Looking Back: 2020 in Photos | August
Members of the community, many without power, wifi, or cell service, flocked to Jesup Green surrounding the Westport Library to use its emergency wifi signals.
On August 4th an EF1 tornado touched down in Westport, causing massive destruction to the community - including its cell service and internet infrastructure. With a community working primarily from home now without internet, the green filled with dozens of people every day - remaining apart, while working together. Each night families would meet each other and sit for hours chatting once their work was done, with people bringing their instruments for jam sessions for the public to enjoy and children playing soccer in the fields. It was the first time many Westporters saw their neighbors since the pandemic began, and in a moment of true darkness came the light of the community coming together.