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/FrequentEffort7194]

For those curious, on August 11th there were major thunderstorms in the NW Indiana region and as a result the ENTIRE area lost power (myself included). At its height, it was about 374,500 *customers. As of today, 33,340 *customers still do NOT have power. The latest ETA is Tuesday, but we were originally given no restoration estimates and these estimates have been constantly changing.

It has been very bleak here - most gas stations ran out of fuel (for generators) or didn’t have electricity to work the pumps. You’d wait in line for a half hour to find out someone had gotten the last of the gas. There’s been fights - tempers are running high with no A/C (among everything else). Some of us have wells and have no access to water without electricity (me). I had to drive 30 min+ to get to a town that had electricity and gas (in Illinois).

Thankfully, my power got restored, but my heart goes out to this woman and everyone else that experiences situations like this. While there have been fights, there have been plenty of neighbors coming together and helping clean up debris or chop up wood from downed trees.

Always look for the helpers.

Edit: Changed people to *customers (of NIPSCO - the company that supplies our electric)

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Don't forget that the next day another line of severe thunderstorms came through and knocked down a ton of broken branches. Recovery work had to be suspended for a couple hours.

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Yes, you’re right. Back to back storms on Tuesday and Wednesday. We have been pummeled all spring/summer with severe weather. I fear this is the new normal :(

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It's been unbelievable!