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Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by jonathanstrange »

yearolinuxdsktp wrote: post #27
jonathanstrange wrote: post #2

Looks nice & useful. However, I'd make two versions: The one you have, and additionally a version with Javascript that is a Progressive Web App (PWA). I'm pretty sure some AI could convert the normal page into a PWA for you. The PWA has the advantage that it will also load when the internet is down and there is no need to save the page manually.

How can it load when the internet is down?!? Doesn’t the PWA source have to be fetched? And if it’s cached, then so can be the static resources.

The complete web page and all resources are saved locally by the service worker. "Clear site data"/clear cookies will delete it. However, clearing the normal browser cache won't. It's overall a little more persistent than the cache for static resources. However, it needs to be installed as an app to really work offline without initial loading. Chrome will prompt you for that on Android, Linux, and Windows. Safari can also do that but makes you jump through hoops. In Firefox, the PWA will work like a page that loads even when the machine is offline.

Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by DeathArrow »

_fat_santa wrote: post #29

Others have mentioned this but looks like fires from close to ~20 years ago are still showing up as "active emergencies"[0]. Shows the Nash Ranch fire as an active emergency but it was declared in 2008. [0]: https://safe-now.live/c/us/co/colorado-springs/

AI didn't know we are not interested in 20 year old fires.

Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by groby_b »

cush wrote: post #28
1970-01-01 wrote: post #24

I'm seeing fires from 1999. https://safe-now.live/c/us/al/

Well technically the agent did “build a website of the latest emergencies in every county”… it just so happens Alabama rarely has forest fires.

Yeah, it goes back to 2021 for California for a list of 15 fires or so - and we have 120 current ones, so probably not a good explanation.

Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 »

ericbarrett wrote: post #30
randomtoast wrote: post #14

The font size is too small for emergencies on mobile devices. You need to consider that users might be in a panic, may not have both hands free to zoom in, and their vision could be impaired by smoke or other factors.

It is astonishing how one's motor skills degrade when the adrenaline is flowing. I once tried to dial 911 on an iPhone in such circumstances. My hands were shaking so badly I kept dialing 922, 811, 914, and so on. Terrible in the moment but a very good lesson for preparedness. I really appreciate the "dial Emergency" methods on modern phone software that just need a button held down.

My only complaint with hold-to-dial emergency dialing is phones with damaged or glitchy buttons (ghost presses) that trigger it accidentally. There's probably a setting to disable it, though I think its manufacturer-dependent.

Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by drob518 »

ericbarrett wrote: post #30
randomtoast wrote: post #14

The font size is too small for emergencies on mobile devices. You need to consider that users might be in a panic, may not have both hands free to zoom in, and their vision could be impaired by smoke or other factors.

It is astonishing how one's motor skills degrade when the adrenaline is flowing. I once tried to dial 911 on an iPhone in such circumstances. My hands were shaking so badly I kept dialing 922, 811, 914, and so on. Terrible in the moment but a very good lesson for preparedness. I really appreciate the "dial Emergency" methods on modern phone software that just need a button held down.

Imagine trying to navigate Hacker News in an emergency. LOL!

Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by drob518 »

moralestapia wrote: post #32

>Flood: Higher ground - Turn around, don't drown It's hard to take a 14 year old serious ...

In Texas we lose people every year because they think they can make it across what looks like a small, shallow creek and are swept away by water that is really much deeper. You might think, “Well, those are stupid Texans,” but we even have EMS personnel die that way. A couple years ago we lost a deputy sheriff who was patrolling and trying to monitor water levels. Her car got swept away and then pinned downstream and she drowned. “Turn around, don’t drown,” is a mantra here.

Re: Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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Post by hypeatei »

It appears the site couldn't handle HN traffic or maybe the site owner took it down. Regardless, a project like this needs a lot of thought put into it to be something that people can rely on during times of crisis.

If it can't handle a surge in traffic from HN, it won't be able to handle a surge during natural disasters.

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