This is a very clever idea. Cudos. I'm not 100% a fan of the google doc format, but whatever.
I welcome your suggestions and volunteer efforts if want to help us make it better!
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#22This is perhaps only a problem with the niche HN user base, but “Filing System” would be more accurate. Thought this had to do with damaged hard disk recovery or redundant file systems or something technical like that.
It really sounded to me like some grim project where you store your data by destroying houses!
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I welcome your suggestions and volunteer efforts if want to help us make it better!
It is obviously well intentioned and well timed. Nit-picking it now wouldn't add any value.
Is there a format you'd like to see this in. Keep in mind the original link in this thread was not formatted properly. Ensure you use this:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TPeJzW5pa-BiJZjuEa1y...
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#25Thanks Borski for sharing the link for the Home Loss File System - Digital Resource that my family has been working on. Were continuing to work to get the word out about this and the physical file boxes were creating for folks who are not tech savvy (homelossfilesystem.com). We've disseminated 2700 of the physical file boxes to fire survivors over the last 15 years and excited about what the digital resource can beco…
What an awesome awesome way to make light of what you’ve gone through. This is gonna help so many people in LA! (Also hi from just a little bit up the 15 if you’re still in scripps ranch :))
We are no longer in Scripps Ranch - my parents sold their land and moved to Solana Beach. :D I'm up in the SF Bay Area myself.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is obviously well intentioned and well timed. Nit-picking it now wouldn't add any value.
Is there a format you'd like to see this in. Keep in mind the original link in this thread was not formatted properly. Ensure you use this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TPeJzW5pa-BiJZjuEa1y...
I don't think you want to start a format discussion on Hacker News. Seriously.
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#28A spreadsheet tool with guidance on what to do before and after the catastrophic loss of your house, and what information to collect.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a format you'd like to see this in. Keep in mind the original link in this thread was not formatted properly. Ensure you use this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TPeJzW5pa-BiJZjuEa1y...
I don't think you want to start a format discussion on Hacker News. Seriously.
Technically, you started it.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Victor Shaw died in the Eaton Fire last week with a garden hose in his hand. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-12/los-ange... Accurate risk assessment is difficult when a fire is barreling towards you.
> Accurate risk assessment is difficult when a fire is barreling towards you. Yes, hence it must be done (Step 0 above) _before_ there is a fire
I'm sorry but the amount of houses nearby that need to be on fire before I'm just getting the fuck out is less than any amount that people might reasonably consider a wildfire, my house is not worth risking my life. Even if I do manage to stop it from burning down without getting killed the damage to my health from smoke inhalation is not worth it.
I would also be extremely skeptical of any claims of mismanagement re: the Californian government you read online - it's being used as a political football and very little of what I've seen has any basis in reality.