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From: Snowshoe	10/3/2024 7:42:33 AM
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With No Phones or Wi-Fi, North Carolina Revives the Town Meeting: Modern technology has been slow to return to mountain towns after Helene. Whiteboards and gatherings are helping residents find missing people and much-needed supplies. nytimes.com Oct. 2, 2024 How do community leaders provide vital updates when the power is down and cellphone service is out? One North Carolina town devastated by Hurricane Helene has brought back a decidedly low-tech solution: the town meeting. Residents in Black Mountain, N.C., about 12 miles east of Asheville, have pitched in to make signs alerting their neighbors to the daily gatherings, using posters, markers, wooden boards, spray paint and anything else they can get their hands on. It’s working: About 1,000 people are turning out for daily updates in the town square. A photo posted on X by a local meteorologist showed the scene at the initial town meeting on Monday: A police officer stood on a picnic table, addressing hundreds of people sitting on benches, the ground and their own camp chairs.

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