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Man freezes to death after city limits electricity
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 373878:MV83MTQwNzVfMTA5NDM5NjVfMjFBNTdGNDM=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 510528] Get used to it. [/quote] Yes, we are going to have to get used to it. The power company did not turn off his power, but restricted power. We, being all of us, cannot manage to support every 93 yo who cannot get to a shelter when the weather is severe. We don't have the resources. Period. This guy probably did it "his way" and may be better off for it. We are not to judge. I heat only half my house in the winter, and if it gets really cold, like single digits, I heat only one room. We'll all have to figure out how to make it with what we've got. I've grown accustomed to 60 degrees inside the house. If it gets super cold, I can heat my house only to 45-50 degrees, then have to bundle up, but I survive. [/quote]
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BAY CITY, Mich. - A 93-year-old man froze to death inside his home just days after the municipal power company restricted his use of electricity because of unpaid bills, officials said.
Marvin E. Schur died "a slow, painful death," said Kanu Virani, Oakland County's deputy chief medical examiner, who performed the autopsy.
Neighbors discovered Schur's body on Jan. 17. They said the indoor temperature was below 32 degrees at the time, The Bay City Times reported Monday. [
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