A year ago, Susan Embler sat trapped in the hills above Swannanoa after Tropical Storm Helene rendered the road to her roughly 20-person community inaccessible. Lacking cell service and WiFi, cut off from the rest of the world, Embler tried in vain to send text messages to her daughter in Utah, who worked on that […] The post Helene created an unprecedented communications blackout; a year later, vulnerabilities remain appeared first on Asheville Watchdog.| Asheville Watchdog
North Carolina Department of Transportation reports that all roads in Western North Carolina should be considered closed.| Wisconsin Examiner