Joseph Elfelt

https://m.ai6yr.org/@mappingsupport

Developer of #GISsurfer web map using the #Leaflet map API.

Developer of #GeoJPG web app. Offline maps with NO ads, NO tracking, NO signup and NO fees. #PWA

Developer of #FindMeSAR web app. #PWA

Curator of 7,500+ #ArcGIS server list.

Lives in #PNW.
Likes #Gardening

Master project page: https://mappingsupport.com
GISsurfer homepage: https://gissurfer.com
GeoJPG homepage (PWA): https://geojpg.com

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Last Notes

2026-02-02 15:44:49 GMT

Taken from the ridge leading to Alta Mountain in the central Cascade Mountains, Washington State. The water you see is a place called "Three tarns" in Becky's climbing guide.
#MountainMonday #PNW #Hiking
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2026-01-26 17:55:29 GMT

Get ready to kiss it goodbye.
Today is day 14 of no rain in our part of the PNW. Lots of sunshine was sure nice. Overnight temps in the 20s froze this small pond in our pasture. Rain moves back in by tomorrow night and sticks around. #PNW
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2026-01-19 17:49:31 GMT

Gotta admit that working outside and feeling the warm sun on my back in the PNW in *January* is kinda nice.
Last fall I planted several lettuce varieties in a raised bed just to see what would happen. So far the coldest we have seen is about 28 degrees. When that happens the lettuce plants have some frost but have not died. Unless it gets colder I am thinking that when the days get longer the plants will grow nice new leaves and we will not be buying lettuce for a good long time.
Flickers have started sending out looking-for-love messages by beating on the house chimney cap.
Going to wait until the sun has melted the frost off the deck railing before shifting to outdoor chores.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2026-01-05 15:27:54 GMT

It is a new year.
Time to change the batteries in your smoke alarm if you have not already done so.
Those fresh batteries are the cheapest insurance you will ever buy.

2025-12-29 16:41:14 GMT

For #MountainMonday you can pretend you are strolling the flower meadows at Bean Creek Basin in the Teanaway area of WA. Bean Peak is in the background. Alas, this area burned in a major wildland fire this past summer. The flowers will return but most of the trees and snags are likely gone.
#PNW #Hiking
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2025-12-27 20:39:46 GMT

Got cabbage?
So we are both out in the garden and she is cleaning up what we thought were just some remaining cabbage leaves. Surprise! Most of these will go to the food bank after we clean them up.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2025-12-27 17:57:07 GMT

It is ☀️ outside. Hey, PNW, stop whatever you are doing and get outside to enjoy this rare treat. For myself - I am heading out to do some weeding in the garden and feel the warmth from the sun on my back.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW

2025-12-27 15:34:35 GMT

The Washington Trails Association has a good article on the impacts of the torrential rains earlier this month on access to the backcountry.
https://www.wta.org/news/signpost/2025-flooding-winter-hikers-how-to-help
#Hiking #PNW #Seattle
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2025-12-26 15:58:42 GMT

Tired of winter already? Yearning for mountain flower meadows? I can help with that.
This is a side trail in the Spray Park area of Mt. Rainier National Park, WA. As soon as we left the main trail and wandered off on this side trail through the flower meadows we did not see anyone until we returned to the main trail.
#FootpathFriday #PNW #Hiking
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2025-12-23 16:00:44 GMT

Greater LA area is going to get hit with a high end rain and wind event starting sometime Wednesday. To read NOAA’s forecast discussion, open the map, click inside any red outlined area and follow the link. The text screenshot is from the discussion for the greater Los Angeles/Oxnard area.
I am posting this on Tuesday morning. The shaded areas on the map show NOAA’s data for the likelihood of excessive rain on day 2 - i.e. Wednesday. Per NOAA, the colors mean as follows:
Pink shading = High (High) [At least 70% Chance of Flash Flooding] - Widespread flash floods are expected. Conditions include severe widespread flash flooding. Areas that do not normally experience flash flooding have conditions where lives and property are in greater danger.
Red shading = Moderate (MDT) [At least 40% Chance of Flash Flooding]- Numerous flash floods are likely- Numerous flash flooding events with significant events are possible. Many streams may flood potentially affecting large rivers.
#CAwx #Severewx #FlashFlood
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.241260,-118.520508&zoom=8&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=Excessive_rainfall_forecast_day_2,State_boundary,Lake_river_stream,Forecast_discussion&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-12-22 15:59:15 GMT

