One RMIer recounts his experience braving Hurricane Ian and why the lights stayed on in his solar-powered sustainable community.
. This unexpectedly quick growth meant some corners got cut. And more people moving to the town, with a diverse set of reasons, led to a few compromises of some of the sustainable pledges. We feared that the sustainability selling point was nothing more than marketing verbiage. That is, until Ian hit.
We turned down the AC to an uncomfortably cold temperature for when we lost power. By the time the eye of the storm was supposed to give us respite, we learned that we’d remain on the outer edge of the eye and not get a break. The lights flickered once more. The wind direction changed and new trees uprooted. Shingles flew off houses. The real damage was beginning.
Underground power lines: Wind cannot disconnect what it cannot touch. 100 percent of our power delivery is underground.
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