NEWSMichiganians deal with damage caused by high windsRhino Tree Service employees Michael Glaser, left, 65, of River Rouge, and Dekota Ulloa, center, 20, and company owner Edward Kind, 63, both of Taylor, secure ropes around the limbs before pulling a tree off the roof of a house on Stanhope in Grosse Pointe Woods Thursday afternoon, March 9, 2017. DTE Energy called Wednesday's destructive winds the worst weather event in its history, cutting power to about 1 million people statewide.Todd McInturf, The Detroit NewsWorking above the roof, chainsaw operator Michael Glaser straddles a huge log as he carefully cuts large branches away from the tree that fell through a roof on Stanhope near Harper Avenue in Grosse Pointe Woods.Todd McInturf, The Detroit NewsEmergency personnel said that if the owner of this home on Stanhope in Grosse Pointe Woods had been sitting at his dining room table when the tree came through the roof, he likely would have been killed or seriously injured.Todd McInturf, The Detroit NewsDTE line clearance tree trimmer Darryl Thivierge cuts a downed branch resting atop power lines on Berg Road in Detroit Thursday after high winds caused massive power outages.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsMichigan Governor Rick Snyder holds a news conference Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Lansing, to talk about recovery efforts after high winds ripped through the state on Wednesday.Dale G. Young, The Detroit NewsDTE President Gerardo Norcia addresses the media as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder holds a news conference Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Lansing, to talk about recovery efforts after high winds ripped through the state on Wednesday.Dale G. Young, The Detroit NewsThe steeple on the Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit is seen the day after it was bent during high winds on March 8.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsThe top of the steeple on the Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit is seen the day after it was bent by high winds on March 8.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsDTE linesmen work on damaged power lines at Beaverland and Hessel streets in Detroit Thursday afternoon.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsA power transformer rests in a backyard below a snapped power pole and dangling wires on Archer Street in Detroit Thursday afternoon.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsDTE tree trimmers work along Trojan Street on Thursday March 9, 2017. Branches downed by high winds snapped a power pole in Detroit, causing massive power outages.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsEastbound traffic is backed up due to power outages on Vernier at the Harper Avenue bridge over I-94 Thursday afternoon in Harper Woods.Todd McInturf, The Detroit NewsMacomb County Department of Roads employees Adriano Bugamelli, left, and Matthew Danis fill up the gas tank on this portable generator that runs the electrical box to power the traffic lights at 23 Mile and North Avenue in Macomb Twp., Thursday morning, March 9, 2017. More than 900,000 residents were without electricity after Wednesday’s wind storms.Todd McInturf, The Detroit NewsWorkers begin shoring up the brick front of St Paul's Episcopal Church across the street from the Capitol in Lansing on Thursday after it was severely damaged by the windstorm. The wall moved as much as five inches, producing cracks that run all the way to the peak.Dale G. Young, The Detroit NewsSteel plates and legs will be attached to the walls to hold it in place while engineers decide the next step.Dale G. Young, The Detroit NewsDTE crews work on Woodward near W. Hollywood Avenue in Detroit Thursday.Daniel Mears, The Detroit NewsA downed utility pole lies in a tangle of wires in Redford Township Thursday.Mark Houston, DTE EnergyA VW GTI Fahrenheit owned by Lincoln Russell was smashed by a fallen tree in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit, March 8, 2017. Winds topping 60 mph caused damage and widespread power outages across Michigan.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsDTE crews Wednesday were working 16-hour shifts to restore power, but given high winds, crew safety was a concern for the energy company.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsA massive tree trunk lies on top of the Volkswagen.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsBlown over by the wind, a tree takes some new pavement with it as it topples onto a house on Cherrylawn in Detroit.Robin Buckson , The Detroit NewsFelled by high wings, a tree smashed into a home on Neff in Detroit.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsKids walk past a tree that fell onto this house on Cherrylawn in Detroit.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsA tree fell onto this house on Cherrylawn, trapping a car in the driveway.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsPierre Douglas surveys the damage to the home he rents on Neff in Detroit.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsLevi Greenberg, 14, of Oak Park battles the wind as he walks westbound on 10 Mile near Greenfield Wednesday afternoon.Clarence Tabb Jr, The Detroit NewsHigh winds downed this 60-foot evergreen tree outside Berkley High School Wednesday. Terry Zuzibdkak, who works for the school district's maintenance department, inspects the tree after he cut it into pieces.Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit NewsA Novi firefighter works on a brush fire at the Michigan State University Tollgate Education Center near 12 Mile and Meadowbrook Wednesday.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsA Detroit Fire Department investigator stands on the second floor as he and others work to determine the cause of a deadly apartment complex fire at Whittier and Beaconsfield on Detroit’s east side. Five people died and four were injured after winds fueled the flames.Todd McInturf, The Detroit NewsDetroit fire department and ATF members work at the scene of a fatal fire on Whittier in Detroit.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsBrush fire caught fire near St. Aubin and Forest in Detroit on March 8, 2017. Detroit firefighters were on the scene.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsThis is smoke from a brush fire near St. Aubin and Forest in Detroit on March 8, 2017.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsVehicles drive through the smoke on Forest.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsDetroit firefighters battle a brush fire near St. Aubin and Forest in Detroit.Robin Buckson, The Detroit NewsWinds uprooted a tree along 11 Mile near Orchard Lake in Farmington Hills.Max Ortiz, The Detroit NewsGarbage cans topple over into a ditch due to high winds on Drake near Anne in Farmington Hills.David Guralnick, The Detroit NewsA Bay City Light, Electric & Power employee talks with a resident on King in Bay City after strong winds caused a tree to fall onto a power line, snapping the line and the pole.Tori Schneider, Bay City Times / APA Bay City Electric, Light & Power worker disconnects a transformer attached to a fallen light pole that damaged Apostolic Life Church Wednesday on North Madison in Bay City.Tori Schneider, Bay City Times / APFirefighters respond to a gas leak after a tree fell on a house in Jackson.J. Scott Park, Jackson Citizen Patriot / APFirefighters respond to a gas leak after a tree fell on a house in Jackson.J. Scott Park, Jackson Citizen Patriot / APA large tree blocks Seymour Road in Jackson on Wednesday.J. Scott Park, Jackson Citizen Patriot / APA tree and a snapped power pole closed Spring Arbor Road Wednesday in Jackson.J. Scott Park, Jackson Citizen Patriot, APIn Saginaw, firefighters cordon off the area where a tree nearly fell on a school bus.Jeff Schrier, /The Saginaw News / APA tree tumbled in front of home in Saginaw after high winds.Jeff Schrier, The Saginaw News / APA tree uprooted and fell onto a house in Saginaw.Jeff Schrier, The Saginaw News / APSiding dangles from the St. Laurent Brothers building along N. Water Street in Bay City after high winds.Tori Schneider, APWaves crash into the St. Joseph Lighthouses Wednesday in St. Joseph.Don Campbell, The Herald-Palladium / AP