NOW WITH A 4WARN WEATHER ALERT. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT EXACT TRACK FOUR D RADAR AS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN IS UNDER AN
ICE STORM WARNING. LET’S TAKE A
LIVE LOOK AT THE ROADS TONIGHT.
THIS IS UNIVERSITY DRIVE NEAR
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY. REMINDER IF
YOU ARE HEADED OUT, YOU’LL NEED
TO BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT
CHANGES BECAUSE OF THESE
1 DEGREES TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
EVERYWHERE. IT CHANGES FROM EVEN
BLOCK TO BLOCK EVEN AS TO HOW
SLICK IT IS SPOTS OUT THERE TO
SCHOOL CLOSINGS, ROLLING IN FOR
A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY, TOO. AT
LAST CHECK. NEARLY 400 SCHOOLS
WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW WE HAVE
A FULL LIST ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND BEFORE
WORN WEATHER APP. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US, EVERYBODY FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11. I’M
KIMBERLY. GUILT DEVIN SCILLIAN.
LET’S CHECK IN HERE AT 11 AS WE
HIT THE 11 O’CLOCK HOUR WITH
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS, WHO’S
HAD A RATHER INTERESTING DAY.
THAT’S ONE WAY TO PUT IT. YES
WE’VE BEEN KEEPING A VERY CLOSE
EYE ON THE TEMPS NOW NORMALLY,
AFTER SIX O’CLOCK WHEN THE SUN
SETS THOSE TEMPS START TO FALL.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT OUR
TEMPERATURES HAVE STAYED RIGHT
AROUND THAT FREEZING MARK, AND
WE HAVEN’T SEEN A VERY DRAMATIC
TUMBLE AND WE WON’T. WE’LL DROP
DOWN TO ABOUT 28 OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT, BUT THAT’S BELOW
FREEZING, SO IT WILL STILL BE AN
ICY MORNING COMMUTE RIGHT NOW
SNOWING UP TO THE THUMB, BUT
THERE ARE STILL A FEW AREAS OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE, ESPECIALLY IN
NORTHERN PARTS OF OAKLAND AND
MACOMB COUNTIES. OXFORD LAKE
KOREAN ROMEO ARMADA, BUT YOU GO
DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE
SOUTH, AND IT’S DRY AND FRASER
STERLING, HER HEIGHTS, CLAUSEN
AND IN BERKELEY INTO WAYNE
COUNTY, WE GO STILL SEEING DRY
CONDITIONS AT LEAST AS FAR AS
WHAT’S FALLING NOW THE ROADS ARE
STILL VERY WET SIDE STREETS ARE
ICY. AH THEN WE GO OUT TO THE
WEST, AND WE’RE SEEING A BATCH
OF SNOW OUTSIDE OF HOWELL RIGHT
ALONG EYES. 96 BRIGHTON RIGHT
NOW, THOUGH, IS DRY. POWER
OUTAGES. WE MENTIONED THIS AT
THE TOP OF THE SHOW. YOU CAN SEE
THE LEGEND UP HERE. ANYTHING IN
RED IS 100,000 PEOPLE UP TO
100,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION IS IN
WAYNE COUNTY, ALSO OUT TO THE
WEST IN PARTS OF ANN ARBOR AND
OAKLAND COUNTY. SO OVER 200,000
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW OR MORE WITHOUT
POWER FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE.
THAT’S THE BIG QUESTION.
UNTREATED ROADS WILL STILL BE
ICY BECAUSE TEMPERATURES WILL
STILL BE BELOW FREEZING DURING
THE MORNING HOURS. NOW, ROAD
CREWS HAVE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC
ON THE MAIN ROADS, KEEPING THEM
MOSTLY JUST WET, BUT THOSE SIDE
STREETS OR SIDEWALKS, YOUR
DRIVEWAY VERY ICY WARMING UP
MIDDAY WILL GET INTO THE FORTIES
TOMORROW AND ALL THIS ICE WILL
MELT AWAY. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN
WE’RE DONE WITH THE PROBLEMS.
I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP
THE FORECAST. THIS IS A GREAT
TIME TO GO DOWNLOAD OUR 4WARN
WEATHER APP. YOU COULD STILL
LOSE POWER TONIGHT BECAUSE WE’VE
GOT THE ICE ON THE TREES AND
WINS AND THIS IS YOUR BEST WAY
TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE POWER, SO
DOWNLOAD THAT FOR ONE WEATHER
APP. JUST GO TO YOUR FAVORITE
APPSTORE TYPE IN WDIV’S KIM. SO
WE WATCHED THAT ICE JUST GET
FATTER AND FATTER ON THE TREES
AND, OF COURSE, THE POWER LINES
AND THAT IS WHAT’S CAUSING NOW.
