LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. IN THE WAKE OF THE MASS POWER
OUTAGES AFFECTING SO MANY
CUSTOMERS. WE’RE HEARING FROM
THE LEADER OF THE E. WE ARE
GOING TO DO BETTER. WE WILL BE
BETTER. YES HE KNOWS PEOPLE ARE
UPSET, BUT WHAT IS THE PLAN TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN?
AND ALONG WITH SNOW, THERE IS
ONCE AGAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF
ICE IN THE NEXT ROUND OF WINTER
WEATHER SET TO ARRIVE HERE
TOMORROW. WE APPRECIATE YOU
BEING WITH US HERE AT SIX
O’CLOCK. I’M KIMBERLY GILL I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN. A LOT OF US WILL
BE GETTING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS, TOO, BUT THERE WILL
BE ONCE AGAIN A VERY WIDE
VARIATION DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU
ARE KIM ADAMS HERE OFF THE TOP
OF SIX WITH THE UPDATED FOR
WARREN FORECAST, KIM WELL, YOU
SEE THOSE TOTALS THAT WERE
RUNNING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN. I WANT TO SAY THESE ARE
PRELIMINARY TOTALS WERE WATCHING
THAT RAIN SNOW LINE SET UP AND
THIS SYSTEM IS STILL WAY DOWN IN
TEXAS. IT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
VARIABLES, WHICH IS WHY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
KEEPING US UNDER A WATCH AND NOT
UPGRADING US TO A WARNING
BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL
FACTORS THAT COULD MAKE THIS BIG
OR A BUST. I HAVE TO BE HONEST
ABOUT THAT. SO TAKE THOSE WITH
THE GRAIN OF SALT. THIS IS WHAT
AS THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW WHAT
WE’RE THINKING I’M WATCHING VERY
CLOSELY THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS DOWN TO OUR SOUTH
IN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND ALSO
TEXAS AND THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE THERE’S BEEN SOME VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. VERY
CONVECTIVE WITH HIGH CLOUD TOPS
. WHAT THIS TELLS ME IS THAT
FIRST OF ALL, IT’S A VERY STRONG
STORM SYSTEM, BUT A LOT OF THAT
CONVECTION IS ROBBING SOME OF
THE MOISTURE AWAY FROM THE
SYSTEM AS IT MOVES UP. THROUGH
THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO
VALLEYS. THERE’S ALSO A SYSTEM
DEVELOPING OFF THE EAST COAST
THAT SOME OF THIS ENERGY WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THAT. SO A LOT OF
FACTORS PLAYING INTO THIS THAT
COULD REDUCE THE TOTALS AT THE
SAME TIME. IF THOSE SITUATIONS
DON’T OCCUR, WE COULD HAVE MORE
IN THOSE SNOW TOTALS MAY GO UP
SO THEY ARE GOING TO FLUCTUATE.
IT’S A WIDE RANGE AND THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AGAIN
KEEPING US UNDER A WATCH, NOT A
WARNING, WHICH IS SAYING THAT
IT’S EMINENT. JUST THEY’RE
SAYING WATCH OUT FOR IT RIGHT
NOW. BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING.
LATE MORNING ARRIVAL IN THE
SOUTH, MOST OF METRO DETROIT.
THIS WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL LATER
IN THE AFTERNOON. BEST WAY TO
KEEP UP TO DATE ON WHETHER OR
NOT YOU’RE GETTING RAIN AT YOUR
HOUSE. SNOW HOW MUCH WHEN YOU
NEED TO DOWNLOAD THIS 4WARN
WEATHER APP YOU PUT IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WILL TELL
YOU WHEN IT’S GOING TO RAIN.