For #MountainMonday here is a place in WA that is reached via the Pacific Crest trail plus a scramble. Silver Peak near Snoqualmie Pass is in the background.
#PNW #Hiking
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2025-12-10 15:50:18 GMT

Each triangle on this map shows the location of a streamgage.
Triangle pointing up = water level is rising
Triangle pointing down = water level is falling
Purple = Major flood
Red = Moderate flood
Blue triangle (underneath streamgage triangle) = new record flood height
This GIS layer only shows streamgages in an area affected - or soon to be affected - by flooding.
To see a chart showing water level over time, open the map, click a streamgage and follow the *first* link. #PNW #WAwx #Seattle #Flood #SevereWX
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.502039,-122.442627&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Stream_gage_forecast_record,Stream_gage_forecast_trend&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-12-05 23:10:36 GMT

Major flooding coming to western Washington State.
For a water level forecast that is at or near major flood stage, open the map, click one of the streamgages below a red marker, follow the link.
Each dot on the map is a clickable streamgage. Gages marked by a blue dot have a graph that displays the current and past water level but do not have a forecast for future water levels.
#WAwx #PNW #Flood #SevereWX
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.801158,-121.879578&zoom=9&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=Stream_gage&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt||47.840974,-122.047462||47.674841,-121.922836||47.918576,-122.106514
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2025-12-04 15:26:45 GMT

For #ThrowbackThursday here are some Shooting Star. This is one of my favorite mountain flowers and is found in the high country in wet meadows and along steams.
#PNW #BloomScrolling
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2025-12-03 18:50:57 GMT

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Lemme see if I got that right. 'Air' is a property right. Who knew...
More seriously, I wonder if there is a 'cause for action' (i.e. litigation) if someone damages your pore space by filling it with toxic whatever. 🤔

2025-12-03 12:53:47 GMT

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We have been growing Yukon Gold as the main potato crop in our garden for many years. Last year I bought certified Yukon Gold seed potatoes at a local nursery. Other years I have planted our own potatoes to grow the next crop. We grow them in raised beds with solid sides. I think that growing them this way helps to maintain even soil moisture and avoid most of the hollow center problems.
I like to buy new seed potatoes each year (1) to avoid possible disease carry-over and (2) since I get to go to great nursery - Flower World near Maltby WA. But if they do not have Yukon Gold seed potatoes next year then I will plant some of this year’s potatoes and see what the options are when 2027 rolls around.
No paywall on the article the OP posted.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW

2025-11-25 18:37:18 GMT

The Community Wildfire Protection Plan for King County WA has been approved by the state and a PDF is now available on the county website at:
https://cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king-county/depts/executive-services/emergency-management/plans/2025-king-county-cwpp---signed.pdf
I searched for info about evacuation and found this passage on p21-22.
“An east wind event that coincides with a wildfire could push embers directly into the urban areas of King County, a situation which would be dangerous and even life-threatening. This could cause unprecedented destruction to our communities, though such a fire in and of itself is not unprecedented – it is a known feature of our local fire regime. Rapid evacuation is likely the only option for immediately protecting communities in a high-severity, east wind driven fire. 12. Because major high-severity fires occur infrequently, people in higher-risk areas may not realize just how vulnerable they would be to a destructive, wind-driven wildfire. Lack of awareness can lead to lack of preparedness, low interest in mitigation, and taking inadequate precaution with potential ignition sources – the opposite of actions that are needed to become a fire-adapted community.”
Footnote 12:
“Cascadia Burning: the historic, but not historically unprecedented, 2020 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, USA,” PDF is online at:
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecs2.4070
#PNW #WAfire #Wildfire #Seattle
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2025-11-24 15:38:28 GMT

Much nicer start to the day today than yesterday. #GoodMorning #PNW
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2025-11-23 17:49:55 GMT

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Your sunrise beats mine. So says a guy in the soggy #PNW.
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2025-11-17 00:59:04 GMT

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Meanwhile, on the damp side of the Cascades there is a *bumper* crop of mushrooms in our yard and pasture.

