mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoA tiny town (Spruce Pine North Carolina) just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industrywww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkA tiny town (Spruce Pine North Carolina) just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industrywww.npr.orgmesamunefire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·10 months ago Hurricane Helene dropped more than 2 feet of rain on Spruce Pine, N.C. The town is home to one of the world’s only sources of high-purity quartz, which is used to manufacture silicon chips and solar panels.