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Detroit's Power Grid Is Down And People Are Stuck In Elevators
www.businessinsider.com ^
| 12-02-2014
| Pamela Engel
Posted on 12/02/2014 8:54:22 AM PST by Red Badger
Detroit A widespread power outage Tuesday has caused evacuations of buildings throughout the downtown, including Joe Louis Arena, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, the Detroit Institute of Arts and some buildings at Wayne State University. Most of Detroit's municipal power grid has gone down, cutting electricity to public buildings in the city, officials have said.
Police, fire, school, and jail buildings have lost power and traffic lights aren't working, a city spokesperson said.
Some people are trapped in elevators throughout Detroit, according to Detroit Fire Chief Jack Wiley, and fire crews are working to free them.
Affected buildings included Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State, and the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, which people evacuated by stairwells, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/power-outage-in-detroit-2014-12#ixzz3KlCvAAia
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: detroit; energy
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To: Red Badger
Looters..............If not yet, there will be. Just think no alarms, no cameras..it's a looter's paradise.
To: PGR88
Awaiting the first reports of cannibalism.
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:01:46 AM PST
by
Dagnabitt
(Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:01:46 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: C210N
LOL!.............Thousands stuck on escalators!......film at eleven.............
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:01:51 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:02:17 AM PST
by
defconw
(If not now, WHEN?)
To: ozarkgirl
No traffic lights, street lights, emergency services................
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:02:45 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Did somebody forget to pay the bill?
5.56mm
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:03:00 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:03:23 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: defconw
Anything’s possible at this point. If not now, then later......
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:03:27 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: jsanders2001
Pesky Chinamen at it again.
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:03:31 AM PST
by
csmusaret
(Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
To: defconw
Terror attack?I was just thinking if it were anywhere else, I would think it's terrorism. But really, what self-respecting terrorist would go after the armpit of America? Too degrading.
To: ozarkgirl
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:04:21 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Is Grey-out Davis the new mayor?
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:04:22 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: ozarkgirl
Well there are a lot of Muslims running around in Michigan. Maybe just a practice run. I feel sorry for the elderly and those unable to defend themselves. The wolves will be running tonight.
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:05:27 AM PST
by
defconw
(If not now, WHEN?)
To: M Kehoe
Johnny come lately...
5.56mm
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:05:35 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Red Badger
Anyone not at work? Is Shepard Smith on FNC hyperventilating yet?
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:06:51 AM PST
by
defconw
(If not now, WHEN?)
To: Red Badger; All
Natural? Accident? Terrorists? Looters? All of the above?I was in Detroit a couple of Friday nights ago for a major outdoor public event, and all the roads around the event were torn up by "DET" with crews doing electrical work in the trenches and it made getting to and parking at the event a chore.
My guess? It is potentially related to these upgrades / corrections to the deficiencies in the existing system...
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:07:13 AM PST
by
taildragger
(Not my Circus, Not my Monkey ( Boy does that apply to DC...))
To: Red Badger
HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT!
What is it, about five hours till the sun goes down in Detroit?
To: defconw
He does that anyways...............
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:07:43 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Idiocracy showed that people would be unable to process their garbage...
Detroit. Idiocracy fulfilled.
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posted on
12/02/2014 9:08:29 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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