Christmas candles helped light darkened city during 2022 outages
Candles at Christmas Eve services are always popular, but last year they were a necessity. Rolling blackouts caused a temporary power outage at St. Michael Church at 3864 Summer Ave., making for a dark and chilly Mass in 2022. (Karen Focht/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphians who’ve lost power for a long stretch can tell you: It doesn’t matter if it was last December or decades ago, they remember it vividly.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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