POWER OUTAGES THAT REALLY
STARTING TO STACK UP REPORTING
MORE THAN 225,000 CUSTOMERS
WITHOUT POWER IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LIVE TRACKING THE OUTAGES FORCE
TONIGHT IN WARREN, JACQUELINE.
KIMBERLY. HI DEVIN. WE’RE HERE
AT 12, MILE AND SHAINA IN WARREN
WORK. FINALLY THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED FOR THE POWER IS STILL
OUT. YOU’RE LOOKING AT THAT
TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE. NO POWER
CARDS ARE MOSTLY TREATING IT
LIKE A FOUR WAY STOP ACROSS THE
STREET AT THAT MARATHON GAS
STATION. ALSO NO POWER AND OUT
HERE TONIGHT, EVERY SO OFTEN
YOU’LL SEE THE SKY GLOW GREEN
FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
TRANSFORMER BLOWING A COUPLE OF
TIMES. WE’VE SEEN FLAMES TO
FOLLOW. SO IT’S NO SURPRISE.
THERE ARE FIRE CREWS ALL OVER
THE AREAS TONIGHT, EVEN INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. WOODS. FOLLOWING
THOSE AND THEN ALSO, WE KNOW
THAT DT IS ON THE JOB TONIGHT.
THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE
EARLIER THIS EVENING BREAKING
DOWN WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND
HOW THEY’RE PREPARED TO HANDLE
IT. TAKE A LISTEN. ICE ADDS JUST
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WEIGHT,
TWO TREES, TREE LIMBS, WIRES AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT. AND JUST TO
GIVE YOU A FEEL, UM HALF AN INCH
OF RADIO ICE ON ONE OF OUR WIRES
IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF WEIGHT, UH
, AS A BABY GRAND PIANO, SO IT’S
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WEIGHT.
WE’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS
WEATHER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WE
HAVE SEVERAL 100 TRAINED
INDIVIDUALS OUT IN THE FIELD
WORKING PUBLIC SAFETY LARGELY
FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE PUBLIC
FROM DOWN WIRES AND WE HAVE WELL
OVER 1000 LINEMEN IN THE FIELD,
WORKING TO RESTORE POWER. WE
KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING POWER
OUTAGES CAN BE. AND WANT YOU TO
KNOW WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT
WE CAN TO RESTORE POWER AS
QUICKLY AND AS SAFELY AS WE CAN.
AS ALWAYS, IF YOU SEE A DOWNED
WIRE, STAY AT LEAST 20 FT AWAY
AND REPORTED, IF YOU CAN, AND
ALSO LIKE WE’VE BEEN SAYING, IF
YOU HAVE POWER RIGHT NOW, YOU
COULD STILL WAKE UP WITHOUT IT.
SO BE SURE TO BE CHECKING OUR
RAP CHECKING. DTS OUTAGE MAP
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO THE
MORNING REPORTING LIVE IN WARREN
, JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4
JACQUELINE, THANK YOU AND OUR
TEAM HAS BEEN OUT ALL DAY
TRACKING ROAD CONDITIONS AND WE
CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT
THE CONDITIONS IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY, MEGAN WOODS IS IN ANN
ARBOR, KIM ADAMS. AS MENTIONED
THE GROWING PROBLEMS. THEY’RE
MOSTLY POWER OUTAGES, CAUSING
PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW, MEGAN THAT’S
RIGHT. THE RAIN HAS FINALLY
STOPPED, AT LEAST FOR NOW, BUT
WE ARE SEEING THAT THE ROADS ARE
WET. THEY’RE NOT SLICK AND LESS
THAN AN HOUR AGO, AND ARBOR
SCHOOL’S RELEASE THAT THEY WILL
REMAIN CLOSED AND THAT’S ALL DUE
TO POWER OUTAGES, INCLUDING SOME
OF THEIR BUILDINGS. AND SO WE’RE
HERE AT AN INTERSECTION, PACKARD
AND YOU SEE, IT’S NOW A FOUR WAY
STOP. IT’S PITCH BLACK AND THIS
IS ONE OF MANY INTERSECTIONS
WITHOUT POWER. PITCH BLACK
DRIVING CONDITIONS, FALLEN TREE
LIMBS AND ROAD HAZARDS. THAT’S
WHAT IN ARBORS DEALING WITH
WHILE DRIVERS ARE DODGING THE
LOW HANGING BRANCHES OR THE
LIMBS THAT HAVE SIMPLY SNAPPED
ONTO THE ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
DEALING WITH MESSAGES LIKE THIS.