WHEN IT’S GOING TO SNOW, HOW
MUCH YOU’RE GOING TO GET MINUTE
BY MINUTE FORECAST INTERACTIVE
RADAR RIGHT IN THE PALM OF YOUR
HAND. IT’S A GREAT APP. IT’S
FREE. JUST GO TO YOUR FAVORITE
APP. STORE TYPE IN WDIV’S HEY,
KIM, THANK YOU. AND IT’S
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WHO LOST
POWER AND LAST WEEK’S ICE STORM
NOW ANTICIPATE THIS NEXT ROUND
OF WINTER WEATHER. WE ASKED OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE. WHAT’S ONE
QUESTION YOU WOULD ASK THE CEO
OF DTE. NOT SURPRISINGLY, WE GOT
HUNDREDS OF RESPONSES. TODAY I
HAD THE CHANCE TO ASK A NUMBER
OF THOSE QUESTIONS OF JERRY
NORCIA AND A ONE ON ONE
INTERVIEW IN THE COMMAND CENTER
OVER AT DT. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW
FRUSTRATED CUSTOMERS ARE NOT
ONLY WITH THE LENGTH OF THE
OUTAGE, BUT ALSO THE MISS
PREDICTIONS ON WHEN THEY COULD
EXPECT POWER BACK. HE AGREES.
PLANNING WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH.
IT’S NOT NEWS TO YOU TWO FOR ME
TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE A LOT
OF ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS CUSTOMERS
. WHAT DO YOU TELLING HIM WHILE
WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, YOU
KNOW, LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE
HAD HISTORIC ICE STORM THAT ROLL
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT, AND AT THE END
OF ALL OF THAT WE HAD ABOUT 1.7
MILLION CUSTOMERS ARE STILL HAD
POWER. BUT THAT’S WHAT’S NOT
IMPORTANT. WE HAVE 630,000
CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER THAT
EVENING, AND, UH, WHILE WE
RESTORED 50% YOU KNOW BY FRIDAY
NIGHT AND 80% BY SATURDAY NIGHT
AND 98% BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WE HAD
ABOUT 14 OR 15,000 CUSTOMERS
THAT ROLLED INTO MONDAY, TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY, AND I JUST HAVE
TO SAY TO MY CUSTOMERS THAT’S
UNACCEPTABLE. BUT WE ALSO HAD A
BIG PROBLEM WITH EXPECTATION
MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, DON’T TELL
ME MY POWER IS GOING TO BE BACK
ON ON SUNDAY, IF I’M GONNA NOT
ACTUALLY SEE POWER UNTIL THE
FOLLOWING TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
WHERE WAS WHY WAS THAT MISTAKE
MADE IN MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING
WHAT IT TOOK TO GET BACK ON.
THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. YOU
KNOW, WE GET THESE TYPE OF ICE
STORMS EVERY 50 OR 60 YEARS, SO
TYPICALLY WHEN WE PRODUCE AN
ESTIMATE. IT’S BASED ON A
HISTORIC INSTANCES WHERE WE’VE
HAD OUTAGES AND SO MANY
CUSTOMERS AND SO MANY DEVICES
THAT ARE THAT APPEAR DISABLED ON
THIS SCREEN, AND WE MAKE AN
ESTIMATE. BUT WHEN YOU ARRIVE ON
A JOB AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE
DAMAGE, IT WAS A LOT MORE
EXPENSIVE EXTENSIVE THAN ANY OF
OUR MODELS HAD PREDICTED. THAT’S
WHY WE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
WE BROUGHT AN INCREMENTAL 1000
WORKERS IN BECAUSE THE DAMAGE
WAS MUCH WORSE. SO WE ARRIVED AT
THE JOB. WE FOUND THAT IT WAS
GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER TO
REPAIR. THAT’S WHY ESTIMATES
CHANGED. NOT IDEAL, NOT GREAT
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, BUT THESE ARE
VERY RARE EVENTS THAT ARE
HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN
FAMILIAR WITH THE CITIZENS
UTILITY BOARD BREAKDOWN THAT
SHOWS THAT MICHIGAN THE WORST
EFFICIENCY WHEN IT COMES TO AND
RELIABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO
UTILITIES IN THE COUNTRY, I
THOUGHT WELL MICHIGAN HAS MORE
TREES. MAYBE I STARTED LOOKING
INTO IT. WASHINGTON STATE SECOND
BEST. MINNESOTA NINTH BEST EVEN
WISCONSIN, 24TH OR 25TH BEST.