2025-11-14 00:51:15 GMT

Hiker was in distress near the summit of Mailbox Peak in the Cascade Mountains east of #Seattle. SAR team used e-bikes to ascend ~3,000 feet and stabilize the hiker before ground teams arrived to help the hiker down. No paywall. #PNW #SearchAndRescue #Hiking
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/e-bike-rescuers-reaches-stranded-hiker-mailbox-peak-cold-closes/FJXDOLVAQRGDPB7RZBV2VRJXCM/

2025-11-01 00:43:37 GMT

Live in the #PNW? Better buckle up. Lots of weather happening. Rain, wind, rain, stronger wind, rain, possible flooding and did I remember to mention rain?
My area near Redmond currently has a flood watch and wind advisory.
This map shows all the weather watches and warnings. To read details from NOAA - including timing - open the map, click colored area, follow the link. Since the spot you clicked might have more than one type of watch/warning, scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details.
#WAwx #SevereWx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.430715,-121.282471&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-10-15 15:46:31 GMT

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What about giving the user the option to display the numerical accuracy value? The GPS chip in mobile devices produces the accuracy value in meters. Of course that would be easy to convert to feet.
Perhaps your documentation could point out the relationship between the location coordinates and accuracy value. If a circle is drawn using the coordinate as the center and accuracy value as the radius then there is supposed to be a 95% likelihood that the device is inside that circle.

2025-09-24 23:21:16 GMT

#RedFlagWarning includes much of WA east of the Cascade crest. Includes #LaborMountainFire #LowerSugarloafFire and #WildcatFire
Open the map, click red area and follow link for details.
#WAfire #WAwx #PNW #Seattle
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=46.856862,-120.585937&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,Red_flag_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-08-28 02:29:25 GMT

#GarnetFire Fresno County California
Still going strong.
#Wildfires #CAwx #CAfire
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=36.900085,-119.043045&zoom=12&basemap=USA_scanned_topo&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,Perimeter_FIRIS_intel&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-08-23 03:15:58 GMT

Huge #RedFlagWarning area for the west slope of the Cascade Mountains. This area gets a ton of rain and snow in the winter but it is dry now. Click the red area and scroll down in the popup. Follow each link for details.
#PNW #Seattle
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.365252,-122.058105&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,Red_flag_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-08-12 13:04:00 GMT

#UnderwoodFire near Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada.
The dark symbols on the map are heat detections from MODIS and VIIRS satellites within the prior 6 hours. This data is *not* real time and locations are approximate. Sometimes this data is ‘false positive'.
This data updates several times during the day. To read more about MODIS and VIIRS data, open the map and click "Map tips" in the upper left corner.
#bcwildfire #chinacreek #portalberni #Wildfire
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=49.159082,-124.808121&zoom=11&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-08-11 19:40:09 GMT

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Atlantic Ocean from the GOES East satellite. The area of circulation is apparent in the lower right quarter of the screen.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=26.860795,-52.734375&zoom=4&basemap=GOES_East_color&overlay=Country&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-07-30 00:44:32 GMT

Pink area along the coast is a #TsunamiWatch. H/T @npub1ucv…5a8g
This is due to the 8.7 #earthquake in eastern Russia.
Open the map and click the pink area and follow the link for more info.
#Tsunami
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.484927,-123.980713&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-07-08 03:10:47 GMT

The marker on this map is at Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River, Texas. This is where many children lost their lives in the flash flood. The dots on the map are clickable federal streamgages. Note that there are no streamgages upriver from the camp.
If there had been a federal streamgage upriver from Camp Mystic then any savvy iOS or Android developer could write an app that lets the user input the unique ID for that gage and then sound an alarm if the water level at the gage increases by a certain amount.
Edit: It looks the the federal government has (or at least had) an app to do just this.
https://accounts.waterdata.usgs.gov/wateralert/
Here is the link to download a csv file with the most recent data from any federal streamgage:
https://api.water.noaa.gov/nwps/v1/gauges/____/stageflow
Replace the underline with the ‘gaugelid’ value which you can get by clicking a gage on the map I posted. This ID is the first attribute value.
#texas #disaster #flooding #FlashFloodEmergency #TXwx
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=30.009058,-99.371338&zoom=10&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,USA_weather_radar,Lake_river_stream,Stream_gage&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt||30.009400,-99.371338
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2025-07-06 17:17:27 GMT

Our blueberry crop matured about a week earlier than normal. This morning I quickly filled this green bowl twice. When these are washed and cleaned there will easily be enough to fill 3 quart bags for the chest freezer. You can see part of the blueberry jail in the background of the pic. #Blueberries
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2025-07-05 16:39:01 GMT

Blueberry harvesting. Crop looks great. We grow 2 varieties. Patriot and Darrow. The Darrow variety matures a bit later.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2025-07-04 14:38:19 GMT

