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Posted on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 11:10 a.m.

Power out for about 2,000 DTE Energy customers in Dexter area

By Cindy Heflin

Update: Power was restored to all customers about 2:30 p.m., a DTE spokesman. Downed power lines caused the outage, but information on what caused them to come down was not available.

A power outage is affecting about 2,000 DTE Energy customers in the Dexter area.

"We have some crews out there to see what’s going on," said DTE spokesman Alejandro Bodipo-Memba "We’ve gotten a number of calls for downed power lines."

Power should be restored in the affected area sometime this afternoon, he said.

The affected area includes downtown Dexter and much of the surrounding area and running northward all the way to the Washtenaw County line, according to the utility’s power outage map. A smaller area to the northeast of Ann Arbor is also without power.

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Areas without power are shown in yellow, tan and green.

Comments

Marilyn Wilkie

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 9:04 p.m.

"We've gotten a number of calls for downed power lines." Well, did an asteroid fall, or a bunch of trees, or massive straight line winds hit? This is getting to be a weekly thing around Dexter.

JustMyOpinion

Wed, Oct 12, 2011 : 3:04 a.m.

Its been a regular occurring for the past 25 years out here. This is actually better than it has been.

Cash

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 9:11 p.m.

It is a bit absurd, isn't it?

Joe_Citizen

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 5:11 p.m.

I think there are so many people now growing their own pot, that it's causing power outages. That's funny.

Fatkitty

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 4:59 p.m.

DOWNED POWER LINES? from WHAT?

Joe_Citizen

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 5:14 p.m.

The Dexter Bear clipped the lines, he must have went Ninja.

justwondering

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 4:26 p.m.

Caused, no doubt, by the terrible weather we've had lately.

Cash

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 9:10 p.m.

lol Very good!!

Indicat

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 : 4:01 p.m.

Our power came back on in Webster Township around 11:30.