WHY ARE WE LAGGING THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY IN OUR RELIABILITY
OF OUR OF OUR SYSTEMS? GREAT
QUESTION. LET ME BREAK IT DOWN
FOR YOU. SO THERE’S REALLY TWO
COMPONENTS TO RELIABILITY. ONE
IS THE NUMBER OF OUTAGES INTO
THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES
TO RESTORE THOSE AVERAGES. SO
FROM A NUMBER OF OUTAGES
PERSPECTIVE WERE ABOUT AVERAGE
IN A COUNTRY WHICH IS STILL NOT
GREAT. WE DON’T HAVE THE BEST
GRID IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF
OUTAGES IN THE FREQUENCY OF
OUTAGES. THE DURATION IS BELOW
AVERAGE. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
IT TAKES TO RESTORE HENCE THE
LONG WAIT FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO
GET BACK ONLINE. WE TALKED ABOUT
QUITE A BIT MORE, INCLUDING THAT
$35 CREDIT THAT SO MANY HAVE
DERIDED AS BEING COMPLETELY
UNHELPFUL TO OFFSET THE EXPENSES
THAT MANY HAVE INCURRED THAT
PART OF THE CONVERSATION COMING
UP TONIGHT ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
DEVIN SCILLIAN. THE LANDFILL IN
CANTON IS FILLING UP FAST IN THE
TOWNSHIP IS ASKING PEOPLE TO DO
THEIR PART TO HELP GRANT HERMES
IS LIVE AT THE LANDFILL NEAR I 2
75 AND VAN BORN ROAD GRANT. YOU
TALK TO SOME HOMEOWNERS WHO SAY
THEY EXPECTED THIS TO HAPPEN?
YEAH THEY CERTAINLY DID. WE’RE
GONNA GIVE YOU A SENSE OF JUST
HOW BIG THIS LANDFILL IS. IT IS
EXPANDED IN ALL DIRECTIONS TO
ITS LIMIT, INCLUDING ITS HEIGHT
, AND NOW IT IS THREE QUARTERS
OF THE WAY FULL. AND THAT IS WHY
CAN’T TOWNSHIP IS ASKING
RESIDENTS TO PAY CLOSER
ATTENTION TO THEIR TRASH. IN ITS
MOST RECENT NEWSLETTER, CANTON
TOWNSHIP, IS ASKING PEOPLE TO
WATCH WHAT THEY EMPTY INTO THE
TRASH BECAUSE THEY’RE RUNNING
OUT OF ROOM TO FILL THE LANDFILL
IN THE NEWSLETTER, CANTEEN
SUPERVISOR AND MARIE GRAHAM
HUDOCK TOLD RESIDENTS THE
LANDFILL WAS SO FULL. IT WAS IN
ITS LAST QUADRANT, SO MORE THAN
THREE QUARTERS FULL, SAYING IT
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO
DIVERT AS MUCH WASTE AS POSSIBLE
, WHICH MEANS RECYCLING AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE. THAT HAS BEEN HERE.
AND IT GROWS FROM A LITTLE
DICKIE HERE. KING SIZE HILL. AND
THEY KEEP ADDING KEITH JONES
LIVES JUST BEHIND THE LANDFILL
AND HAS FOR 20 YEARS EXPANDED.
THEY COULDN’T GO THIS WAY. SO
THEY WENT THAT WAY. AND NOW THEY
CAN’T GO THAT WAY. NO MORE
EITHER. SO I WAS WONDERING HOW
LONG WILL IT TAKE BEFORE THEY
FILLED IT ALL THE WAY UP.