For the 4th of July here is a map of the current congressional districts. The blue/red shading shows which party holds the seat. Click any district and the popup includes the representative’s name and some other info.
There is at least one additional layer I plan to add to the map. It will show the republican districts that were won by less than 12 points. I will post the map again when that layer is added.
#Congress #PoliticalMap
Open GISsurfer map
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=37.826507,-97.560156&zoom=4&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=District_outline,Republican,Democrat&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/political/congress.txt
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2025-07-03 02:23:27 GMT

#RedFlagWarning for a large part of Alaska.
For details from NOAA - including timing - open the map, click colored area, follow the link. Since the spot you clicked might have more than one type of watch/warning, scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details.
#AKwx #AKfire #Wildfire
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=65.225498,-149.063091&zoom=5&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,Red_flag_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-06-24 22:37:07 GMT

Likely Merten's Coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana).
About Coralroot: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/corallorhiza/index.shtml
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2025-06-20 13:37:16 GMT

#ExtremeHeatWarning - Purple area on the map
The map can display all the current weather watches and warnings.
For details from NOAA open the map, click any colored area, follow the link. Since the spot you clicked might have more than one type of weather watch/warning, scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details.
#SevereWx #HeatWave
Wish we could send some Redmond WA weather to cool things down in the hot part of the country. Over next 3 days we will have clouds, showers and a high temp in the low 70s.
Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.884782,-98.525391&zoom=4&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-06-19 01:27:13 GMT

#UpperApplegateFire SW of Medford, Oregon
Never ignore an order to evacuate. The fire officials have information that you do not.
The symbols on the map are heat detections from MODIS and VIIRS satellites. This data is *not* real time and locations are approximate. Sometimes this data is ‘false positive’.
This data updates several times during the day. To read more about this kind of data, open the map and click “Map tips” in the upper left corner.
#ORfire #ORwx #Wildfire
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=42.201482,-123.032284&zoom=13&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,USA_roads&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-06-12 01:19:57 GMT

Foxglove
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2025-06-06 15:11:54 GMT

Local foodbank will get some of our organic buttercrunch lettuce. Also in the box are the last of the storage onions and shallots from last year’s garden. A few of those has started to sprout and they got chopped up for the compost pile.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2025-06-06 01:43:23 GMT

Harvested the first 2025 walla walla onion this afternoon. OK, it is not a 4 incher but supper tonight is onion burgers so who could resist - not me at least. This onion is one of a bunch that were started from seed last fall.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2025-06-02 01:08:56 GMT

Wife just came in with an overflowing bowl of our organic strawberries. Lots of them are too large for a single bite. Reminds me of growing up in MN where the family would sometimes go to the A&W drive-in (remember those?) for strawberry pie. Of course that was simply a pie crust + strawberries + whipped cream.
Looks like the Redmond WA foodbank will get some strawberries tomorrow.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2025-05-20 17:58:05 GMT

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Most government web maps that display GIS data use ESRI software. That software makes a zillion calls to the ArcGIS server in order to do anything. Think 'bloatware'.
Below is a link to the 'lightweight' Leaflet web map I produce that displays the same data - in this case, all the weather watches and warnings.
Open the map, click colored area, follow the link. Since the spot you clicked might have more than one type of weather watch/warning, scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details.
At the risk of tooting my own horn, GISsurfer has lots of features that are not apparent just by looking at the map. For both video and PDF tutorials see:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer-help.html
#GIS #Geospatial #ArcGIS #SevereWx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=36.993589,-83.759766&zoom=6&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/114/541/445/499/804/665/original/35d52554d58d61f8.jpg

2025-05-14 00:22:39 GMT

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Actually that started out as a potato filing system and then expanded. The onions and shallots are in baskets so it is easy to bring them in to an unheated room in our house if winter temps are forecast to be mid 20s or lower.

2025-05-14 00:12:58 GMT

Got onions?
My turn to cook tonight so I just cut up a bunch of vegies and have some soup starting to simmer. 5pm here in the #PNW, cloudy and barely 60 degrees. So, yup, still soup weather.
The Patterson onions we grew last year are still keeping fine in our unheated garage. I read that it is good to store onions in the dark so they are in an old metal file drawer which has lots of small holes drilled in the sides for ventilation.
After getting a couple of onions for tonight’s soup there are still 6 left. And if we happen to use all those before the first Walla Walla onions are ready this year, then a different file drawer has some large Davidor shallots that are also keeping fine.
And speaking of Walla Wallas, the ones I started from seed last fall in our mini greenhouse are doing fine. We should be able to start using those sometime in July. Also in that same raised bed are small Walla Wallas that were started this year.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn
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2025-04-14 18:03:03 GMT

