WITH SEVERE WEATHER ALERT. INDEED THAT SEVERE WEATHER ALERT BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE
APPROACHING RECORD HIGHS ACROSS
METRO DETROIT WELL INTO THE MID
NINETIES, RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY
FEELS MORE LIKE TRIPLE DIGITS.
WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE, TAKE IT
ALIVE, FOLKS FROM OUR MOUNT
CLEMENS SKY CAM RIGHT NOW IT’S
95 DEGREES IN MACOMB COUNTY. YOU
NEED MORE PROOF OF JUST HOW HOT
IT IS IN METRO DETROIT TODAY.
WHAT WE’RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU
SHOULD DO IT. YES SO IF YOU WANT
TO COOL OFF, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
HEAD SOUTH. RIGHT NOW. IT’S ONLY
88 IN MIAMI. 90 IN NEW ORLEANS
EVEN COOLER RIGHT NOW IN DALLAS
AND LOS ANGELES FEELS ALMOST
CHILLY. AT 80 DEGREES. IT’S
MIXED UP PAULA TUTMAN OUT ON THE
JOB WITH LANDSCAPERS WHO ARE
DEALING WITH THIS INTENSE HEAT.
TIM PAMPLIN IS IN OAKLAND COUNTY
, WHERE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
DEALING WITH THE POWER OUTAGE.
ON THE WORST DAY FOR THAT, WE’RE
GOING TO BEGIN AT FIVE WITH
ANDREW AND HOW MUCH LONGER THIS
DANGEROUS WEATHER IS GOING TO
LAST. WELL, CERTAINLY THROUGH
THE REST OF THE DAY, KAREN AND
DEVIN EVEN THROUGH TONIGHT, THE
HEAT ADVISORY AND THE EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT, AND
THEY DO NOT EXPIRE UNTIL EIGHT
AM. TOMORROW SO EVEN DURING THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS, WE NEED TO TAKE
PRECAUTIONS. MAKE SURE YOU DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUID. MAKE SURE YOUR
HOME AS WELL VENTILATED. MAKE
SURE AIR CONDITIONING IS WORKING
. ALSO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. CHECK
ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. CHECK ON
SENIORS, ESPECIALLY 93 RIGHT NOW
. SAME AS LAST HOUR. FOR NOW,
WE’RE LOOKING AT 103 AS THE HEAT
INDEX. WE’LL SEE IF THAT
TEMPERATURE GOES UP BECAUSE
REMEMBER, 95 IS THE RECORD. AND
YOU SAW IN THE MAPS. WE ARE NOT
ALONE. OUR FRIENDS IN CHICAGO.
IT FEELS LIKE 99 OVER IN GREEN
BAY. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRIPLE
DIGITS. ALSO 105 IS THE CURRENT
HEAT INDEX OVER IN MOUNT CLEMENS
. 98 IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. IF
YOU’RE NOT TOO CAREFUL IN
SANDUSKY, 100 FLINT 104. THE
CURRENT HEAT INDEX. IN MONROE
AND AGAIN THAT EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS
FOR DETROIT AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN. WE’LL TALK ABOUT
RELIEF BECAUSE IT DOES COME
AFTER THESE ALERTS EXPIRE. THAT
IS IN YOUR FORECAST FOR
TOMORROW. PLUS I’VE GOT YOUR
SEVEN DAY FORECAST. RIGHT NOW.
IT’S TIME TO GET OUTSIDE. AS
FOLKS DEAL WITH THIS INTENSE, HE
END SOME HAVE IT A WHOLE LOT
HARDER. THAN MOST RIGHT NOW. IT
INCLUDES A SLIVER OF OAKLAND
COUNTY NEAR OPTIC IN SOUTH
BOULEVARD WHERE THE POWER IS OUT
THIS AFTERNOON. TIM PAMPHLET. IS
THERE LIVE TO BE MISERABLE RIGHT
ABOUT NOW FOR SOME FOLKS TO HIM.
SORRY COULDN’T HAVE COME AT A
WORSE TIME. COULD IT
DEVIN SCILLIAN. BLOOMFIELD
TOWNSHIP MEAT BUSINESS DISTRICT
HERE. THERE ARE SOME GENERATORS
IN THEIR FIRING UP. OTHERS DON’T
HAVE THEM RESIDENCES BACK.
BEYOND THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT LIKE
YOU SAID, ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO
AGO, THE POWER WENT OUT AND THIS
AREA IS NOW SHUT DOWN. TAKE A
LOOK. FROM STORES THAT ARE
CLOSED INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC
LIGHTS THAT AREN’T WORKING THIS
GAS STATION ON THE CORNER OF
OPTIC AND SOUTH BOULEVARD. TELL
ME WHEN THE LIGHTS FLICKERED AND
THE POWER THAT OUT FIRST JOB GET
TO THE GENERATOR. THEY TELL ME
IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THIS
WHOLE THING’S RAN. SOUNDS LIKE
MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.
