Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)
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4 hours ago
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After reading "During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website" on Sparkbox (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494734) , I built safe-now.live – a text-first emergency info site for USA and Canada. No JavaScript, no images, under 10KB. Pulls live FEMA disasters, NWS alerts, weather, and local resources. This is my first live website ever so looking for critical feedback on the website. Please feel free to look around.

https://safe-now.live

doodad3
50 minutes ago
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The about page [0] links to a github repository [1], but it seems to not be uploaded or hidden.

[0]: https://safe-now.live/about

[1]: https://github.com/venkatag/SafeNow

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rumatoest
1 hour ago
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It must be able to cache it's all content in browser.

I guess to do it it properly you need to make it PWA.

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doterobcn
3 hours ago
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I would suggest increasing font-size, looks too small
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torgoguys
29 minutes ago
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I disagree. When I saw the page, I thought, "Finally an information dense page again! It's been so long since they've been common and I miss them."
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Brajeshwar
2 hours ago
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I think the default target is expecting a smaller screen mobile device, hence the 13px default. This is a good idea, and any other screen sizes that see smaller text can still zoom in using default browser behaviors.
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duskdozer
2 hours ago
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Agree, even just converting to use em instead of px is more usable on differing screen size/dpi
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austinjp
2 hours ago
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Yup. Even on mobile the text is too small for me. In particular, the line-height could be larger so links can be tapped more easily.

Nice though, I like it.

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idiotsecant
25 minutes ago
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When you drill down to active emergencies for a local area there's a ton of stuff there but it's all old. Why display it if the purpose of the site is current emergency info?
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Computer0
9 minutes ago
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Are there any fema declared disasters you believe are omitted?
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lencastre
1 hour ago
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great stuff!!

wish there was sth lk this this side of the pond

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jonathanstrange
4 hours ago
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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.

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