Interactive map showing location of magnitude 5.2 #earthquake in San Diego County today. For a bigger picture of this location simply zoom the map out.
Map shows all quakes in 2025 that are magnitude 2.5 or more.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=33.040003,-116.596186&zoom=14&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=Plate_boundary,Fault_-_California_offshore,Fault_-_National_database,Significant_earthquake,Recent_quake_2.5_or_more&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/earthquake_fault.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/114/337/629/697/326/465/original/c086bda39fc189d9.jpg

2025-04-13 14:12:56 GMT

In the Pacific Northwest it is common for moss to grow on certain types of trees. Sometimes it will be several inches thick. Ferns then grow in the moss. All this can be happening high in the trees.
#SilentSunday #PNW
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2025-04-05 16:26:40 GMT

The albino chocolate lily has returned in one of our beds. I have seen this in the wild on the east slopes of the Cascade Mountains. This is growing in heavy soil in a partially shaded spot. It is thriving and trying to expand its territory.
Fritillaria biflora
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2025-03-25 16:44:27 GMT

Welcome to Trillium season.
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2025-03-15 22:04:17 GMT

Interactive map shows #tornado reports from prior 24 hours. For a few details, open the map and click a symbol.
**Caution** There could be other active tornadoes that are not on the map. If you are in a tornado warning area then you need to take cover. There have already been multiple deaths today due to tornadoes.
Re-open the map to see any new data.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.443159,-89.538574&zoom=6&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,USA_weather_radar,Tornado_or_T-storm_warning,Tornado_report_last_24hrs&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/114/168/708/202/563/712/original/053846672bc0343b.jpg

2025-03-08 15:03:44 GMT

@grrlscientist posted this. I am going to pin it to my profile.
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2025-02-28 15:46:29 GMT

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At least so far, GIS data for weather watches and warnings, including tornado warnings, is showing up at
https://mapservices.weather.noaa.gov/eventdriven/rest/services/WWA/watch_warn_adv/MapServer
Any GIS savvy software can display that data for free. But now I wonder if free access to this GIS data will continue.

2025-02-25 13:35:06 GMT

So far this morning our power near Redmond remains on and comcast cable internet is working. Most of the power outages so far are on the west side of Puget Sound. However some big wind gusts are still rolling through.
#PNW #Seattle #WAwx
Puget Sound Energy outage map: https://www.pse.com/en/outage/outage-map
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2025-02-24 04:19:31 GMT

The good news is we finished eating supper before the power went out. More good news - it is not raining so I did not get soaked as I wheeled the generator from the detached garage to its operating position under the deck. All the essentials are now powered up.
Based on the the Puget Power outage map I suspect the local substation lost power. The wind did not blow that hard and the are not that many outages. We will see what the morning brings.
#PNW

2025-02-13 14:03:02 GMT

Info on #DebrisFlow cameras. Snipped from FB. #AtmosphericRiver #CAwx
"Update: all seven new cameras are now online
With a major atmospheric river projected to hit Southern California this week, ALERTCalifornia's field team has been working hard to install seven new cameras around Los Angeles to help emergency managers monitor potential debris flows from the Eaton and Palisades burn scars. The Bailey Canyon 1 & 2, Sierra Madre Canyon 1 & 2, and Sierra Madre Bridge cameras are already online for the the Eaton Fire scar. Cloudcroft 1 & 2 cameras will be online soon for the Palisades Fire scar. Search camera names at cameras.alertcalifornia.org to see their locations."
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/113/996/944/748/353/999/original/84aec0c8abb6025a.jpg

2025-02-12 15:16:36 GMT

When this map opens it is centered on the #EatonFire area and shows the drainage ways with a black dot at the low end of each one. The map also shows the weather radar with yellow areas indicating heavier rain than green areas.
There is concern that heavy rains may cause #DebrisFlow
You can drag the map over to the area of the #PalisadesFire and see the same thing.
#AtmosphericRiver #CAwx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.198322,-118.093758&zoom=12&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=USA_weather_radar,All_stream_river_lake,2025_segment_combined_hazard,2025_basin_outlet&txtfile=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/fires_debris_flow.txt
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2025-02-08 15:44:51 GMT

Early each morning NOAA produces a ‘discussion’ of their weather forecast. The forecast areas are outlined in red on this map and each area has its own discussion which covers both the next few days and also a longer look ahead.
To read any discussion, open the map, click inside any red-outlined area and follow the link.
The screenshot text is from the discussion covering most of Massachusetts.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=42.275817,-82.265625&zoom=5&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning,Forecast_discussion&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-02-06 17:30:07 GMT

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I happen to know that someone (not me) has a copy of that EPA GIS data and is offering to share it with one of the funded organizations that is saving federal data before it disappears from public view. Enough said for the moment.

