Indiana mayor calls it ‘unacceptable’ for thousands to have no power two weeks after storm
Gary mayor says 12 days is ‘too long’ for residents to go without power after storm downed trees on to power lines
TL;DR
- Thousands of Gary, Indiana, residents are still without power nearly two weeks after an August 11 storm.
- Mayor Eddie Melton calls the prolonged outage "unacceptable" and is pressuring Nipsco to restore power quickly.
- As of Monday morning, over 10,000 outages remained in Gary.
- A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nipsco, accusing the company of failing to trim trees that caused power line damage.
- Nipsco denies the allegations, stating their vegetation management spending has more than doubled since 2016.
- Indiana Governor Mike Braun has also urged Nipsco to "pick up the pace."
- The city has contracted multiple organizations for recovery efforts, including damage assessment and debris removal.
- A relief supplies event is planned, with contributions from social media personality Keith Lee and NBA player Tyrese Haliburton.