r/TikTokCringe • u/Girl-Understood • Aug 22 '26

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/Get2Gnome Aug 22 '26

Worse, today is day 11. Looks like they’ve been out of power since August 11th

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u/skyfishgoo Aug 22 '26

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

what the hell is going on there.

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u/Effective_Park_594 Aug 22 '26

Someone in a post yesterday commented claiming to be a lineman saying that Indiana's pay package for the work was well below what other states were offering, so they went to work for other states. I've no idea if that's true, but it tracks with what little I know about Indiana.

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u/evilbob2200 Aug 23 '26

Partially true. Nipsco also locked out the union in the spring during contract negotiations and that caused them to lose like 40-50 of their best workers according to the nipsco people i talked to.