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Fuck DTE

Post by Matt » Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:43 pm

With a million razor blades...

There can't possibly be a worse power company.


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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Round Six » Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:51 pm

Mutt wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:43 pm
With a million razor blades...

There can't possibly be a worse power company.
Did the power go out while you were watching SSSniperWolf on YouTube?
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Mega Hertz » Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:48 pm

Matt wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:43 pm
With a million razor blades...

There can't possibly be a worse power company.
It would be a lot less easy to agree if they weren't the ONLY fucking power company around.

I'm shocked my power hasn't gone out yet but the night isn't over.
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by audiophile » Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:39 pm

Get a generator.
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Mega Hertz » Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:55 pm

audiophile wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:39 pm
Get a generator.
If I promise to keep my anal virginity, will you buy me one when I turn 39? 😅
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by TC Talks » Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:59 pm

Mega Hertz wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:55 pm
audiophile wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:39 pm
Get a generator.
If I promise to keep my anal virginity, will you buy me one when I turn 39? 😅
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by km1125 » Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:05 pm

Lights blinked a couple times, twice enough to reset some clocks. But power never actually went off.

Do see some pretty large areas out though. Lightning and winds can be pretty brutal to a distribution system!!

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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Matt » Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:29 am

audiophile wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:39 pm
Get a generator.
Shouldn't you be throwing rocks at gays or protesting that trqnspeople exist?
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by audiophile » Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:26 am

Shouldn't you be waxing your Jeb stickers?
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by TC Talks » Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:36 pm

audiophile wrote:
Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:26 am
Shouldn't you be waxing your Jeb stickers?
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Deleted User 9015 » Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:25 pm

Mega Hertz wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:55 pm
audiophile wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:39 pm
Get a generator.
If I promise to keep my anal virginity, will you buy me one when I turn 39? 😅
Only if his wife can watch your exam at the proctologist.

Imagine being a mom and staying in the room during a gyno visit just so you can peep out her hymen. That's some fucking creepy ass shit.

DTE does suck btw. I had a problem with lights flickering only in my bathroom. I ignored it but the DTE guy came to our neighborhood and when I went out to get the mail, he asked about flickering lights. He said that our house was on two transformers or something. I don't understand how that works but it was really weird.

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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Mega Hertz » Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:16 pm

Matt wrote:
Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:29 am
audiophile wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:39 pm
Get a generator.
Shouldn't you be throwing rocks at gays or protesting that trqnspeople exist?
That's what he thought DTE stood for

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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by Matt » Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:29 am

42 hours and counting.
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:25 am

Yes, DTE is the worst power company around, second perhaps to PG&E in California.

Km1125 had a good post on the SE Michigan board with regard to how their tree trimming program usually bypasses areas not easily accessible from streets, which explains a lot of the tree damage-related issues.

Lansing finally seems to have gotten the attention of DTE's executive management in a meaningful way. The "smart" circuit rerouting technology is something they should've implemented already. Better late than never, I suppose. Hopefully they follow thru with their promised investments over the next five years.

I grew up in the GR area with Consumers as the power company. During the Memorial Day weekend derecho of 1998, never lost power. I can think of scores of horrible lightning storms where outages lasted only a few seconds. In fact, I can think of only 2 instances in the entire decade of the 90s where an outage exceeded 24 hours, and I cannot think of a single outage that exceeded 48 hours.
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Re: Fuck DTE

Post by TC Talks » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:45 am

MWmetalhead wrote:
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:25 am
The "smart" circuit rerouting technology is something they should've implemented already. Better late than never, I suppose. Hopefully they follow thru with their promised investments over the next five years.
Since we went to this technology in the Traverse City area, our outages are very infrequent. We lost power for 8 days 12 years ago when we had a straight line wind roll through. Today that same scenario would result in a few hours of outage.
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