3+ week, 1+ day ago   (886+ words) It was Day 11 without power in Gary, Ind., and Pierre Ervin was beyond fed up. He could not eat breakfast in his dark, storm-damaged home because he had thrown out all the food rotting in his refrigerator. So he headed…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1003+ words) The young married couple made it through the storm last week, swerving to dodge power lines and trees falling into the road as they drove to shelter. But 10 days later, they and thousands of their neighbors in Gary, Indiana, were…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1090+ words) Grocery shelves have been empty for days. Children who had just started school haven’t seen their classrooms in more than a week. Insulin has spoiled in warm refrigerators, and people who depend on oxygen cannot pump it from their tanks....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (373+ words) Grocery store shelves have been stripped bare for days. Children who had just started school haven’t seen their classrooms in a week. Insulin has spoiled in warm refrigerators, and people who depend on oxygen cannot power their tanks. The electricity…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (896+ words) This is an as-told-essay based on a conversation with Joslyn Kelly, owner of J’s Breakfast Club in Gary, Indiana, which experienced a major power outage following a derecho, or a widespread, long-lived wind storm, on August 11. As of Thursday evening,…...