mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA tiny town (Spruce Pine North Carolina) just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industrywww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkA tiny town (Spruce Pine North Carolina) just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industrywww.npr.orgmesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 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.