Michiganders will be 'falling back' before they go to sleep tonight. You're reminded to move your clocks back an hour giving you an extra bit of sleep time.
The state government says this is also an ideal time to take action to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning by checking to ensure furnaces and carbon monoxide detectors are properly working.
Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a gas that forms whenever a fossil fuel is burned. CO is known as the "silent killer" as it is a colorless, odorless and tasteless poisonous gas. Most CO poisonings take place at home and are caused by items that are not properly cared for or vented, such as furnaces, water heaters, generators, gas grills, dryers, lanterns, space heaters, fireplaces, chimneys and gas stoves.
Last year, the Michigan House approved a bill that would do away with twice-a-year clock changes in the state if Congress eliminated daylight saving time.
The proposal would move Michigan to year-round daylight saving time, but only if Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania did, too.
