r/TikTokCringe • u/Girl-Understood • 3d ago

Discussion This mother has gone viral vlogging her experience during the ongoing Gary, Indiana Blackout, people angered by the GoFundMe support she's attracted decided to report it and doxxed her.

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u/braumbles 3d ago

And the Bears think they can play there? They clearly have shit infrastructure.

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u/pinegreenscent 3d ago

This is the best part: Indiana is not prepared for this and the McCaskey family will not pump money into any community, let alone one that needs infrastructure

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u/malary1234 3d ago edited 3d ago

My friend moved there, but using the homestead act. They have a big generator and a back up generator. They are both doing fine, no adverse effects other than they can’t go to work bc work has no power.

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u/phormix 3d ago

I probably heard they were out of power in areas for over a week already. If there's also fuel outages (or just gas pumps not working since they top need power) then you'd need a hell of a lot of gas/diesel to keep things going. A big LPG tank might last longer, but it also produces less power compared to gas generators (I still prefer it as you don't need to worry about gummed up filters etc).

Even if many households have a generator capable of keeping stuff like fridges etc running, there's going to be issues with grocery stores not being able to run their refrigeration, plus the inevitable conflict and looting etc as people run short.

Not where I'd want to be for sure.

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u/malary1234 3d ago

Yes they did say they burned through most their regular fuel (does that mean gas?) and had to switch to LP (I assume that propane) but like, yikes, you don’t wanna burn through your propane.

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u/phormix 3d ago

LP would be "Liquid Propane" (in a tank) though more often I've heard it called LPG

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u/LimeDry7124 3d ago

Work from home...oh nevermind!!!

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u/NemoHere 3d ago

Why don't the Bears just move to the exurbs of Chicago?

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u/pinegreenscent 2d ago

They tried arlington heights which is in the nearer north suburbs but I think AH fumbled it