Neighbors saving neighbors: Emergency power plans help Arizona mobile home residents - AZ Luminaria

Neighbors saving neighbors: Emergency power plans help Arizona mobile home residents - AZ Luminaria

In the 29 hours that Kath Noble’s mobile home park in Mesa was without power in July of 2023, she saw the many ways her neighbors were vulnerable. The heat inside their mobile homes skyrocketed, which was especially dangerous for residents on oxygen tanks. Some people didn’t have access to cars to go to cooler places. And a resident walking around the park in the dark to check on a neighbor’s freezer took a fall that put him in the hospital for …