Monday, December 30, 2013

Tempers flare as power outages persist in Michigan, Maine [Democrat States suffer; Obama Golfs!]

LA TIMES ^ | 12/28/13 | SABA HAMEDY 

Flo Baerren of Lansing, Mich., was planning on giving her granddaughter a hand-knit quilt for Christmas when she went to Chicago to see family for the holidays.
Instead, the 68-year-old found herself renting a room at a Hampton Inn in Jackson, 38 miles away, and eating Christmas dinner at Denny’s.
Baerren is among tens of thousands of people who were left in the dark, some for up to a week, in areas of Michigan and New England after ice storms felled power lines.
“I understand it was a major storm. I understand a lot of trees fell down,” Baerren, whose power went out a week ago, told the Los Angeles Times.
“What I don’t understand is the complete and utter lack of communication of what’s going on … and an apparent lack of any kind of cohesive plan to deal with an emergency like this.”
Denay Kelley of Lansing, whose power has been out for six days, had to return to her home on Dec. 27 because she could no longer afford living in a motel.
“That night I bought 200 candles and candle holders to try and warm up my home,” she told The Times in an email. “It didn’t do much.”
Kelley, 23, who has a 14-month-old son, said she “can’t even afford a generator” and is worried the temperature will continue to drop. In the past few days, weather in Lansing has hit lows of 25 degrees and highs in the 40s.
Meanwhile, utility companies continue to work on fixing the outages. Last Saturday’s ice storm caused 409,000 outages for customers of Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility. As of 11:30 a.m. Saturday, about 18,000 customers remained without power, the utility's website reported.
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