600,000+ In Region Without Power, Metro Airport Records 68 MPH Winds
To state the obvious, it’s been windy here in Metro Detroit today. But just how windy has it been? And what are the impacts? The National Weather Service has been recording 24-hour peak winds and as of a couple of hours ago, Detroit Metro Airport topped out the reports at a whopping 68 miles per hour. Readings in Pontiac, St. Clair Shores and City Airport hit 61 MPH as of 8:14 p.m. “…The severity of the windstorm has exceeded all of our forecasts and it’s impacted over 600,000 of our DTE Ene...