Geyser in Suburbia: How One Michigan Water Main Became a Global Wake-Up Call
Novi, Michigan—population 66,000, median income “comfortably suburban,” and, as of 3:47 a.m. Tuesday, proud owner of a brand-new 40-foot geyser where Main Street used to be. The water-main rupture sent a plume high enough to register on regional Doppler, soaked two Starbucks, and briefly convinced the local Nextdoor network that North Korea had finally overreached….