Indiana Residents are Fighting to Survive. Why isn't this Getting More Coverage?

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP GARY INDIANA:

Donate to the official Gary/NWI Relief Fund

Donate supplies to this address: 225 W 5th Avenue Gary, IN 46402

After a deadly “derecho” storm and flash floods slammed the midwest in early August, downing trees and power lines, tens of thousands of residents in and around Gary, Indiana have been surviving without power for 12 days and counting. According to the Associated Press, “Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said 68,000 customers were still without power as of Thursday morning, the majority of them in Lake County beside the Illinois border.

The utility said it has restored power to 306,500 others since Aug. 11. But power is not expected to be fully restored until Tuesday [Aug. 25] in some places, including Gary.” In this urgent episode of Working People, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with a panel of residents and community leaders about the ongoing blackout in Gary and the conditions that led to this avoidable national tragedy.

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