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City cuts electricity -- man freezes to death http://www.wtol.com/Globa...?S=9733157
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - A 93-year-old man froze to death inside his Bay City home just days after the city limited his flow of electricity for not paying his bills. The Bay City Times reports Monday the indoor temperature was below freezing when neighbors discovered Marvin E. Schur's body on Jan. 17. A city utility worker installed a "limiter" device outside his home on Jan. 13. The device limits power reaching the home and blows out if more than allowed is drained. Power is not restored until the device is reset. City Manager Robert Belleman says he doesn't know if anyone explained to Schur how to use the device. Belleman says the utility's policies will be reviewed, but he doesn't believe the city did anything wrong. -- Information from: The Bay City Times | |
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It's illegal to shut heat off on people in Minnesota, even for non-payment. Simply because of cases like this, because it's a matter of life and death.
It's a shame something like this had to happen.  |
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CarrieMpls said: It's illegal to shut heat off on people in Minnesota, even for non-payment. Simply because of cases like this, because it's a matter of life and death.
It's a shame something like this had to happen. Yeah, here in Missouri they cannot turn off your gas or electricity until March. Even then, the temperature has to be above freezing. So sad... Shake....shake, shake, shake. | |
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 heard this on the news | |
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