DEBRIS EVERYWHERE, TREES ON
VEHICLES AND HOMES, FIRE
DEPARTMENTS. AND GT ENERGY ARE
RESPONDING AS FAST AS THEY CAN
WHEN YOU VISIT E ENERGIES OUTAGE
MAP. THIS IS THE FIRST MESSAGE
YOU SEE, SAYING QUOTE THE SEVERE
WEATHER IS BRINGING DOWN TREES
AND BRANCHES, DAMAGING OUR POWER
LINES AND CAUSING OUTAGES. IT’S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IF YOU
HAVE TO BE OUT TONIGHT OR THIS
MORNING TO SLOW DOWN. EVEN
THOUGH THESE ROADS OUT HERE ARE
JUST WET. THEY’RE NOT SLICK.
THERE ARE STILL THOSE LOW
HANGING BRANCHES AND, UH, LAMBS
FROM TREES AND THOSE ARE HARD TO
PASS. AND WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL ZOOMING
PAST AND THEIR CAR HITS IT AND
THERE COULD BE DAMAGED AND THEN
ALSO REMEMBER. DO NOT PARK
OVERNIGHT. DO NOT PARK UNDER
THOSE TREES BECAUSE WE’RE SEEING
A LOT OF THOSE TREES. YOU’VE
SEEN IT IN THAT. VIDEO
COLLAPSING OR FALLING ONTO
VEHICLES AND HOMES, SO JUST LOOK
OUT FOR THAT AND BE VERY, VERY
CAREFUL. LIVE IN ANN ARBOR. I’M
MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4. DON’T PARK
FOR WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE NOW
PART FOR WHAT THEY COULD BE HERE
OVERNIGHT. YEAH ALRIGHT, BUT THE
ICE IS MAKING FOR SOME BIG
ISSUES TONIGHT FOR FOLKS AT
METRO AIRPORT. THERE ARE MORE
THAN 250 CANCELATIONS AND 8181
DELAYS SO FAR TODAY BRENDAN
ROUTE TALKED WITH TRAVELERS
TONIGHT AT BTW. D T. W IS AN
URBAN HEAT ISLAND VAST AMOUNTS
OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT THAT
RELEASE HEAT DURING THE DAY,
WHICH ALLOWED THE AIRPORT TO
FEND OFF FORMATION MOST OF THE
DAY BUT EVENTUALLY DID FORM AS
DID PROBLEMS AT OTHER AIRPORTS.
THIS COUPLE IS TRYING TO GET
HOME TO CAIRO EACH IS ON THE
PHONE WITH ANOTHER AIRLINE,
BECAUSE THERE’S NEVER MADE IT TO
DETROIT. MOTHER NATURE IS IN
CHARGE TONIGHT. FRANCOIS IS
CANADIAN, AND HE’S ACCEPTED HIS
FATE. TRYING TO GET BACK HOME.
MONTREAL I JUST CAME FROM ASIA
WAS REROUTED. I WAS SUPPOSED TO
LAND IN MINNEAPOLIS. YOU CAN SEE
HERE. MINNEAPOLIS ANOTHER DELTA
HUB, IS EXPERIENCING BLIZZARD
LIKE CONDITIONS, CREATING A
KNOCK ON EFFECT, LEAVING
PASSENGERS LIKE FRANCOIS
STRANDED. ROSARY READY HERE TO
DETROIT, AND MY FLIGHTS CANCELED
TO MONTREAL. SO I’M GOING TO BE
CAMPING OUT HERE, I GUESS
BECAUSE HOTELS ARE FULLY BOOKED.
AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE CREWS, BTW HAVE BEEN
ASSAULTING RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO KEEP
FLIGHTS AND SCHEDULE OR CLOSE TO
IT. THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM
STATUS IS A SITE THE INDUSTRY
TRUSTS, AND IT LISTS ALL
AIRPORTS EXPERIENCING WEATHER
EVENTS. AND RIGHT NOW IT LISTS
14. BTW IS NOT INCLUDED.
THERE’LL BE DE ICING, BUT
HOPEFULLY GETTING FLIGHTS OUT OF
HERE QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FROM D
TW BRANDON ROUX LOCAL 4. OKAY
BRANDON, THANK YOU. AND WE WANT
TO SEE THE WEATHER OUTSIDE YOUR
HOME AND YOU CAN EASILY SUBMIT
THOSE PICTURES THROUGH OUR MY
PICS FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS IN
PLYMOUTH THAT IS A TREE BRANCH
THAT FELL DUE TO THE ICE IF YOU