Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Apr 03 2025 01:50 am

RM>> Speaking of.. Just went through a very nasty day.. Freezing rain
  >> knocked out the power for about 27 hours and it was a bit of a
  >> battle to keep myself from freezing and the freezer from thawing.

MP>Sounds like you got into some of the weather than Michigan's upper lower
  >peninsula got.  There were areas that they were reporting were 100% without
  >power.  Meanwhile, the lower part of the state was getting tornadoes and
  >wind damage.  At one point, I think the freezing rain warning was only
  >separated from a tornado or thunderstorm warning by one county.

Yes.. welcome to Spring.. We got 4 inches of new snow this afternoon
and it is being followed by a fair amount of freezing rain again,
later turning to just rain. Tomorrow it will be up to near 50f.
But a week from now they predict some daytime highs back down below
freezing. It's all over the place this year.

MP>> I hear there are still about 350,000 homes without power so this
  >> was a pretty big event.

MP>That is a big event, especially when you consider that the area includes
  >portions of sparse population.

Other reports had that number as high as 390,000 people. I suspect
that the difference is one report was the total and the other was
the number still without power at the time.

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