There was a big storm in Durham a couple days ago. Much of the city was without power. As soon as their power was restored, the libraries opened as cooling centers & places to charge devices. I worry sometimes that there’s no point to my research but I found this reddit comment heartening.
![A reddit post reads 'I love libraries as centers for books and other materials, but more and more, I am appreciating the innumerable community functions they fulfil.'](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/17595/2023/7e5b76cec4.jpg)