{"id":15273168,"date":"2026-08-26T22:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/gary-indiana-is-a-warning-energy-independence-has-gotten-personal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:33:33","slug":"gary-indiana-is-a-warning-energy-independence-has-gotten-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/gary-indiana-is-a-warning-energy-independence-has-gotten-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary, Indiana is a warning: energy independence has gotten personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/gary_dark.png?w=1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly two weeks after a summer derecho knocked out power, tens of thousands of people in Gary, Indiana were still without power, with many taking to social media to highlight the reality of living through a prolonged blackout. While the utility made excuses, the data centers that powered the community\u2019s social media presence were humming along, built on a very different assumption: <strong>that the power MUST stay on<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And, if you tilted your head just so, that humming might have sounded like a warning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2026\/08\/26\/gary-indiana-is-a-warning-energy-independence-has-gotten-personal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech \u2013 Tesla \u2013 rss.app \u2192 manual entry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two weeks after a summer derecho knocked out power, tens of thousands of people in Gary, Indiana were still without power, with many taking to social media to highlight the reality of living through a prolonged blackout. 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