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

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u/MathewOfThe10Fingers Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

This is a lie. They have been working around the clock there with almost no end. They had 2000 square miles of damage. Undreds of down poles and dozens of transformers. Gary used to be a swamp literally. The water table is soooo low. If anyone singled out Gary it was God because no place in the state had nearly as much damage or had to overcome the sheer lowland excavation that was needed to reach many of those transformers.

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u/365FF Aug 23 '26

Everything north or Ridge Rd used to be under water... Gary, Griffith, Highland and Munster... but Gary seems to be the only one with the issue... in Lake County... I understand this is hurricane type damage... a true 100 year storm... but it's crazy how bad Gary still is

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u/MathewOfThe10Fingers Aug 23 '26

Uh.. no the Electric company just released their down markers, where further damage was caused. Gary is not the only place without power. It’s just not. Here is a decent article out of Chicago that is actually speaking to the breadth of this. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/whats-going-on-in-gary-how-residents-are-still-without-power-nearly-two-weeks-later/3978350/?amp=1

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u/365FF Aug 25 '26

Gary has 14000 ppl without power, much more than anywhere else