2025-02-06 15:11:29 GMT

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Here is more info about the EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping team.
That EPA team has a large amount of #geospatial data hosted on an #ArcGIS server at
https://ejscreen.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services
That team also has a website at https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen
Yesterday I noticed that both of those servers are now offline. I noticed that those federal servers are no longer available to the public because I volunteer to curate a list of USA government ArcGIS server addresses from federal to local and post weekly updates via a PDF file at:
https://mappingsupport.com/p/surf_gis/list-federal-state-county-city-GIS-servers.pdf
#GIS
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2025-02-02 17:25:59 GMT

#SilentSunday #PNW Near Redmond WA
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2025-01-31 00:28:42 GMT

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Of course. Here are 5 foot contour lines for downtown Seattle.
Rats - I deleted the map link since mastodon did not parse it correctly.
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2025-01-31 00:18:19 GMT

Will it or Won’t it?
#WinterStormWatch posted for east Puget Sound lowlands. This includes my neighborhood.
#WAwx #Seattlewx #Snow
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.422808,-123.057928&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-01-27 15:47:31 GMT

Location of #Earthquake just off the coast between #NewHampshire and #Maine.
The map has the data layer for “Did you feel it” turned on but at the time of my post there is no data in that GIS layer.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=43.002326,-70.839736&zoom=8&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=Plate_boundary,Fault_-_National_database,Significant_earthquake,Recent_quake_2.5_or_more,Did_you_feel_it&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/earthquake_fault.txt
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2025-01-23 02:47:23 GMT

#HughesFire
9,268 acres on the latest perimeter
Hope that number holds through the night.
#CAfire #CAwx #Wildfire
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.529913,-118.595695&zoom=12&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=State_boundary,USA_roads,Perimeter_FIRIS_intel&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/113/875/382/472/626/464/original/b8efec5d57bd29b0.jpg

2025-01-21 15:49:34 GMT

Interactive map always shows storm reports from prior 24 hours.
Dark dot = snow
Blue dot = ice
Brown dot = sleet
Open the map and click any dot for details
#LAwx #TXwx #Snow
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=30.741030,-90.595044&zoom=6&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning,Storm_report_last_24hrs&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2025-01-21 14:50:51 GMT

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Bigger amounts are super rare. Record is ~8 inches in 1895.
https://www.nola.com/news/weather/snow-history-new-orleans/article_20f69702-d772-11ef-8229-5b4aa8030e83.html

2025-01-21 14:21:57 GMT

#NewOrleans 5 day forecast from NOAA.
4 to 8 inches of snow+sleet today.
#NOLA #LAwx
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=LIX&lat=29.9317&lon=-90.1645
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2025-01-20 12:40:27 GMT

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Speaking of milk prices, my farmer buddy in Wisconsin points out that a great many of the dairy workers are undocumented. If they are deported then look for the price of milk to double.

2025-01-16 16:05:00 GMT

Thursday morning. At the time of my post the #GIS layer with the damage assessment data for #PalisadesFire shows that 4,016 structures have been evaluated. Of those, 2,189 have been designated as destroyed (damage > 50%). Note that some of the evaluated structures are outside of the fire perimeter. #LAfires
To search on an address click Menu > Search.
Red - Destroyed > 50%
Orange - Major 26-50%
Yellow - Minor 10-25%
Green - Affected 1-9%
Black - No damage
White - Inaccessible
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.074127,-118.591234&zoom=12&basemap=LA_County_basemap&overlay=Perimeter_FIRIS_intel,LA_County_map,LA_County_parcels,Palisades_damage_assessment&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-01-16 03:37:47 GMT

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I'm going to point to the black houses that survived and try to convince people in my neighborhood to work on defensible space and cleaning up their property of dead branches on the ground etc. Sure, we do not exactly why some homes survived but defensible space might be part of the reason.

