gar
Senior Member
- Location
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Occupation
- EE
190719-2347 EDT
Storm damage caused us, and many others to loose power, about 60,000.
From what I could observer close by, a much larger area than usual was out. Also my daughter lost power and she is not on my substation. Thus, it seemed like a major primary line may have been hit.
This outage largely runs from Ann Arbor north to Brighton. MI along US-23. Looking at the DTE outage map there appear to be many large areas, but not one solid connected area.
The map is at http://www.dteenergy.com/map/outage.html
My area is on the east side of Ann Arbor where many adjacent areas are out. This area is covered by at least two substations.
I am still amazed at how many in my area don't have backup generation. Driving around I mostly see dark homes, businesses, and street lights.
Predictions are that most areas will have power back by tomorrow afternoon.
My Honda 5 kW is powering me.
Washtenaw which is US-23 and I94 into town runs mostly east to west from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor. Then westerly takes a bend to a northwest path to go to the U of M main campus. At this bend is my substation. I am about 3/4 mile from this bend with my primary lines following Washtenaw. Then it is about a little over a mile from my home to main campus.
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Storm damage caused us, and many others to loose power, about 60,000.
From what I could observer close by, a much larger area than usual was out. Also my daughter lost power and she is not on my substation. Thus, it seemed like a major primary line may have been hit.
This outage largely runs from Ann Arbor north to Brighton. MI along US-23. Looking at the DTE outage map there appear to be many large areas, but not one solid connected area.
The map is at http://www.dteenergy.com/map/outage.html
My area is on the east side of Ann Arbor where many adjacent areas are out. This area is covered by at least two substations.
I am still amazed at how many in my area don't have backup generation. Driving around I mostly see dark homes, businesses, and street lights.
Predictions are that most areas will have power back by tomorrow afternoon.
My Honda 5 kW is powering me.
Washtenaw which is US-23 and I94 into town runs mostly east to west from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor. Then westerly takes a bend to a northwest path to go to the U of M main campus. At this bend is my substation. I am about 3/4 mile from this bend with my primary lines following Washtenaw. Then it is about a little over a mile from my home to main campus.
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