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Gary storm victims fill generators at a gas station, watch DVDs in car, eat hot lunch at a school

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Amid a historic power outage in Northwest Indiana that has left thousands without power for nearly two frustrating weeks, daily life for people looks like filling up generators at the gas station, passing time watching DVDs in their cars or communing with neighbors over hot lunch at a local school that doubles as a community resource center. The Chicago Sun-Times spoke with several Gary residents about their experiences as they await for electricity to be restored, debris to be cleared and life to return to normal. Leticia Rimmer at the Clark gas station at 2295 Richard Gordon Hatcher Blvd in Gary, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Leticia Rimmer, 75, Gary Because her apartment building has no power, Leticia Rimmer has made a makeshift home of her red Ford Fiesta for nearly two weeks. Each day, she sits in her car listening to music, reading, doing word searches or watching old movies — “Star Trek,” “King Kong,” and “The Terminator” — on her portable DVD player. She buys