2025-01-13 14:26:24 GMT

#PalisadesFire damage assessment. This work is ongoing. Each time you open the map you will see the most recent information. #LAfires
To search on an address click Menu > Search.
The damage layer is 'on top' and clickable.
The parcel layer (at end of overlay list) includes address and owner's name. To learn how to make that the 'top' layer and clickable, please read the "Map tips" link in upper left corner.
Red - Destroyed > 50%
Orange - Major 26-50%
Yellow - Minor 10-25%
Green - Affected 1-9%
Black - No damage
White - Inaccessible
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.063618,-118.582655&zoom=12&basemap=LA_County_basemap&overlay=Perimeter_FIRIS_intel,LA_County_map,LA_County_parcels,Palisades_damage_assessment&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-01-13 13:34:04 GMT

I just heard on the local Seattle news that WA state has sent 20 strike teams with 220 people to help with the #LAfires. And Seattle Humane has taken in 60 dogs and cats that were flown here from the LA area.

2025-01-11 23:20:48 GMT

#ClimateCrisis
What small change can I personally make in my life that - when combined with small changes from other people - might make a difference? Think about the possibilities if we each did #SomethingMoreThanNothing.
We live on 5 acres and for years I have added CO2 to the air by burning branch piles. A lot of branch piles. This weekend I am reading up on PTO wood chippers. Kinda pricey. But we already have a tractor that run such a machine.
The fires in California and increasing risk for wildfires in the #PNW wildland urban interface have convinced me to finally get my butt in gear and do my part - small though it may be - to help slow down #ClimateChange.

2025-01-11 19:56:12 GMT

Is it my imagination or are gardens waking up extra early here in the #PNW. At our place tulips, daffodils and dwarf siberian iris have all showed up above the dirt.
#Gardens #Gardening

2025-01-08 11:29:27 GMT

#PalisadesFire #EatonFire #HurstFire
3:19am. New Satellite heat detection data is now on the map. This data is not real time and locations are only approximate. Also, some of this data is likely ‘false positive’. This can be due to a combination of wind, heavy smoke with embers and the angle at which the satellite sees the ground. For more information open the map, click “Map tips” and read about MODIS/VIIRS.
#1 Rule - Never ignore an order to evacuate. The fire officials have information that you do not.
The brown arrow symbols are fire cameras. That layer is ‘on top’ and can be clicked. Follow the first link in the popup.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=34.171419,-118.431244&zoom=10&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=State_boundary,MODIS_7_day,VIIRS_7_day,Lake_river_stream,Perimeter_FIRIS_intel,Fire_camera_location&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2025-01-04 01:21:15 GMT

ProTip Never tell your partner that you weigh today what you weighed in college. 😬

2025-01-03 21:16:34 GMT

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If it is freezing rain and little to no snow then you can entertain your grandkids about the time in '25 when you ice skated on the street in front of your home.

2025-01-03 21:07:00 GMT

NOAA has posted an #IceStormWarning. It is the dark purple area on the map. At the time of my post this is only in SE Missouri. See the screenshot text below.
Note that other areas are also forecast to have freezing rain but not as much as in the ice storm warning area.
To read details from NOAA, open the map, click colored area, follow the link. Scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details.
#WinterStormWarning #KSwx #MOwx #ILwx #INwx #OHwx #KYwx
Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=41.461540,-92.856445&zoom=5&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/113/766/457/913/738/562/original/a9f2e20dcdbb6966.jpg
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2024-12-28 14:37:08 GMT

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Define "rain". See, here in the #PNW it is often more like "wet air" than actual rain. Next Tuesday is looking good.

2024-12-25 21:54:20 GMT

All of the Puget Sound area now has either a high wind warning or wind advisory. To read details from NOAA (including timing) open the map, click colored area, follow the link. Scroll down in the popup since the spot you clicked might have multiple watches/warning and each one has its own link for the details.
#PNW #Seattle #WAwx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=47.334459,-122.420654&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/113/715/683/938/561/375/original/424b04681d6fe8bb.jpg
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2024-12-20 17:54:15 GMT

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I also have walked across those rocks having grown up in #Minnesota. Spent a summer decades ago at the UM field station on the lake.

2024-12-17 19:11:00 GMT

Question for #PNW people.
Can anyone point me to Mastodon accounts for counties or cities in #Washington or #Oregon. I am going to take a run at trying to get #KingCounty WA to join the Mastodon fediverse.

2024-12-05 20:06:39 GMT

Each time you open this map you will see the big #earthquake and all *later* quakes with magnitude 2.5 or larger. You might need to zoom in order to get all the magnitude labels to display.
#TsunamiWarning #Tsunami
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=39.795915,-123.958740&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=Did_you_feel_it,Recent_quake_2.5_or_more,Significant_earthquake&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/earthquake_fault.txt
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2024-12-03 15:35:40 GMT

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I am curious to know if there is a GIS layer that shows the location of these forecast points.

