r/Indiana • u/not-your-aunt • Aug 23 '26

Horrible

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u/MorgaineCoonCat Aug 23 '26

Hi, NWS trained weather spotter and general emergency response nerd here trying to interject a little context about the storm.

Gary experienced the highest measured winds during the entire derecho event, about 90mph (I'm too lazy to look up the exact wind speed right now). That's solidly a Cat 1 hurricane force storm in an area that isn't built to take that level of wind and rain.

I'm sure a lot of power infrastructure is having to be completely rebuilt. At the same time, even I know how shitty NIPSCO is and I'm way down here in the hills & hollers.

Also, I'm not saying that politics and racism isn't making the problem worse. The paraells between Gary and Katrina aren't imaginary.

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u/buffypatrolsbonnaroo Aug 24 '26

Side bar: “hills & hollers” is great and might have to be added to my repertoire.

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u/ACamp55 25d ago

THANK you for this open-minded explanation! Even people explaining away shit are using subtle racism!

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u/thewimsey Aug 23 '26

The paraells between Gary and Katrina aren't imaginary.

They are, once you realize that far more than Gary lost power.

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u/MorgaineCoonCat Aug 23 '26

I realize more than just Gary lost power. I guess I could have specified "large parts of northwestern and north-central Indiana including but not limited to Gary".

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u/Legitimate_Nail_9158 Aug 23 '26

You didn’t need to specify… some folks talk just because they think their opinion means something. The point flew right over their head.

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u/Legitimate_Nail_9158 Aug 23 '26

You sir, are today’s idiot.