Year in Review: Wild Weather

We had no white on Christmas, and this winter has felt more like fall so far in southeast Michigan (knock on wood). But do you remember ? The –and many basements? The that took down more than 70 city trees in under an hour?

Here's a look back at the big events of Mother Nature that blew through Dearborn in 2011.

Snowpocalypse is a Dud

It was supposed to be seen in southeast Michigan in years. A 24-hour-long blizzard, burying the region in 10-15 inches of the white stuff on Feb. 1 and 2.

As a result, Dearborn Public Schools, and the were closed. . Even the was closed.

But when morning came, the record-breaking snowfall , and many Dearborn residents and all students were left with a day off to go sledding, clear their driveways and enjoy a leisurely cup of cocoa.

Later snowstorms and Feb. 24, however, walloped the region. As a result, city plowing crews worked overtime in a frantic effort to clear city streets, while trash collection was suspended for a day after the first storm dropped nearly a foot of snow on Dearborn.

City Under Water

caused the Rouge River to overflow, flooding Telegraph Road, the , and numerous side streets and yards.

As a result, the Michigan Department of Transportation shut down Telegraph Road for a day, and the Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council Memorial Day picnic was . Dearborn Hills was forced to close for several days, contributing to a drop in revenue during what should have been one of the busiest golf weekends of the year.

If a Tree Falls in Dearborn...

How about 70?

That was for the number of uprooted trees after a fast, violent summer storm .

The storm also resulted in 500 9-1-1 calls, 156 runs for the Dearborn Police Department, 100 downed wires, 20 people hospitalized, and five house or garage fires–mostly due to trees falling on homes.

More than 1,500 homes were left without power, and the city that week to help residents cool off in the summer heat.

Flooding hit Dearborn once again in November, when heavy rains on the 29th caused the closure of the Southfield Freeway, as well as a bevy of power outages and a few downed trees.

Heat Wave!

Just a week after the July storm–and while were without power–the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for southeast Michigan.

Temperatures were in the high 90s most of the week, and the to find ways to keep cool, including the , as well as Dearborn's public pools.

All Shook Up

It wasn't weather, but another natural phenomenon started a buzz–or rather a shake–in southeast Michigan in August: .

The 5.8 magnitude quake's epicenter was in Virginia, but several residents in Dearborn, Detroit and beyond reported feeling their workplaces sway.