New Orleans solar panel program turns eateries into hurricane shelters

City-wide initiative gives restaurants free solar panels to support the community' during storms and power outages

As a restaurant owner in New Orleans, Shaka Gerel is no stranger to hurricanes.

Afrodisiac, the Jamaican Creole fusion food truck he started with his wife Caron, served jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee, rain or shine, for years. When particularly bad storms took out the city's power, the couple sometimes used their bright purple truck's generator to offer their neighbors a place to charge their phones or refill on ice.