Monthly Archives: January 2016

If the prolonged power outage is rarer in western North Carolina than it used to be, perhaps it's because in the last decade the winters have been bringing us less snow. But last weekend we had a nearly perfect storm—for…

Long power outages aren’t as common as they used to be in the Smokies, but when they happen, we’re ready. Here in rural western North Carolina just four or five inches of heavy wet snow can be enough to cause the lights to…