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🌱 Patch AM: How lingering derecho damage is still affecting power for Hammond neighbors

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Good morning Hammond! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How lingering derecho damage is still affecting power for Hammond neighbors

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 81, low: 62.
  • Thursday: Humid with a shower possible, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Thousands of Northwest Indiana residents still without power (finalcall.com) — Hammond is among several Northwest Indiana communities still dealing with lingering power-outage fallout after an August 11 derecho knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands. The story details NIPSCO's restoration timeline, residents' hardships, community relief efforts, and a new class-action lawsuit alleging poor vegetation management contributed to the prolonged outages across the region.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

East Chicago

  • 'Katrina 2.0': Residents of Gary, Indiana fight to survive without power for 12 days (and counting) (therealnews.com)

Munster

  • Indiana Power Outages Linger Nearly 2 Weeks After Destructive Storm (recentlyheard.com)
  • 'All we can do is pray.' Thousands without power nearly 2 weeks after Indiana storm (centraloregondaily.com)
  • Thousands In Gary, Indiana Without Power For Almost 2 Weeks As Black Community Outrage Grows (cassiuslife.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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