by Amanda Knaebel | Jun 22, 2018 | Downed Wire Safety, Your Power
Electricity powers our lives in so many ways. So much so, that most of us wouldn’t know how to get by without it. But when power lines come down, that same electricity that energizes our days can quickly become a matter of life or death. DTE Energy is committed to...
by RoNeishaMullen | Sep 22, 2017 | Downed Wire Safety, Your Power
Ok, so you’ve probably noticed there are quite a few wires on a utility pole, and that not all of them provide electricity. But what are the rest of them for, and what’s that barrel that looks like an oil drum hanging near them? Let’s start from the top. Utility poles...
by Amanda Knaebel | May 15, 2017 | Downed Wire Safety, Your Power
Imagine that suddenly the car you’re riding in swerves to miss another car and you strike a utility pole. When your airbags finally settle and you come to the realization you were in an accident, you look up and there is an electrical wire laying across your vehicle....
