INTERCITY TRAVEL TIMES. ================ MICHIGAN WAS HIT BY (TWO ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER YESTERDAY... AND THIS MORNING THE IMPACT IS (STILL BEING FELT ACROSS OUR POWER GRID. WE RECEIVED (DOZENS OF VIEWER PHOTOS AS THE STORM ROLLED IN... AS ALWAYS... REMEMBER YOU CAN SEND YOUR OWN PHOTOS IN... USING OUR FOX 17 WEATHER APP. WE SENT FOX 17 )S ANDY CURTIS UP TO CEDAR SPRINGS TO CHECK OUT HOW OUTAGES ARE IMPACTING PEOPLE THIS MORNING.... ANDY WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? GOOD MORNING YOU TWO. AND LOOKING AT THE OUTAGE MAP ANOTHER BIG AREA OF CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THE FOOD IN YOUR FRIDGE STAYS COOL. FOR THIS THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION RECCOMENDS KEEPING THE FRIDGE AND FREEZER DOORS CLOSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THAT COLD INTERNAL TEMPERATURE. YOUR FRIDGE (SHOULD KEEP FOOD COLD FOR ABOUT 4-HOURS IF LEFT UNOPENED. A FULL FREEZER WILL KEEP IT )S TEMPERATURE FOR ABOUT 48 HOURS - 24 HOURS IF ITS HALF FULL. BUY DRY OR BLOCK ICE TO KEEP IN THE FRIDGE TO HELP WITH THE TEMPERATURE. THE F-D-A ALSO RECOMMENDS THOWING AWAY ANY PERISHABLE FOOD THAT HAS BEEN HELD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE - THIS DROPS TO ONE HOUR IF IT IS 90-DEGREES OR HOTTER OUT. AND ONCE THE POWER IS BACK ON THROW AWAY ANY REFRIGERATED PERISHABLE FOOD - LIKE MEAT OR EGGS - THAT HAVE BEEN AT A REFRIGERATOR TEMP ABOVE 40-degrees. WE )LL CONTINUE TO COVER THE POWER OUTAGES AS THE INFORMATION CHANGES AND BRING YOU ANY UPDATES HERE ON ONLINE. REPORTING FROM CEDER SPRING - ANDY CURTIS - BACK TO YOU TWO. THANK YOU ANDY -- AS HE WAS MENTIONING LARGE PARTS OF WEST MICHIGAN ARE DEALING WITH POWER OUTAGES TODAY. WE WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE ON RESTORATION EFFORTS RIGHT FROM THE SOURCE... JOINING US VIA ZOOM FROM CONSUMERS... BRIAN WHEELER