IT’S A MUCH MORE SERIOUS STORY
DOWN THE MEADOW CREEK VILLAGE.
DOZENS OF SENIORS STUCK INSIDE,
SOME UNABLE TO GET DOWNSTAIRS,
OTHERS THAT CAN SEEKING SHADE.
WE’RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PEOPLE ON THE 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR
. CONCERN IS WITH NO ELEVATORS.
SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS CAN’T
MAKE IT DOWN THREE FLIGHTS OF
STAIRS AND WITH MINIMAL BREEZE.
THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO
CLIMB, PARTICULARLY THE ELDER
FOLKS THAT MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE
GETTING DOWN TO BE ABLE TO COME
OUT TO A COOLER AREA, EITHER TO
THE FIRST FLOOR WHERE THERE IS A
COMMUNITY AREA OR EVEN OUTSIDE
WHERE IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER.
BECAUSE THE TRAPPED AIR IS JUST
GOING TO HEAR THAT. SO YEAH.
BACK OUT HERE NOW, YOUNG
STUDENTS ARRIVED TO DO THEIR
KARATE LESSONS, FINDING THAT THE
PLACE HIS SHOT AT AGAIN. THE
ADVICE IS TO STAY INDOORS IF YOU
CAN, BUT IF YOU’VE GOT NO POWER,
I GUESS THE BEST PLACE TO BE IS
UNDER A SHADY TREE BACK TO YOU
GUYS DOWNTOWN. SORRY SORRY BACK
TO PUT OVER THE WORKING WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING OUT ABOUT
THAT FOLKS. NO WORRIES, TIM. NO
JUST JUST GET INSIDE. STAY COOL.
YOU’RE OKAY. I’M IN MACOMB
TOWNSHIP. IT IS 99 TOASTY
DEGREES WERE SUN AND HEAT. SO
THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT HEAT STROKE
. LOOK AT THESE GUYS. HOW WOULD
YOU LIKE TO BE DOING THIS 99
DEGREES AT LEAST THERE UNDER THE
SHADE THAT CUTS THE TEMPERATURE
BY MAYBE 10 OR 15 DEGREES, BUT
TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE. MORE
CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING ON. THEY
CALLED IT A DAY ABOUT AN HOUR
TWO HOURS AGO, AND IT’S
ABSOLUTELY A GOOD THING. WE’VE
BEEN HANGING OUT WITH FOLKS WHO
WORK OUTSIDE. INCLUDING
LANDSCAPERS ALL DAY IT HAS BEEN
DANGEROUSLY TOASTY. WHEN YOU
WORK OUTSIDE FOR A LIVING,
YOU’RE USED TO DEALING WITH ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WEATHER
CONDITIONS, BUT TODAY, FEW HAVE
HAD A CHANCE TO ACCLIMATIZE. AND
SO IT IS PARTICULARLY BRUTAL.
ALREADY TODAY. ONE WORKER HAD TO
CALL A TIME OUT WHEN HE STARTED
SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF HEAT
STROKE ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
IN OAKLAND COUNTY. WE HAD A
GENTLEMAN WHO WAS VERY EXHAUSTED
, AND HE YOU KNOW, HE WAS TRYING
TO KIND OF CATCH HIS BREATH IN
THE SHADE AND WE LUCKILY HAD A
SMALL LITTLE AREA IN THE PROJECT
THAT WAS HERE CONDITIONED, SO I
TOLD THEM GO AHEAD, SITTING HERE
FOR YOU KNOW, MINUTE AND KIND OF
TRYING TO DROP YOUR TEMPERATURE
A LITTLE BIT LANDSCAPE. THERE
ARE BIG JOBS GOING ON IN SEVERAL
COUNTIES AND NUMEROUS CITIES,
BUT THE HEAT HAS TO CHANGE THE
WORK SCHEDULE AND THE FLOW
THAT’S HAPPENED BEFORE ON
PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND THIS HEAT
WHERE WE’VE HAD YOU KNOW, THE
AMBULANCE IS CALLED BECAUSE GUYS
HAVE PASSED OUT ON THE JOB. FEW
YEARS AGO. IT HAPPENED, UH,
WORKING IN THE BACKYARD. I HAD A
GENTLEMAN WHO JUST HAD A HEAT
STROKE, AND HE WASN’T DRINKING
ENOUGH WATER AND HE PASSED OUT
IN THE BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THE
AMBULANCE WAS THERE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING IS
HARDER TO DO IN THIS HEAT. IT’S
A LITTLE BIT LIKE LONGER BECAUSE
THERE’S LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE
HARD, BUT SOMETIMES THE WINNING
LIGHTING DRINK SO MUCH WATER
ROCK THAT WEIGHS £5 FEELS
HEAVIER THAT 20 YARDS SPRINT
ACROSS THE YARD TO GRAB TOOLS.
