When disaster strikes
with Stephen "The Wind" Stirling
If you're reading this for the first time and disaster is striking, you're already fucked.
Know where to look
Don't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ when your editors be like
Know your threats
NWS/USGS have data on nearly everything
Flooding?
Blizzards?
Hurricanes?
Wind?
Flooding
Live data
Maps
Climatology
Rain/Snow/Heat/Cold
NDFD FTW
Hurricanes
Thunderboomers and Twisters
RIP :(
Set it and forget it
Vox snow map using data from NWS
Think about what your audience needs
Feeling ambitious?
NWS has an open API:
https://graphical.weather.gov/xml/
Live warning polygons/data:
https://products.weather.gov/PDD/PDD_SVRgraphics_final.pdf
Always Remember
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Stephen Stirling || @sstirling || Sstirling@njadvancemedia.com
Natural Disasters and data
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