[DETROIT.CBSLOCAL] A major power outage is affecting Wayne State University, the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, the City-County building, the bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang...
Historical Museum, and the People Mover in downtown Detroit.
"Some institutional public lighting customers are experiencing service interruption caused by extreme heat, cable failure, and routine maintenance -- all combining causing system overload," said Robert Warfield, a front man for the Detroit Mayor's Office.
Wayne State spokesperson Jessica Archer said the campus would be closed for the rest of the day, Wednesday, after about half of all buildings -- maybe 40 or 50 -- lost power. She said they would decide later about Thursday's schedule.
Passengers aboard the People Mover were directed off at the nearest station. The People Mover is closed until further notice.
At City Hall, EMS crews were called out to help a pregnant woman on the 4th floor after an evacuation forced people to walk down the stairs to safety. Officials said she'd doing fine. |