Today:

TOP JOBS Maintenance Tech Part-time, Fall & Winter. Full time Summer Apartment Community Maintenanc... DIRECT CARE STAFF Full and part time, afternoons/ midnights. Must have drivers license, GE...  [ View All Top Jobs ] TOP AUTOS SATURN 1994, 4 door, needs engine & to be towed, Single family car, $1000. 734-285-3614 TAURUS SE 1998 80K, V6, clean, must see, newer tires/brakes, $2400. 734-282-9594  [ View All Top Autos ] TOP HOMES WYANDOTTE 3 unit apartment building. 3 years old. $70,000 down with land contract. % 7.25.... WESTLAND MEADOWS 14'x80' Redman 3 bedroom 2 Bathroom Central Air New Furnace All Major App...  [View All Top Homes ] TOP RENTALS LINCOLN PARK 1 bdrm., w/ laundry, nice. $450 + dep. 734-284-3784 ROMULUS 3 Bedroom 1200 sf ranch full bsmt. remodeled kitchen and bath ceramic ,cedar and ...  [ View All Top Rentals ] TOP MERCHANDISE iSOLD It Ann Arbor eBay Consignment Sales Colonnade Center - Eisenhower Parkway Mon-Sat. 1... FOR SALE Thomasville colonial style hutch, 42 in. square antique oak table w/ leaf, 4 colo...  [ View All Top MDSE ]   View Classifieds   Submit a TopAd        or call 1-877-888-3202

	The Manchester Enterprise A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Village goes dark

Ice brings down power lines in area

By Alana West, Special Writer

PUBLISHED: January 18, 2007

Photo by Edward Freundl The Manchester area suffered through a power outage for most of the day Monday, only to have the situation repeated about 2 p.m. Tuesday when a thick coating of ice brought down this power line on Division Street south of Main Street and it caught fire. Purchase a copy of this photo

Sleet and ice left thousands in the area without power beginning early Monday and prompted the opening of an emergency shelter in Manchester.

Power should have been restored to most areas by Wednesday, according to spokesmen from Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy.

Cars slipping off roadways, downed trees and ice-laden branches took out a number of power lines, bringing outages to about 204,000 homes across the southern part of the state, according to combined figures from the utility companies.

A Red Cross shelter opened Monday night at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Manchester to provide accommodations for those without power, said Scott Rayburn, director of emergency services at the Red Cross of Michigan.

"It will be available to anyone who wants it," he said.

Kelly Blaine, administrative assistant for Emanuel, said as of Tuesday morning no had sought temporary housing at the shelter.

"We heard that only two people came to the shelter in Ann Arbor, too," she said.

About 110,000 people were without power in Southeast Michigan, including more than 44,000 customers in Washtenaw County, according to figures provided by Detroit Edison spokesman Scott Simons.

Terry DeDoes, spokesman for Consumers Energy, said 25,000 had been affected in the city of Jackson. He said more than 94,000 had been affected by the storms, and about 14,000 remained without power Wednesday morning.

Service should been restored for many customers in southeastern Michigan by Tuesday night and for most customers by midnight Wednesday, DeDoes and Simons said.

Alana West is a freelance writer. She can be reached at mmagwest@sbcglobal.net.