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SolarCity's installation in Coden produced 102 kilowatt hours the first day. (SolarCity photo)



There probably aren't too many Tesla Roadsters in the hardscrabble Gulf Coast fishing community of Coden, Ala., which has been hit hard by the double whammy of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.



Battered pickups may be the transportation of choice in unincorporated towns that, according to Zach Carter, an organizer for the South Bay Communities Alliance, crab prices were cut in half by the BP spill (when there were buyers at all), and they're still waiting for federal HUD money to rebuild more than 700 local homes damaged by Katrina.



Ana Chau of Bayou La Batre is one local resident who had her life ripped apart by Katrina, as this video attests:

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A Gulf Coast Solar Lifeline, Courtesy of Elon Musk, Tesla and SolarCity was originally published by thedailygreen.com blog post feed. Read the full story by clicking here.