Ice Storm 06

published by Jonathan on Fri, 02/17/2006 - 18:36

During the day on Thursday and overnight from Thursday to Friday, freezing rain caused "...up to a half-inch of ice accumulation and high winds approaching 60 miles an hour led to widespread power outages across the state and in the Midland area" (from an article in the Midland Daily News). From a second article in the Midland Daily News:

The number of customers still without power as of Friday night included:

Bay City: 6,900

Clare: 1,100

Gladwin: 1,100

Midland: 13,400

Saginaw: 1,300

We didn't lose power except for a few seconds, but it seems like most folks we know were without power for at least a few hours, if not a few days. With temperatures in the teens and single digits, that's bad news. We did have a big tree in the back yard drop a few huge limbs. Connie and David Sitter came over and spent the day at our house on Friday because they had no power.