PLUS FOREWARN METEOROLOGISTS, BRANDON ROUX IS TRACKING A WEEKEND WARM UP. WHY FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS STARTS
RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S
SEVEN O’CLOCK. I’M GRANT HERMES
AND I’M PRIYA MANN. THANKS FOR
JOINING US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS.
POWER OUTAGES ARE THE BIG
PROBLEM THIS MORNING. CREWS
CONTINUE TO WORK AROUND THE
CLOCK TO RESTORE POWER,
ACCORDING TO DTS LIVE OUTAGE
CENTER JUST OVER 286,000
CUSTOMERS ARE STILL WITHOUT
POWER THIS MORNING, AND THAT
NUMBER ACCOUNTS FOR JUST UNDER
13% OF ALL DTE CUSTOMERS. BUT
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NUMBER IS
DROPPING YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME
, MORE THAN 500,000 CUSTOMERS
WERE WITHOUT POWER CURRENTLY THE
COMPANY IS REPORTING THAT ABOUT
260 FIELD CREWS ARE WORKING TO
RESTORE POWER. STILL MANY ACROSS
METRO DETROIT, EXPRESSING THEIR
FRUSTRATION WITH DTS CURRENT
RESPONSE RATE. THEY SHOULD BE
ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THERE’S
NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. I DON’T
REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING,
BUT LIKE IF YOU DON’T HAVE
ENOUGH PEOPLE, THEN GO TO
ANOTHER STATE OR SOMETHING.
BECAUSE, LIKE IN MICHIGAN, WE
NEED POWER. FOSTER THERE SAYS
HER POWER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
RESTORED UNTIL MONDAY. SHE’S
FRUSTRATED AND WORRIED NOW THAT
HER PIPES COULD BURST. PAM ALSO
SAYS SHE CAN’T LEAVE HER HOME TO
GET WARM WITHOUT LEAVING HER
DOGS BEHIND TO FREEZE. HER
STRUGGLE IS EMBLEMATIC OF MANY
ACROSS METRO DETROIT AS CREWS
RACE TO RESTORE POWER AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE. SAFETY TIP THIS
MORNING. REMEMBER TO STAY 25 FT
AWAY FROM ANY DOWN WIRES AND
DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING. THOSE
WIRES MAY BE IN CONTACT WITH
CALLED DTE AT 1 804 77 47 47. IF
YOU DO SEE A DOWN LINE AND BE
AWARE THAT LINES THAT ARE BEHIND
THAT YELLOW TAPE MAY STILL BE
LIVE. WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE MAKING USE OF THEIR
GENERATORS RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU
SHOULD NEVER RUN YOUR GENERATOR
INSIDE YOUR HOME. AND LAST
NIGHT’S FREEZE TURNING INTO SNOW
FOR SOME OF OUR VIEWING AREA
THIS MORNING. BRANDON ROUX LOT
OF THAT WE WEREN’T QUITE
EXPECTING ALL THIS DUSTING HERE,
BUT IT IS MAKING FOR SLICK
CONDITIONS OUT. THERE CERTAINLY
IS AND IT AS YOU SAW FROM THAT
LIVE SHOT DOWNTOWN WINDSOR
ACROSS THE RIVER TO DETROIT.
IT’S DRYING OUT. BUT ONCE YOU
HAD NORTH UP INTO PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTHERN OAKLAND COUNTY,
OXFORD KOREAN OVER INTO THE R O
M E O THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
MODERATE SNOW COMING DOWN,
MOVING WEST TO EAST AND WILL BE
AN ISSUE HERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR
OR SO, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER
. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THIS
IS MAINLY NORTH OF M 59, BUT NOT
ALL OF ITS SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY,
SOUTHERN MACOMB COUNTY. ALSO
GETTING SOME LIGHT SNOW AND IT
IS STICKING TO THE STREETS AT
THESE TEMPERATURES OF TEENS TO
LOWER TWENTIES AND THE BREEZE
OUT OF THE EAST SOUTHEAST.
