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Home»Posts tagged with»Cold

Things fall apart: Losing heat, water during Polar Vortex

By Tracey Morris on February 16, 2014   Featured Stories, Life in Detroit, posts  

Things fall apart: Losing heat, water during Polar Vortex

The repairs took nearly six hours and all of my savings. And that was just the beginning.

3-day freeze exposes severity of Detroit’s fire crisis – and it’s not pretty

By Steve Neavling on January 9, 2014   Crime & Fire, Fire, Investigations, posts  

3-day freeze exposes severity of Detroit’s fire crisis – and it’s not pretty

We monitored every fire run since temperatures plummeted Tuesday evening, and what we found was troubling.

Historic, newly renovated high-rise in Detroit evacuated after pipes burst

By Steve Neavling on January 7, 2014   Buildings, Culture, Featured Stories, Headline, posts  

Historic, newly renovated high-rise in Detroit evacuated after pipes burst

Today’s below-zero temperatures were to blame, causing flooding in the basement of the 34-story building and the loss of electricity.

Detroit firefighters lose control of blaze because six closest fire hydrants malfunctioned

By Steve Neavling on January 24, 2013   City Government, Crime & Fire, Fire, Government, Mayor's Office, posts  

Detroit firefighters lose control of blaze because six closest fire hydrants malfunctioned

Firefighters scrambled for blocks before getting lucky on the seventh hydrant.

Tracey Morris

Tracey Morris is the author of, "You Said You Wanted to See Me Naked: An Autobiographical Poem Cycle." Her work has recently been published by Rust Belt Chic Press, and she was a finalist in the 2013 Springfed Arts Writing Contest.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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