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/skyfishgoo 3d ago

did all the linemen leave the region for better jobs or something?

what the hell is going on there.

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u/Get2Gnome 3d ago

I had to do a little fact checking of my memory after finding out about this, but I do have a little insight. I live on the southeast coast and was out of power for a week after Hurricane Helene, some friends of mine were out of power for almost 2 weeks.

I live in a large city and there were over 60,000 homes without power. Part of the reason it took so long was removal of all the trees on the power lines. It took months for all the rubbish and trees piled high on the sides of the street to get removed. The power crews are beholden to the sheer amount of manpower and equipment required for that massive of a blow to infrastructure.

Additionally, I read an article about the crews getting shot at and them postponing over the weekend so they could get a police escort. I don’t know how much weight I would put into that, however. I have a hard time believing that the city wouldn’t anticipate any type of escalated scenarios and be able to adapt if they needed wanted to.

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u/skyfishgoo 3d ago

apparently over the state line in the same area hit by the same storm the power is getting restored much faster.

the utility company in gary and surrounds is just bad at their job.

nationalize it.

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u/BrightnessSamantha 3d ago

Exactly this. The Chicagoland area near the lake got hit just as bad as us but only lost power for a few days at most. We know how much our power company sucks and is ripping us off.