Detroit -- Third-World Problems

CBS Detroit is reporting:

A major power outage is affecting Wayne State University, the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, the City-County building, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the People Mover in downtown and Midtown Detroit.

“Some institutional public lighting customers are experiencing service interruption caused by extreme heat, cable failure, and routine maintenance — all combining causing system overload,” said Robert Warfield, a spokesman for the Detroit Mayor’s Office.

Wayne State spokesperson Jessica Archer said the campus would be closed for the rest of the day, Wednesday, after about half of all buildings — maybe 40 or 50 — lost power.

And nothing in the article to suggest it has anything to do with the city's financial problems.

“The Public Lighting Department is asking customers, once power is restored, to only turn on lights …. not to use air conditioners or other non-essential appliances,” Warfield said.

"Extreme heat"? The high for the day was 93 degrees. Hot. Very hot. But hardly extreme. 

All things being equal, it will be 94 degrees in Detroit in one hundred years due to global warming. Or not.