Power outages hit small businesses in Clinton Township hard: ‘Like living in a 3rd-world country’ [Video]

CLINTON TWP., Mich. (FOX 2) – According to DTE Energy, most of the customers impacted by Tuesday’s storms and outages have their power restored, except for a few businesses.

There are a few in Clinton Township with their fingers crossed, hoping the lights will flicker on soon.

At Groesbeck and Carlier the traffic lights just turned back on and vehicles are moving much smoother than an hour ago.  A good sign for local businesses.

Giuseppe Tocco is a tattoo artist at Beyond the Chair Tattoo Studio.

“I assumed they’d get it up quicker with the (traffic) light being out, but here we are, sans power,” he said.

Tuesday evening’s storms were so intense that it knocked out power for 330,000 homes and businesses, including Tocco’s business in Clinton Township.

“One of our tattoo artists was tattooing a friend of hers,” he said. “She actually ended up finishing that tattoo by phone flashlight and they came out …