'Just turn the lights on:' Gary residents endure historic power outage that nears two-week mark
<p>As Lisa Bryant and her mom, Jackie, pulled up to The Gospel Truth Apostolic Ministry, they thanked the pastor and volunteers loading their trunk with fresh groceries that would feed them for the next few days: bread, cheese, deli meats and canned goods.</p><p>The Bryants are among the thousands of residents in Gary who remain without power after severe storms tore through northwest Indiana last week, causing a historic outage that left much of the region in the dark.</p><p>“This will at least nourish us for a couple of days,” Bryant said as a box of food was loaded into her car.</p><p>Like many others, Bryant is unclear when power will be restored.</p><p>“It's completely dark,” said Bryant, 47. “It's been cool enough for us to raise the windows, but it's been terrible not knowing when our lights will turn on.”</p><p>Thursday marked 10 days since the majority of Gary residents have been without power after powerful storms ripped through the city.</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://www.nipsco.com/outages/power-outages" target="_blank" >NIPSCO</a>, which serves all of Gary, said more than 22,000 of its 35,800 customers remained without power Thursday.
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<p>As Lisa Bryant and her mom, Jackie, pulled up to The Gospel Truth Apostolic Ministry, they thanked the pastor and volunteers loading their trunk with fresh groceries that would feed them for the next few days: bread, cheese, deli meats and canned goods.</p><p>The Bryants are among the thousands of residents in Gary who remain without power after severe storms tore through northwest Indiana last week, causing a historic outage that left much of the region in the dark.</p><p>“This will at least nourish us for a couple of days,” Bryant said as a box of food was loaded into her car.</p><p>Like many others, Bryant is unclear when power will be restored.</p><p>“It's completely dark,” said Bryant, 47. “It's been cool enough for us to raise the windows, but it's been terrible not knowing when our lights will turn on.”</p><p>Thursday marked 10 days since the majority of Gary residents have been without power after powerful storms ripped through the city.</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://www.nipsco.com/outages/power-outages" target="_blank" >NIPSCO</a>, which serves all of Gary, said more than 22,000 of its 35,800 customers remained without power Thursday. The utility company said power would be fully restored in Gary by Tuesday, but Bryant said the company has repeatedly pushed back the restoration date. However, local efforts, like the food distribution event at The Gospel Truth Apostolic Ministry, 5829 W.
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- <p>As Lisa Bryant and her mom, Jackie, pulled up to The Gospel Truth Apostolic Ministry, they thanked the pastor and volunteers loading their trunk with fresh groceries that would feed them for the next few days: bread, cheese, deli meats and canned goods.</p><p>The Bryants are among the thousands of residents in Gary who remain without power after severe storms tore through northwest Indiana last week, causing a historic outage that left much of the region in the dark.</p><p>“This will at least nourish us for a couple of days,” Bryant said as a box of food was loaded into her car.</p><p>Like many others, Bryant is unclear when power will be restored.</p><p>“It's completely dark,” said Bryant, 47. “It's been cool enough for us to raise the windows, but it's been terrible not knowing when our lights will turn on.”</p><p>Thursday marked 10 days since the majority of Gary residents have been without power after powerful storms ripped through the city.</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://www.nipsco.com/outages/power-outages" target="_blank" >NIPSCO</a>, which serves all of Gary, said more than 22,000 of its 35,800 customers remained without power Thursday.
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