LANDFILL ISN’T ALONE. THE MOST
RECENT REPORT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT
LAKES AND ENERGY SHOWING THERE
WERE MORE THAN 71 MILLION TONS
OF TRASH PUT INTO MICHIGAN’S
LANDFILLS IN 2021. MICHIGAN ALSO
LAGS FAR BEHIND THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO
RECYCLING MICHIGANDERS CYCLING
JUST OVER HALF THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. BUT LEANNE KOWALSKI IS
ONE OF THEM CYCLE. WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE DON’T PUT THE WRONG
THINGS WE HAVE OUR KIDS RECYCLE
OUR GRANDCHILDREN RECYCLE AND
WHEN ASKED IF SHE WAS WORRIED
ABOUT THE LANDFILL, GETTING TO
FULL START ANOTHER ONE. THERE’S
NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. THERE’S NO
SET TIMELINE FOR WHEN THIS
LANDFILL WOULD ACTUALLY FILL UP
THAT STATE BREAKDOWN DIDN’T HAVE
INDIVIDUAL TIMELINES. THEY DO
THINK ALL OF OUR LANDFILLS WILL
FILL UP, THOUGH IN MICHIGAN IN
THE NEXT 26 YEARS, SO WE’VE GOT
A LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE OUT THIS
PROBLEM IN CANTON TOWNSHIP,
GRANT HERMES FOUR LOCAL ALL
RIGHT, GRANT. VOLUNTEERS AT
MICHIGAN STATE ARE REMOVING THE
MEMORIALS DEDICATED TO THE
VICTIMS OF THE CAMPUS, SHOOTING
THE FLOWERS, THE SIGNS OF THE
SPARTY STATUE AND THE ROCK HAVE
BEEN THERE NOW, FOR 17 DAYS.
CRUISE WANT TO TAKE THEM AWAY
BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS COMING IN
TOMORROW. FLOWERS ARE GOING TO
BE TURNED INTO MULCH TO BE USED
DURING THE PLANNING OF A
MEMORIAL TREE LATER THIS YEAR.
SIGNS AND OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING
PRESERVED BY THE MSU ARCHIVES
AND THE MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. THE CAMPUS
SHOOTINGS ONCE AGAIN PUT GUN
LAWS, OF COURSE IN THE LANSING
SPOTLIGHT AND AMONG THOSE
PUSHING FOR CHANGE AT THE
CAPITOL TODAY, THE FATHER AND
SISTER OF A GIRL KILLED IN THE
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING OF
2021 SHAWN LEY LIVE WITH THAT
VERY PERSONAL STORY AS WELL AS
WHAT GUN OWNERS WERE SAYING
THERE TODAY, SEAN. ABSOLUTELY
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER
AND SISTER OF HANA SAINT
JULIANA, KILLED IN THE OXFORD
SCHOOL SHOOTING BACK HERE AT THE
CAPITOL TODAY WITH EMOTIONAL
STRONG WORDS. IT FEELS AS THOUGH
I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A
BREATH, BUT HOW COULD I? I
HAVEN’T HEARD HANNAH’S LAUGH.
GONE INTO A ROOM WITHOUT IT
BEING EMPTY AND DARK IN OVER A
YEAR. THE SISTER AND FATHER OF
HANA SAINT JULIANA, MAKING AN
EMOTIONAL PLEA TODAY IN FRONT OF
STATE SENATORS IN LANSING AS NEW
GUN CONTROL, GUN, SAFETY AND GUN
VIOLENCE, MEASURES ARE BEING
LOOKED AT IN THE WAKE OF THE MSU
SHOOTING. WHY WASN’T OXFORD
ENOUGH? WHY AREN’T THE KIDS WHO
ARE KILLED EVERY DAY FROM GUN
VIOLENCE ENOUGH JUST WEEKS AFTER
HIS DAUGHTER’S MURDER AT OXFORD,
STEVE SAINT JULIANA CAME TO THE
CAPITAL, HE SAYS TO BEG FOR
STRONGER GUN LAWS WARNING
LAWMAKERS, THEN THAT MORE KIDS
ARE GOING TO BE GUNNED DOWN
TODAY, HE’S BACK. AND I SAID
IT’S NOT A MATTER OF IF. IT’S A
MATTER OF WHEN THIS IS GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN, AND IT’S GOING TO
TOUCH YOU. DON’T WAIT. CHANGES
LAWMAKERS BELIEVE MAY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. SECURE STORAGE OF
FIREARMS, BACKGROUND CHECKS AND
RED FLAG LAWS. GUN OWNERS ALSO
IN LANSING TODAY SUPPORTING
TOUGHER GUN LAWS. AS I SAID, I
OWN A LOT OF GUNS. PASSING IN
THE BOTTOM. I LOVE TO SHOOT. WE
SHOOT A LOT. AND I’VE OWNED GUNS
MY WHOLE LIFE. BUT IT COMES DOWN
TO THIS. SO UNLESS WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO BURY OUR CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN, WE HAVE TO
VALUE THEIR LIVES MORE THAN WE
VALUE THE GUMS. SPEAKING THERE
IS MIKE JACKSON HE’S FROM MONROE
OWNS 20 GUNS. HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
WAS ON THE MSU CAMPUS IS A
STUDENT HERE AND TEXTED HIM THAT
THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. SO
HE WAS HERE IN LANSING TODAY AS
A GUN OWNER, SAYING HE’S
RESPONSIBLE GUN LAWS. BEEFING
THEM UP MAKES SENSE TO HIM.