KEEPING WINDCHILLS THIS IS THE
INSULT TO INJURY FOR THE POWER
OUTAGE FOLKS OUT THERE SEEING
THESE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS ON YOUR
SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN IT’S NOT
AN ALL DAY SNOW, AND WE DO
EXPECT TO GET MORE AND MORE
SUNSHINE AS WE GET INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. SO FLAKES
ENDING AT EIGHT A.M. OR
THEREABOUTS, NOONTIME 33 MORE
AND MORE AFTERNOON SUN 38
DEGREES, SO WE’RE GOING TO WARM
IT UP EVEN MORE TOMORROW. I’LL
HAVE THAT COMING UP, DARNELL,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE? HERE’S YOUR
TIME SAVER TRAFFIC HAPPY
SATURDAY. WE GOT SOME
CONSTRUCTION THAT I WANT TO HELP
YOU GET AROUND THIS WEEKEND. THE
FIRST IS WESTBOUND 6 96 FROM
TELEGRAPH, 2 TO 75. THAT’S GONNA
THAT’S CLOSED RIGHT NOW, AND
THAT’S GOING TO OPEN UP ON
MONDAY MORNING AT FIVE A.M. AND
THEN YOU CAN TAKE SOUTHBOUND
TELEGRAPH TO WESTBOUND EIGHT
MILES TO WESTBOUND IN 5 TO 6 96
TO GET AROUND THIS ALSO, WE HAVE
CONSTRUCTION ON I 75 THIS IS THE
NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF I 75
FROM SQUARE LAKES TO I 6 96.
THAT’S CLOSED RIGHT NOW, AND
THAT’S GOING TO OPEN UP ON
MONDAY MORNING AT FIVE A.M. AS
WELL TO GET AROUND THIS, YOU CAN
TAKE WESTBOUND SQUARE LAKE TO
SOUTH BEND. WHAT WE’RE TO EAST
BAUER. I 6 96 SOUTHBOUND. I 75
THAT’LL GET YOU AROUND THIS
CONSTRUCTION TODAY HAVE A GOOD
REST OF THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, DARNELL. WE AREN’T
THE ONLY ONES FEELING THE FRIDGE
ATTEMPTS THIS WEEK. TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS PHOTO FROM A WDIV’S
INSIDER IN DETROIT. A CARDINAL
HERE BRAVING THE ICY WEATHER
STANDING UP THERE AGAINST ALL
THAT WHITE BACKGROUND. THE
PICTURE, ALONG WITH OTHER PHOTOS
FROM INSIDERS ARE ALL PART OF
OUR MIND PICKS COMMUNITY. IF YOU
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HAVE TO DO IS UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO.
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IT WAS PRETTY SCENIC LOOKING AT
THOSE TREE BRANCHES. IT WAS WHEN
YOU WERE INSIDE. IF YOU DIDN’T
LUCKY ENOUGH FORTUNATE TO HAVE
POWER. IT WAS SORT OF PRETTY.
THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WAS
WALKING ZEN OUTSIDE, IT WAS NICE
TO LOOK AT MONITORING UPDATES
FROM DTE ON THE EFFORTS TO
RESTORE POWER. PLUS WE HAVE A
LIST OF WARMING CENTERS ACROSS
METRO DETROIT. YOU CAN FIND ALL
OF THAT INFO RIGHT NOW AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND THIS
WEEKEND IN THE MOTOR CITY. SOME
OF THE COUNTRY’S COOLEST HOT
RODS ARE ON DISPLAY DRAMA
FEATURES HUNDREDS OF DECKED OUT
CARS AT HUNTINGTON’S PLACE ARE
MEGAN WOODS IS LIVE THIS MORNING
WITH A SNEAK PEEK A MEGAN HEY,
GRANT PRIYA, SO DOORS OPEN HERE
AT HUNTINGTON’S PLACE AT NINE
AND THEY DON’T CLOSE UNTIL 10
O’CLOCK. IT’S DAY TWO. I’M HERE
WITH JUSTIN AND YOU’RE WITH
MCGUIRE’S WHO HELPED PUT THIS ON
RIGHT. SO MCGUIRE HAS ACTUALLY
BEEN A PART OF THE WORLD WHEEL
CHAUFFEUR ABOUT OVER 20 YEARS
NOW, SPECIFICALLY TO NOW, WITH
THIS SHOW WITH THE RIDDLER
AWARD, ONE OF THE MOST
PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FOR ANY CAR
BUILDER CAR OWNER IN REALLY THE
CUSTOMER HOT ROD WORLD. WOW! SO
WHAT MAKES IT SO PRESTIGIOUS SO
WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
SHOW IS YOU HAVE ABOUT 30
ENTRIES HERE AND ONLY EIGHT
GOING SO YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THE
SCENES ARE THE GREAT EIGHT. NOW
THE THING ABOUT THIS IS THE TIME
THAT THEY PUT IN THESE CARS.
