Members of Congress who voted to defund FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program one day before Helene hit: Sen. Budd (R-NC) Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) Reps. Bean, Bilirakis, Cammack, Donalds, Gaetz, Lee, Luna, Mills, Posey, Waltz, Webster (R-FL) Rep. Bishop (R-NC)
The combination of low bandwidth needs, starter packs, custom feeds, and api access means Bluesky has the potential to be the disaster management social platform. To the point where we should be talking to NOAA about funding some development.
OK...the NWS Bot collection is now fully populated and ready to go. I'm sure bugs will come up along the way, but I think it is 95%+ stable. There's an index page at nws-bot.us including a map (borrowed from NWS) to find the right bot for the area you want to follow.
(Cross-post from The Bad Place) I suppose we're doing this again. This is incorrect: the Roman army relied heavily on non-citizens throughout nearly the whole of Roman history, including periods of its greatest success in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, when Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean.1/
Truly amazing how risky childbirth was until a few decades ago. Vaccines, antibiotics, transfusion, better access to care save thousands of lives/year. But there's a second worrying trend in our victory. See if you can spot the significant change in the graph below, starting around 2000?
Please note where Asheville, NC is on this map. Please note that it is at 3000+ feet elevation. Please explain to me where the fuck is far enough inland that you'll care. @luxalptraum.com you put this on my timeline so same question.
W Ave runs right across Another Lake.