A CRISIS IS UNFOLDING IN THE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITY OF GARY, INDIANA 🚨

A CRISIS IS UNFOLDING IN THE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITY OF GARY, INDIANA 🚨 WE NEED TO GARY, INDIANA, BECAUSE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ISN'T! AND THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER STORMS! DAMAGING STORMS CAME GARY, INDIANA LAST WEEK AND OVER 22,000 PEOPLE STILL DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY IN THE MIDWEST IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST! AND GET THIS! IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE RESTORED UNTIL AUGUST 25TH. PART WE CAN'T IGNORE. GARY, INDIANA HAS BEEN DISINVESTED IN FOR DECADES! AND IT'S A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITY. 76% OF RESIDENTS ARE BLACK. ONE IN THREE PEOPLE LIVING IN GARY, INDIANA LIVE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. My restaurant lost power for 8 days after a storm and lost $15K in sales. The blackout in Gary, Indiana, is still going. PEOPLE HAVE LOST REFRIGERATED FOOD, SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSED, BUSINESSES HAVE LEADING TO MORE ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND THEIR FOOD BANK LOST POWER. ONE RESIDENT TOLD MEDIA THAT GARY IS LEFT BEHIND. THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE TO GET ANYTHING DONE. I WANT TO STORM CREATED SOME MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE. HOWEVER, IN ANY THE UNITED STATES, ELECTRICITY BEING OFF FOR HOURS AFTER ANY STORM IS CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY. Gary, Indiana residents must wait until Tuesday for power, more than a week after severe storms CBS NEWS Updated on: August 20, 2026 - 2:48 AM ET CDT / CBS Chicago Add CBS News on Google AN EMERGENCY. GARY, INDIANA HAS BEEN DISINVESTMENT FOR THE STATE FOR DECADES. AND THE RESPONSE TO THIS EMERGENCY DESERVES MORE SCRUTINY!