u/CurrentlyNa

I’ve had the pleasure of talking with several out of state lineman as my job takes me across northwest Indiana and I’ve been carrying a cooler full of pop, water, Gatorade and some Chomps meat sticks handing them out. The things they have said about NIPSCO is quite the wakeup call.

Multiple have said how unorganized NIPSCO has been and that they’ve been doing their side of things but cannot “charge the lines” as it’s not their infrastructure. Additionally multiple have confirmed reports from NIPSCO claiming that they’re not running low on parts is false. Multiple companies have reported a part shortage and NIPSCO has been slow to locate and get replacements in. Parts for transformer especially are getting rarer and rarer. When talking about timelines they are not optimistic of a full return early next week for some like Gary, Portage, and Hammond.

Multiple have voiced frustrations with NIPSCO stating that this should not be taking this long as they have so few vegetation contractors for the amount of massive and old trees within their areas along with such a messy power system. One specific company which I course will not name drop has said they’d be hard pressed to return and deal with NIPSCO. The final takeaway is believe NOTHING NIPSCO says they’re just saying whatever pleases the masses and that they’re clueless

Much love and appreciation to all those out of state lineman away from their families doing everything they can!

I bought it back in February or March when it went on sale. I live in Northern Indiana. We’ve had a relentless year of storms. We were fortunate to never lose power until last Tuesday. Tuesday at 11am we lost power and we finally got it back Monday at 1am basically 7 days later.

This thing ran nonstop basically for six straight days. It prevented my basement from flooding my groceries and me cold during the heat and I cannot recommend it enough. It’s something you think you’ll never need but it was a $400 investment that saved me, thousands if my basement were to flood

Well, as multiple homes and communities are getting restored they’re also undoing previous work they’ve already completed. For those restored it’s like walking on eggshells

We’ve got trucks from Tennessee, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia,Florida and Illinois across the region hoping for the best for everyone

Just a horrible year for him. Wishing him well

Our home was a steal and we’ve slowly fixed everything up and have been comfortably living in it but one thing I need to do is replace 8 windows. The current windows are older wooden ones that don’t even open.

Looking for local companies and rough prices for this who have gone through this recently! I’ve done basic remodeling in our home bathroom and kitchen but windows is something I just am not comfortable doing.Thank you

July 7th-July 11th my 2024 Sportage sat at the dealership as water was pooling under the passenger seat. Not a little a lot like 3-4 gallons worth, they initially cleared the AC lines but after spraying the seams with the hose it returned.

They ended up stripping the car and drying it out and allegedly fixing it. July 12th and onward we have hit a dry spell and so it hasn’t returned. Today while at work we got about 2 inches of rain and yup it’s returned.

It’s a 2024 Sportage 23k miles and I’m at a loss without the car I’ve had to call off work 4 days and the problem persists. It’s once again sitting at the dealership and they’re looking into whether they can get me a loaner this time if not I’m shelling out money for a rental as I don’t have any reminder PTO days

It has no sun roof and it’s always under the passenger seat what in the world could be causing this issue! Owned since new and no issues for the first 2 yrs it’s pretty much randomly started

I travel for work and use Google Maps but it’s been taking me through parking lots instead of public roads, wrong way down one way roads and just longer routes? I input my destination into Apple Maps and sure enough it takes me down the proper routes but Google has me driving an extra 10-15 minutes

Update to wet passenger floor board.

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So my local Kia dealership was great and got me an earlier appointment. They of course inspected the AC drain lines cleaned them out . They sprayed all the seams around the area but don’t see any issues so hopefully it’s resolved. Nope picked it up at 4 and it’s a large puddle once again. It never left the dealership and sat parked for 4hrs no rain.

It’s a 24 Sportage any idea what could be causing this? Dealership isn’t striking much confidence in me saying they don’t know and everything looks normal but it’s the closest Kia by over an hr. I’m thinking when he sprayed the seams it slowly leaked and because he sprayed and looked immediately he missed it but that’s just my theory

Of course I’m worried about water damage and I doubt they’re going to dry it out tonight so I’m feeling like lost

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/kia/s/3FRAoQDzg4

So my local Kia dealership was great and got me an earlier appointment. They of course inspected the AC drain lines cleaned them out. They sprayed all the seams around the area but don’t see any issues so hopefully it’s resolved

What are some things I should look at since they weren’t 100% confident the issues resolved

Recently bought a house northern Illinois that has a decently long drive way. With that I’ve been eyeing to get a snowblower now as my local Home Depot,Lowe’s and Menards have some clearance end of season ones laying around.

Home Depot had the one above down to $390 from original price of $789 and wondering if there’s people out there who’ve used it and can give me a solid answer whether it’s a good buy for the price.

This one’s new in box just leftover from last year according to the associate

Honestly, as I am typing this where I live in NWI it is just under 10 inches of rain for the month, and while I never thought too much about it I want to look into getting good flood insurance.

My homeowners policy does not have this as an additional coverage so I need to locate and third party any recommendations or companies to avoid

Bought a used 2025 Tacoma SR5 recently. One thing I noticed is that these seats wear so easily, which, given it is a truck, is a little upsetting. Several spots it seems, faded after just one year of use. What are some good seat covers I can look into?

Preferably ones that do not impede safety and/or convenience features like the heated seats. Thank you!