Nearly nine months after Hurricane Helene walloped much of North Carolina, details of a stunning joint effort to deploy emergency solar power to affected residents in Weaverville are emerging.
Helene made landfall in North Carolina on Sept. 27, washing entire downtowns and neighborhoods away.
Extended power outages are not uncommon after bouts of extreme weather, and they’re not merely inconvenient — power loss impedes safe food storage and the use of medical equipment, and exposure to extreme temperatures places affected residents at further risk…