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Scott Murray :neurodiversity:<p>Hating that it’s not even June yet and already time to fire up the Watch Duty app </p><p>P.S. Please download, subscribe, and set up local notifications for yourself:</p><p><a href="https://www.watchduty.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">watchduty.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Dust storm and many wind driven fires in the southwest US. Same song, 22nd verse. </p><p>One fire is about a half hour drive from me:<br><a href="https://app.watchduty.org/i/44174" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.watchduty.org/i/44174</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.</p><p>US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-adjacent fire.</p><p>The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."</p><p><a href="https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fire-near-mayhill-new-mexico" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fi</span><span class="invisible">re-near-mayhill-new-mexico</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NMwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMwx</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TXwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXwx</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MXwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MXwx</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dust</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DustStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DustStorm</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wind</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fire</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a></p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@BurritoSommelier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BurritoSommelier</span></a></span> ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@BakerRL75" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BakerRL75</span></a></span></p><p>Understood. Thanks.</p><p>But with changes to what regions are catching fire more often...they may need to expand their monitoring area.</p><p>See the screenshot. It's coverage of fires from a couple days ago.</p><p>I live in New Mexico. When I drive west across TX or OK to get to NM...I remember lush green vegetation extended to almost the TX panhandle. But this graphic shows that lush green region is supporting many fires today.</p><p>What will we see in 5 - 10 years?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fire</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a></p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>I note a forest fire today in Louisiana. See first two graphics...IR and visible light.</p><p>It appears that Louisiana is outside of the Watch Duty monitoring area?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a></p>
MrWtr0102<p>Status of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAFires</span></a></p><p>(Thursday, January 30th, 2025)<br>(5:31 AM, Pacific Time)</p><p>(per <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> app)</p><p>ZOOM IN FOR DETAILS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HughesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HughesFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a></p><p>(subject to updates, corrections, and revisions)</p>
Chris Neklason<p><a href="https://montereybay.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> article in RollingStone:</p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/watch-duty-los-angeles-fires-1235229768/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/culture/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re-features/watch-duty-los-angeles-fires-1235229768/</span></a></p>
KE0FFT<p>If you have friends or family in the Los Angeles area, like we do, it’s time once again to pay close attention to what’s going on with this latest wildfire this afternoon: the “Hughes Fire.” We’re watching a live stream from KCAL on YouTube, and using the <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> App to keep up with evacuation zone updates. <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/WatchDutyApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDutyApp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/CaliforniaWildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaWildfire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HughesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HughesFire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/LAwildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAwildfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a></p>
MollyNYC<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petergleick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>petergleick</span></a></span> </p><p>As the Right now realizes how vulnerable <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> is to large-scale <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fire</span></a>, we’re likely to start seeing stochastic arson there.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CalFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalFire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LosAngelesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesFire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Steve's Place<p>The Kenneth Fire is (hopefully) history. Potentially the final update:</p><p>Brent Courtney</p><p> • Reporter<br>About 1 hour ago · Jan 12 at 9:20 AM</p><p>Update from Ventura County FD:</p><p>"The Kenneth Fire is now 100% contained at a total of 1052 acres. There were no reported structures damaged or destroyed by this fire, and no injuries to firefighters or members of the community."</p><p><a href="https://app.watchduty.org/i/40508" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.watchduty.org/i/40508</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/KennethFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennethFire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a></p>
MrWtr0102<p>Status of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAFires</span></a></p><p>(Saturday, January 11th, 2025)<br>(6:15 AM, Pacific Time)</p><p>(per <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> app)</p><p>ZOOM IN FOR DETAILS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CreekFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreekFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HurstFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurstFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KennethFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennethFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LidiaFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LidiaFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a></p><p>(subject to updates, corrections, and revisions)</p>