IT JUST SEEMS LONGER EXHAUSTION
HAPPENS FASTER. SIMON MURROW IS
BUILDING THE NEW CANDLEWOOD INN
SUITES ON HAUL ROAD CONTRACTOR
BY TRADE. HE KNOWS HOW MUCH
HARDER IT IS. TO DO ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING ON A DAY LIKE TODAY,
THE HYDRATED STUFF IS HEAVIER.
YES IT’S SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE
BIT. THEY DIDN’T NEED A LOT OF
BRAKES, BRAKES, DRINK A LOT OF
FLUIDS. LOTS OF WATER
PROTECTION, SUNSCREEN. HATS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY? YES WHERE’S
YOUR HAT? YOU’RE RIGHT THERE. I
KNOW WHAT YOU SAY. NOT WHAT YOU
DO KNOW SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW,
KEEP IT SHORTER WORKDAY FOR SURE
. ON A DAY LIKE TODAY WE TRY TO,
YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY’S HYDRATED.
EVERYBODY’S DRINKING WATER. MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS WATER
AND YOU KNOW, THE CREWS ARE
FULLY FULLY STOCKED WITH ALL
THAT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AN
INTERESTING JUXTAPOSITION WITH
ME AND MY COLLEAGUE TIM PAMPLIN
. HE’S GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE FORCED
OUTSIDE INTO THE HEAT BECAUSE
THEY DON’T HAVE POWER. WE’VE GOT
FOLKS WORKING IN THE HEAT
BECAUSE THAT’S JUST WHAT THEY
DO, BUT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST
UNCOMFORTABLE. HEAT POSITIONS
SAY THIS IS DANGEROUS HEAT.
THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE
HAVING HEATSTROKE BECAUSE OUR
BODIES HAVEN’T ACCLIMATIZED
BECAUSE IT’S JUST SUCH A VAST
HEAT SNAP. THEY’RE CONCERNED
PEOPLE WILL BE COMING INTO THE
HOSPITAL WITH HEATSTROKE BECAUSE
THEY’RE TREATING TODAY LIKE IT
WAS YESTERDAY, AND WE NEED TO
TREAT TODAY LIKE IT’S TODAY IT
IS HOT, DANGEROUSLY HOT GUYS.
YEAH ALL RIGHT, PAULA, AND
THAT’S WHY ON ONE OF THE HOTTEST
DAYS OF THE YEAR IT WAS GOOD TO
HEAR FOR SENIORS AT RIVERBEND
TOWERS IN DETROIT. THEY’RE AIR
CONDITIONED UNITS ARE FINALLY
WORKING. THANK GOODNESS. BUT
BEFORE THEY WERE FIXED, SOME
SENIORS WOULD ACTUALLY HANG OUT
IN THE COMMON AREAS BECAUSE THEY
HAD A RECOGNITION NG. OTHERS GOT
CREATIVE. PUT BLACK TRASH BAGS
OVER THEIR WINDOWS TO BLOCK OUT
SOME OF THE SUN. WHEN WE SPOKE
TO THEM EARLIER TODAY, THEY SAID
THEY CONTACTED MANAGEMENT WEEKS
AGO. WE KEEP HEARING THE SAME
THING. HANDS ARE TIED. ONLY GIVE
US SO MUCH TO WORK WITH. AND
THIS AND THAT SO NOW, OKAY? IF
Y’ALL CAN HELP US IN MANAGEMENT
, LET’S JUST TAKE ALL OUR
PROBLEMS, TOO. THE UNITS HAS
SINCE BEEN FIXED IN A STATEMENT
THAT DETROIT HOUSING COMMISSION
SAID ABOUT 10 RESIDENTS TOLD
THEM ABOUT COOLING ISSUES IN
THEIR APARTMENTS AND CONTRACTOR
WAS SCHEDULED TO COME OUT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE
REPAIRS. OUR COVERAGE OF THE
EXTREME HEAT CONTINUES OVER ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM THERE YOU CAN
FIND A GROWING LIST OF COOLING
CENTERS, SIDES OF HEAT RELATED
ILLNESS. AND EVEN HOW THAT HEAT
INDEX WORKS. YOU CAN FIND THOSE
LINKS IN THE STORY RIGHT ON THE
HOMEPAGE. IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT,
THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE OFFICER
CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER
SHOOTING PATRICK LELIA HAS BEEN
FIRED. CHRISTOPHER SCHURR ARE
WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A HEARING
AND WAS DISMISSED, EFFECTIVE
LESS FRIDAY. SURE WAS A GRAND
RAPIDS OFFICER FOR SEVEN YEARS.
