ice storm

While ice-covered branches look pretty, last week’s ice storm in southern Michigan resulted in downed power lines, fallen tree limbs, and widespread power outages.

The combination of snow, rain, accumulating ice, and strong winds caused wires to come down across roads, blew transformers, and broke tree branches which landed on streets, houses, and vehicles.

Over 750,000 electric customers in Michigan were initially without power, many customers for more than two days.

At a time when temperatures were below freezing; the wind chill on one day brought the temperature to 10 degrees Farenheit.