Steve's Place<p>If you're affected by the Eaton Fire, World Central Kitchen should still be serving until 9 at this address:</p><p>World Central Kitchen (WCK) has open sites offering free meals for those affected by the fire at Pasadena City College<br>Address: 1570 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106<br>Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/WCK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WCK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a></p>
Becoming Human Again, Maybe<p>My son goes to UCLA. He’s scarily close to where the fires are. He’s safe but it’s nerve wracking for us to watch from afar. </p><p>I installed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watchduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchduty</span></a> app to have a better sense of what’s going on, as the MSM renderings are poor approximations. I’m very impressed with the UX of the app. It conveys a lot of information but does it well. This is a startup but they are also a non-profit. </p><p>These are the right tools. I hope they can continue without getting enshittified.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/watch-duty-california-wildfires-ceo-founder-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/watch-duty-cal</span><span class="invisible">ifornia-wildfires-ceo-founder-interview/</span></a></p>
sadele2<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KennethFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennethFire</span></a> <br>Los Angeles &amp; Ventura Counties</p><p>Victory Boulevard west of Gilmore St, West Hills</p><p>Evacuation Order - Level 3 - Go</p><p>Mandatory Evacuation Order for Vanowen south to Burbank Blvd. County Lane Road east to E Valley Circle Blvd</p><p>⚠️ (See the LA City Evacuation Map for LA City Evacuation Order parameters, this area is not displayed on the Watch Duty map.<br><a href="https://lafd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Media/index.html?appid=ba8cfed4b4a04d49b7489eb8300727a8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lafd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Medi</span><span class="invisible">a/index.html?appid=ba8cfed4b4a04d49b7489eb8300727a8</span></a> ) </p><p><a href="https://share.watchduty.org/i/40508?ts=1736468118000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">share.watchduty.org/i/40508?ts</span><span class="invisible">=1736468118000</span></a></p>
Steve's Place<p>The voluntary evacuations areas have grown.</p><p>Evacuation Order - Level 3 - Go</p><p>Zones: WTH-U031, CAL-C401, CAL-C402, CAL-C403, CSB-U024, HID-C501, HID-C502, MTV-U025</p><p>Mandatory Evacuation Order for Vanowen south to Burbank Blvd. County Lane Road east to E Valley Circle Blvd</p><p>Evacuation Warning - Level 2 - Set</p><p>LA County/City - Ingomar St / Saticoy St south to Burbank Blvd Valley Circle Blvd east to Woodlake Ave</p><p>Ventura - Kenneth - Zone1 (Oak Park area near Kanan Road and Agoura Road, east of Kanan Road to Deer Hill)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/KennethFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennethFire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/GoNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/AgoraHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgoraHills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/HiddenHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiddenHills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Calabasas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calabasas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/OakPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/WoodlandHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoodlandHills</span></a></p>
Steve's Place<p>KCAL9 cut from the presser to say that the community of Oak Park is under voluntary evacuation orders.</p><p>Just get out of there.</p><p><a href="https://app.watchduty.org/i/40508/reports/161335" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.watchduty.org/i/40508/repo</span><span class="invisible">rts/161335</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/KennethFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennethFire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/KCAL9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KCAL9</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>This is the future of social media, not the corporate horrors of the big networks, people helping people. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"How do we acquire, monetise and enshittify this app" the ghouls of Capitalism will be asking...</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/05/watch-duty-wildfire-app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jan/05/watch-duty-wildfire-app</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAFires</span></a></p>
Jeri Dansky<p>I already had a Watch Duty membership — but given how invaluable the site and app have been the past few days as the fires raged in Southern California, I made an additional donation last night. It's literally a lifesaver.</p><p><a href="https://app.watchduty.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.watchduty.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a></p>
MrWtr0102<p>Status of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAFires</span></a></p><p>(per <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> app)</p><p>(Thursday, January 9th, 2025)<br>(7:36 AM, Pacific Time)</p><p>ZOOM IN FOR DETAILS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HurstFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurstFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LidiaFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LidiaFire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SunsetFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunsetFire</span></a></p><p>(subject to updates, corrections, and revisions)</p>
MsMerope<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://carfree.city/@scott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scott</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@dramypsyd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dramypsyd</span></a></span> </p><p>also came here to say <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WatchDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchDuty</span></a> <br>they are usually very up to date.<br>and it's free free free.</p><p>There's an app and you can access it via desktop as well</p><p><a href="https://app.watchduty.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.watchduty.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>