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Related: About this forumWX: Governor declares State of Emergency in Michigan
Action opens up resources for helping residentsBy: Julie Lotz
LANSING (WLNS) -- Late Monday night, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Michigan. A new release said she will file the paperwork Tuesday morning with the Secretary of State's office to make it official.
The governor says the order is necessary to help address threats to public health and safety related to the frigid weather that will blanket the state with sub-zero temperatures over the next few days.
A State of Emergency declaration helps provide financial support and other resources to help prevent or alleviate damages, loss, hardship or suffering.
Governor Whitmer stated that keeping Michiganders safe during the dangerously cold temperatures is the top priority.
Such widespread, extreme conditions have not occurred in Michigan for many years and it is imperative that we are proactive with record-low temperatures being predicted by the National Weather Service. Wind chills are predicted as low as 50 degrees below zero in many places, such as metro Detroit which is especially unaccustomed to these temps.
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I retired from Grand Valley State University in 2015, but I'm still connected to their text messaging system. As expected, the University was closed yesterday, but I just got a text message saying that they are closed today and tomorrow, too. That's extraordinary. I don't think they closed for more than two days during the Blizzard of 1978. I don't ever recall GVSU closing for three days in a row. I started out there as a student in 1973, and stayed until 2015. (No, not all that time as a student, lol. I was a work study student helping my supervisor write grants and I actually managed to write myself a job.)
I live in Lansing now and the winds are going to be so strong that they say we'll get some lake effect snow even this far away from Lake Michigan, and that wind chills tomorrow could go as low as -50F. Stay inside if you can! And true to Michigan weather, it's forecast to be 42F and rain on Sunday, sigh. Not good for ice jams and river flooding.
Stay safe, everyone!
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WX: Governor declares State of Emergency in Michigan (Original Post)
catbyte
Jan 2019
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safeinOhio
(32,754 posts)1. I was in Lansing for the 1967 blizzard.
Late January in Lansing it was 66 degrees and 2 days later we had 24 inches of snow on the ground. Was the first time MSU ever closed for a storm.
catbyte
(34,542 posts)3. MSU appears to holding true to form. They didn't close yesterday & university officials said
they had no plans to close even with -50 wind chills expected. I think it's unconscionable. So many students have to walk quite long distances to class. It's downright dangerous. I hope they change their minds.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,382 posts)2. We have a few hours of survivable temps remaining today, so ...
... get out, buy beer, brats, propane for the grill. We can endure this.
And if you get bored, take some time to clean your fishing gear, golf stuff, etc. Spring is coming.
safeinOhio
(32,754 posts)4. I'm with ya....
Just dont shovel snow. 20 some people died in that big storm, most from heart attacks while shoveling snow.