WE’RE ASKING LAWMAKERS, DEVIN
WOULD ANY OF THESE NEW LAWS
BEING PROPOSED OR BEEFING UP THE
LAWS? GUN LAWS WOULD HAVE HELPED
IN THE MSU SHOOTING LAWMAKERS,
SOME OF THEM POINTING TO THE RED
FLAG LAWS, PERHAPS BECAUSE THE
SHOOTER DID HAVE AN ELEMENT OF A
MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY. KEEP IN
MIND. HOWEVER, HE WAS CHARGED
WITH A FELONY AT ONE POINT THAT
WAS AMENDED DOWN TO A
MISDEMEANOR, ALLOWING HIM TO
LEGALLY BUY TWO GUNS USED IN
THAT SHOOTING. MORE DEBATE TO
COME. LAWMAKERS ENCOURAGED
SOMETHING CAN GET DONE BACK TO
YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT,
SEAN. SUSPECTED OF ROBBING $2
STORES WITHIN MINUTES, IS CHASED
DOWN AND ARRESTED BY WARREN
POLICE, DASHCAM AND BODYCAM
FOOTAGE SHOWS HOW IT ALL
UNFOLDED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SUSPECT
ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THE DOLLAR
GENERAL’S ON VAN DYKE AND HOOVER
ROAD TAKING OFF IN A STOLEN
CHRYSLER 300. THE SUSPECT
CRASHED THE CAR AND OFFICERS
WERE ABLE TO ARREST HIM WITH THE
HELP OF A K NINE POLICE DOG.
POLICE SAY THE SHORT TIME
BETWEEN THE TWO ROBBERIES MADE
THIS SUSPECT A PRIORITY. THIS
WASN’T JUST A TRAFFIC PURSUIT
FOR SOMEBODY SPEEDING. THIS WAS
A VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS SUSPECTS
WHO NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE
STREETS. HE HAD JUST ROBBED TOO.
DOLLAR GENERAL STORES IN THE
SPAN OF 15 MINUTES HE SUSPECTED
IN SEVERAL OTHER ROBBERIES IN
THE AREA. IF WE LET HIM GO, WHAT
ELSE IS HE GOING TO DO? POLICE
SAY NO ONE WAS HURT AS A RESULT
OF THAT PURSUIT. POLICE ARE
SEARCHING FOR THE MAN CAUGHT
RECORDING WOMEN IN A BATHROOM AT
HENRY FORD COLLEGE. DEARBORN
POLICE SAY THE FEMALE STUDENT
WALKED INTO A BATHROOM ON THE
THIRD FLOOR OF BUILDING G. AND
SAW THIS MAN INSIDE A STALL. SHE
SAYS HE HAD A RECORDING DEVICE
POINTED IN HER DIRECTION. SHE
WAS ABLE TO SNAP THIS PHOTO OF
THE MAN IS HE RAN AWAY IF YOU
RECOGNIZE HIM, PERHAPS FROM THE
COAT OR YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE WHAT
WE CAN SEE OF HIS FACE CALLED