THEY’RE ACTUALLY NOT EVEN
ALLOWED TO BE SHOWN UNTIL THEY
ARRIVE HERE AT THE SHOW. SO THAT
MEANS NO SOCIAL MEDIA. NO SOCIAL
MEDIA IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
TODAY. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? YOU
CANNOT EVEN SHOW ONE ASPECT OF
THIS CAR WHILE THEY’RE BUILDING
IT. WOW AND SO THAT GOES INTO
THIS AWARD. IF THEY SEE YOU
KNOW, YOU MAY GO ON FACEBOOK.
BOOK LIVE TO BRAG ABOUT YOUR
WORK. YOU CAN BE DISQUALIFIED,
WOKE. BUT LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF
THESE CAR OWNERS AND BUILDERS
ARE NOT ONLY FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY CAN BE AROUND THE WORLD
AND LIKE I SAID, FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON’T REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE
RIVER AWARD, THINK ABOUT IT.
THIS IS LIKE THE OSCARS FOR YOU
KNOW, THE BEST. THE BEST
DIRECTOR, THE BEST WRITER. THIS
IS ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE
MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR
CUSTOMER CARS. HOW LONG DO SOME
OF THESE PEOPLE WORK ON IT FOR
YEARS? ABSOLUTELY. IT CAN BE UP
TO EVEN LIKE FIVE YEARS OF THESE
PEOPLE, PUTTING THEIR BLOOD
SWEAT AND TEARS INTO THESE
BUILDS AND AGAIN IF YOU’RE NOT
EVEN A CAR PERSON, WHICH WERE IN
THE MOTOR CITY, MOST OF PEOPLE
ARE YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT IT AS
LIKE AN ART PIECE OF ART.
SHOWING ALL THE CUSTOMIZATION
NOT ONLY JUST FROM THE INTERIOR
THE NEXT YEAR, EVEN UNDERNEATH
IF YOU NOTICE THERE’S MIRRORS
UNDER THESE CARS, SO YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SEE WHAT’S GOING ON
EVEN UNDER THE HOOD. WOW THESE
ARE NICE CARS, AND THEN THEY
HAVE A NICE PRIZE, TOO, RIGHT?
YES SO THAT’S PART OF THE
SPONSORSHIP THAT MCGUIRE’S HAS
WITH WORLD WHEELS AND READ THEIR
AWARD. THE WINNER WILL SEE YOU
AT $10,000 CHECK, WHICH IS A
NICE LITTLE LITTLE BONUS THERE.
BUT REALLY, IT’S JUST ABOUT THE
PRESTIGE OF WINNING THE AWARD.
UM AND THESE CARS WILL USUALLY
GO ON TOUR AFTER JUST TO PROMOTE
NOT ONLY THE CAR, THE SHOW AND
THE BUILDERS AND THE OWNERS AND
WHEN PEOPLE COME TODAY, THEY
WON’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THE
WINNER IS. THAT COMES LATER,
RIGHT. THAT’S THE THING. SO YOU
GUYS GOT TO COME DOWN TODAY TO
CHECK OUT THESE CARS BECAUSE
TOMORROW IS WHEN THE PANEL WILL
GO THROUGH AND DECIDE THE WINNER
AND THEN GIVE OUT THE AWARD IN
THE BIG CEREMONY. SO IF YOU
HAVEN’T BEEN OUT TODAY, OR IF
YOU CAN’T MAKE IT TODAY, COME
TOMORROW MORNING. YOU HAVE TO
CHECK OUT THESE CARS ARE
AMAZING. SO, JUSTIN, YOU’RE NOT
ON THE PANEL, RIGHT? I AM NOT ON
THE PANEL, SO YOU COULD TELL US
WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE
FAVORITE, BUT I HAVE NO INSIDE
INFORMATION. THIS HAS NO BEARING
TO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT NO. I’M
KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS THIS. 55
SHOULD BE. I MEAN, FOR ME. IT’S
ABOUT I MEAN WITH WITH MCGUIRE’S
. IT’S ABOUT THE LOOK. IT’S
ABOUT THE PAINT. IT’S ABOUT THE
AESTHETIC OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN
THIS PAIN IS INTERIOR IS REALLY
NICE. I’M NOT EVEN A CAR PERSON
BEFORE WE STARTED. SHE WAS LIKE,
HEY, THIS INTERIOR WAS LIKE I
KNOW IT’S AMAZING. IT’S NICE, SO
YOU HAVE TO COME HERE AND SEE IT
IN PERSON. IT’S REALLY COOL AND
THIS IS ONE OF 800 VEHICLES THAT
WILL BE HERE AT HUNTINGTON’S
PLACE. DOORS OPEN AT NINE.
THEY’RE ALSO OPEN TOMORROW, AND
WE’LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON
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