. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
PSA new storm teeming with freezing rain and strong winds socked Michigan on Monday, presenting a fresh challenge for crews that have been trying to restore electricity to thousands of customers who have been in the dark since ice snapped lines days ago.
The state's largest utilities, and , together said more than 130,000 customers lacked power by evening. Consumers added roughly 50,000 to its outage map, hours after reporting that the finish line from last week's storm seemed near.
“There is another storm moving through mid/northern Michigan counties with ice, freezing rain and strong wind gusts,†Consumers spokesperson Josh Paciorek said by email.
Meanwhile, went into effect in the Sierra Nevada range as more rounds of rain and snow moved into California and Nevada. Tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through parts of the Southern Plains, killing at least one person in Oklahoma.
At the peak last week, Michigan had from rain turning to ice and then bringing down tree limbs and lines. Some residents, like Jo Ann Davis in Livingston County, still were waiting for the lights to come on Monday after five days.
Davis, 59, really wants a shower. No electricity, of course, means no lights or appliances, but her problem is even more acute: no water.
Davis and husband Tim rely on a well at their home — and a well needs electricity to pump water into the house.
“It’s the biggest hassle,†she said. “We’re actually scooping water from a creek with 5-gallon buckets and then dumping it in the toilets to flush. I haven’t showered since last Tuesday.â€
In suburban Detroit, Leah Thomas and her teen son stayed at her parents' home while power was out for four days in her Beverly Hills neighborhood. Their electricity came back Sunday but disappeared again Monday.
“It's very frustrating,†said Thomas, who had to throw out spoiled food, including prepared meals worth $200 in the freezer. “I’m just going to hope and cross my fingers that it comes back on here soon."
DTE said it was increasing a bill credit to $35 from $25 for customers without electricity for at least 96 consecutive hours.
More than 600,000 DTE customers have been restored since last week, though “that's little comfort if you're still without power right now,†said vice president Ryan Stowe.
An ice storm is “one of a utility's worst nightmares," he said Monday.
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