  Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 590 Registered: 01-2007 |
There was a pretty quick and heavy downpour this afternoon, which caused some damage around Detroit. I was on I-94 when it hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5AHhw-_mS5A The TV news stated many people lost power. Some may have to drink their beer warm this weekend. Mom nature can be a B. (note: the vid may not be available right away, it needs to cook first) | ||
Queensfinest Member Username: Queensfinest Post Number: 121 Registered: 08-2006 |
A quick and heavy downpour? Seems like a lot of homes in the Detroit area lose their power quite often. How often does this happen? Is the infrastructure that poor in the area? I remember the blackout that affected much of the northeast about 4 years ago and last summer we lost power in northwestern Queens, which turned into a big deal. Residents here won't stand for this type of thing happening often though. These are the only instances I know of in NYC in the last decade or so that I can think of. How often does this occur in Metro Detroit? | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6273 Registered: 10-2003 |
Everytime it storms. | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 1787 Registered: 11-2005 |
quote: High winds caused large trees to fall on power lines. (According to what I saw on the TV news.) | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 593 Registered: 01-2007 |
What Aiw said. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6012 Registered: 02-2004 |
So what! Michigan get quick thunderstorms. In and out in a hour. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2901 Registered: 02-2005 |
No, from my experiences it is really hard to lose power in/near Detroit because of the weather. I can't remember losing power for more than a split-second since the blackout, and prior to that it was the tornado/straight-line wind/microburst in GP/East Detroit in 97 (or '98?). If it's true that power is lost more often in Detroit than NYC, it's probably because we are closer to the midwest and receive severe thunderstorms more often, plus our landscape in the city is one of many backyards and trees along the power lines, leading to more potential for something landing on the power lines. In Ann Arbor this afternoon all we got was a wind gust. Strange. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 935 Registered: 04-2006 |
>Queensfinest Most of the power lines in Detroit are above ground whereas in NYC most are below ground. Being above ground makes the power lines a lot more susceptible to the elements but much easier to repair than lines below ground. Something like what happened in Queens last year is very unlikely to happen in Detroit... | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 100 Registered: 01-2007 |
B-Magnet... Your wipers aren't even on fast. Detroit freeways and flooding, fine. Complain. Start bitching when you can't see the road in the rain or past the the end of the hood of your car while driving 20mph in a blizzard in the UP with your hazard lights on. And your friend in the passenger seat is alerting you if he/she can see the snowbank or not on the right hand side. I will give you an "Honorable Mention" for having to deal with the asshole Detroit drivers. I only deal with those from Pontiac to Lansing daily. Cheers! James | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2902 Registered: 02-2005 |
Asshole drivers are everywhere. Generally I get pissed off more often driving in rural Michigan. I know that feeling about driving in *really* bad weather such as what is common up north in the winter. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 766 Registered: 11-2005 |
I love downpours like that because they erode all of my landscaping by overflowing my gutters. Sorry, Southwest Detroit, that's dirt from my yard all in the street. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 148 Registered: 08-2006 |
quote: Thank you Mackinaw, I'm glad someone said it. In Detroit people drive EFFICIENTLY and FAST. I'm fine with that because that's how I drive. In the country, people drive F150's with confederate flags on the read windshield, and they drive FREAKING INSANELY, cutting people off, acting like a dick hotshot, etc. That's not always the case though, sometimes, people in the country drive TEN BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. | ||
Dodgemain Member Username: Dodgemain Post Number: 165 Registered: 04-2005 |
Isnt that what living in the country is all about? No rat race. I would rather have them out there than here | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 595 Registered: 01-2007 |
OK, Jrvass. The wipers really were on fast! Because of oscilloscope effect, they only LOOKED liked they were on low...  | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 658 Registered: 10-2003 |
Lost my cable and internet for the day because of the storm. Stupid Comcast! | ||
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19 Post Number: 782 Registered: 11-2003 |
So let me ask you, in this great state, what are the chances of you being in rain, wind, snow, and sleet? (trying to quote the annoying comcast commercial.) | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 596 Registered: 01-2007 |
Adamjab19, or a wreck?: http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/Friday June82007106.jpg?t=1181389364 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/Friday June82007107.jpg?t=1181389390 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/Friday June82007108.jpg?t=1181389414 | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 103 Registered: 01-2007 |
Bulletmagnet: I do appreciate your videography skills none the less. I have troubles lately just keeping either my car or truck on the road in the E. bound I-96 construction zone from Webberville to Howell. Wind gusts vs. 75-90mph causes "skippage", for lack of a better word. Thursday and Friday, it seemed like 1/2 the semi's were fish-taling across their lanes and the cars were crossing the white stripes into the median at will. Praise the Lord for the inventor of the "rumble strips" on the sides of the roads! To Ed: I lost power an hour ago, on a sunny day! Same effect as losing cable, but worse. I have to reset all the clocks on electronic things. James | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 664 Registered: 10-2003 |
Being without cable and internet on Friday was was horrible! I didn't know if Paris was in or out! | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 604 Registered: 01-2007 |
Ed_golick, like you give one flying f about her highness, the baby. lol | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 105 Registered: 01-2007 |
I think Ed wanted to be in and out of Paris! James | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 665 Registered: 10-2003 |
Rimshot! | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 608 Registered: 01-2007 |
Get in line fellas... |