HIS DISMISSAL WAS RECOMMENDED BY
POLICE CHIEF ERIC WINSTON AFTER
A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE
WAS FILED THURSDAY SURE HAD BEEN
ON LEAVE WHILE STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATED THE SHOOTING IN
PROSECUTOR CHRIS BECKER DECIDED
WHETHER TO PURSUE THOSE CHARGES
. 70.75% IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF
THINGS DOESN’T SOUND LIKE MUCH,
BUT WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE FEDERAL INTEREST RATE HIKE
ITS MONUMENTAL TODAY’S RATE HIKE
, THE HIGHEST IN 28 YEARS, AND
ITS EFFECT IS GOING TO BE FELT
IMMEDIATELY IN A LOT OF WAYS.
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER HERE NOW TO EXPLAIN
WHAT IT MEANS TO YOUR BOTTOM
LINE, HANK IN DEVON. THIS IS
HUGE HISTORIC NEWS THAT’S GOING
TO AFFECT ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN
. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. MORTGAGE
RATES WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
CREDIT CARDS. HOW MUCH YOU’RE
GOING TO BE PAYING EVERY MONTH.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY AND HOW IT WILL
IMPACT YOU, YOUR FAMILY. AND
YOUR MONEY. THE MOVE TODAY IN
ATTEMPT TO CONTROL INFLATION IN
THE HIGH PRICES. WE’RE ALL
PAYING FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING BUT
SHORT TERM. THE BOTTOM LINE IS
YOU’RE LIKELY GOING TO PAY MORE
FOR EVERYTHING, ON AVERAGE. WHEN
THE FED RAISES RATES WE’RE GOING
TO SEE HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES
HIGHER AUTO LOAN RATES, HIGHER
CREDIT CARD RATES THINGS LIKE
THAT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RATE HIKE IMPACT. THIS IS THE
LARGEST HIGH GREAT SINCE 1994
AND IT WILL IMPACT MORTGAGE
RATES, WHICH WILL GO UP AUTO
LOANS, CREDIT CARDS AND
ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES. NOW
LET’S DIG DEEPER AND TAKE A LOOK
AT THE REAL HIKE NUMBERS, FOR
EXAMPLE, A 19940.75% INCREASE
EQUALS $75 OF INTEREST FOR EVERY
$10,000 OF DEBT. YOU HAVE IF YOU
HAVE A $250,000 HOME WITH A 30
YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE, YOU WILL
NOW PAY 3600 MORE IN INTEREST
THAN YOU DID LAST YEAR. THE END
GOAL IS THAT THE FEDS ABLE TO
THREAD THE NEEDLE AS THEY SAY,
AND TRY TO FIND A SOFT LANDING
WHERE THEY RAISE RATES ENOUGH.
TO COOL THINGS OFF, BUT NOT SO
MUCH THAT IT CAUSES A RECESSION
THEMSELVES. INTEREST RATES
EXPECTED TO JUMP UP EVEN HIGHER
. IT’S AN ATTEMPT TO HELP COOL
OFF THE VERY COMPETITIVE,
OVERPRICED HOUSING MARKET HERE
IN METRO DETROIT. AND AROUND THE
COUNTRY. I DON’T SEE IT STOPPING
UNTIL YOU SEE AN UPTICK IN THE
INVENTORY. AND RIGHT NOW, HOMES
GETTING MULTIPLE OFFERS ON THE
SAME LISTING PEOPLE PAYING 50 60
EVEN 75,000 OVER ASKING PRICE
BECAUSE INVENTORY IS SO LOW, SO
IN REGARDS TO REAL ESTATE, WHEN
COULD WE SEE THAT BUBBLE POP
WHILE INSIDERS PREDICTIVE
INTEREST RATES TICK UP? LESS
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BUY. YOU MAY
SEE NUMBERS STABILIZED SOMETIME
EARLY NEXT YEAR. WE’RE LIVE HERE
TONIGHT. HANK WINCHESTER. HELP
ME HANK LOCAL 4 THE RIGHT, HANK
AHEAD HERE ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS,
JOEL AND KENT. HAS A LOOK AT THE
PRESSURE. MANY ARE FEELING TO
BUY NOW OR RISK PAYING. MORE
LATER, IT’S CALLED INFLATIONARY
PSYCHOLOGY AND A LOT OF IT KILL
LOT OF US CAN RELATE TO IT.
THAT’S COMING UP HERE AT 6 30
RIGHT AFTER LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CRASH
INVOLVING A SEMI ON 75 HAPPENED
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHBOUND
LANES THAT SCHAEFER STATE POLICE
SAY A GRAVEL HALLER HIT A PICKUP
TRUCK THEN THAT HIT THE SEMI
CRASH CAUSED THE SEMIS TRAILER
TO COME UNDONE AND THEN FALL
ONTO A CHARGER THAT WAS ON THE