• Be alert to crews working along roads. Drivers should slow down or stop and wait for oncoming traffic to clear so they can safely go past workers on roadsides.

• Never use a generator in an attached garage, basement or near any air intakes, and never fuel a generator when it’s running. Operating a generator without proper ventilation can create carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless and deadly gas. If using a generator, contact a licensed electrician to ensure that it is properly connected and make certain it is isolated form the company’s electric distribution system.

• In some cases, the mast that holds the electric service wires to a customer’s home or business may have been damaged or torn away. Crews will reconnect the wires to a home, but only a licensed electrician can repair a mast or a cable.

By Scott Nunn | scottnunn@ogemawherald.com
989-387-9034

NORTHERN MICHIGAN — More than 8,300 Consumers Energy customers are without power in Ogemaw and Arenac Counties after a strong storm cell moved through the area early evening July 13.

According to the company’s outage map, more than 5,200 customers are in the dark in Ogemaw County and 3,100 are without power in Arenac County.

The outage map shows a band of outages occurring from Roscommon County through Ogemaw on a straight line to Au Gres in Arenac County.

The outages have estimated restoration times ranging from 7:15 p.m to 9:30 p.m. July 13.

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