2024-11-30 18:40:12 GMT

These snapdragons have survived several frosty nights of temps around 30 degrees.
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2024-11-24 15:58:55 GMT

Sunrise view from our deck a few days ago. #SilentSunday #PNW
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2024-11-21 15:39:55 GMT

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staying warm is the least of our worries - Says the guy with a large woodstove and over a dozen cords of split wood under cover.

2024-11-21 14:18:46 GMT

Disaster tip. If cable or fiber internet goes down for a large area then people affected will try to get online via cell towers. Cell towers will be overloaded.
Near Redmond WA we are starting day 2 with no power and no Comcast cable internet. I can get online via cell tower early in the morning but rarely get online later in the day.
Likely another couple of days till we get power. Unknown how long Comcast internet will be down.
We are on generator power and have city water and gravity septic. Wife and I are warm and fed. Spent all day yesterday picking up and burning branches. Life is good.
Two power outage screenshots. #PNW
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2024-11-14 19:58:47 GMT

#TropicalStormSara
Aerial view from GOES East satellite
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=23.123861,-94.482422&zoom=4&basemap=GOES_East_color&overlay=Country,State_boundary,Forecast_error_cone,Hurricane/Storm_observed_track,Hurricane/Storm_observed_position,Hurricane/Storm_forecast_track,Hurricane/Storm_forecast_position&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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2024-11-14 15:13:29 GMT

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About 2 months ago I planted spinach and hardy lettuce in our mini greenhouse. The purpose was to overwinter and have a very early spring crop. But there still has not been any frost near Redmond WA and the plants are doing so well that I might start to harvest a bit.

2024-11-09 22:27:46 GMT

#JenningsCreekFire on the border between New Jersey and New York.
Wind is forecast to push the fire easterly more into New York State. Lots of forest land waiting to burn. It is super dry in that area. There have been red flag warnings lately across multiple states. Sad to say but this sure seems to have the potential to get *much* larger. 😟
#NYwx #NYfire #NJwx #NJfire
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=41.170578,-74.255905&zoom=13&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,USA_roads&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2024-11-08 16:24:07 GMT

#RedFlagWarning for today (Friday Nov 8).
For official details from NOAA, open the map, zoom in on your area, click the map, follow the link.
To search on your address click Menu > Search.
#MDwx #PAwx #NJwx #CTwx #RIwx #MAwx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=40.505081,-75.278320&zoom=6&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=State_boundary,Red_flag_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2024-11-08 01:43:18 GMT

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A great deal of federal data of all kinds is hosted on ArcGIS servers.
1. I curate a list of ArcGIS server addresses. There are weekly updates. The federal servers are sorted by department. The list is a PDF at
https://mappingsupport.com/p/surf_gis/list-federal-state-county-city-GIS-servers.pdf
2. A lot of that data can be download as a KMZ file by entering an ArcGIS "query" command into a browser. I wrote step-by-step instructions:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/atak/pdf/atak_kml_link_arcgis.pdf

2024-11-07 19:44:45 GMT

NOAA has designated a large area as a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” (PDS) until 3pm today. #Wildfire #CAwx #CAfire #FireWx
Red = #RedFlagWarning
Diagonals = #HighWindWarning
For details from NOAA, open the map and click on it. Scroll down in the popup that appears since there might be multiple weather watches/warnings for the spot you clicked and each one has its own link to the details.
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=33.872935,-117.982178&zoom=8&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=VIIRS_7_day,MODIS_7_day,State_boundary,Red_flag_warning,High_wind_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_wildland_fire.txt
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2024-11-05 20:57:24 GMT

Stafford Creek trail just below Navaho Pass, WA
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2024-11-01 16:56:52 GMT

I work a lot with land surveys and property legal descriptions producing online maps that show the client’s approximate property lines. The screenshot is a map I recently produced for a client who is trying to find their existing survey stakes. My service produced the red lines based on the client’s survey. The bluish lines are from the county #GIS.
Look at corner 6.
Many counties have an online parcel map with a long disclaimer saying their data is not intended to accurately locate property lines. Apps such as LandGlide, OnX and many others show you a copy of the county GIS parcel line data. If the county data is bad then the same data in those apps is also bad.
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/113/408/747/652/261/158/original/240d35fba8d3e8dd.jpg

2024-10-23 21:13:16 GMT

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Fascinating. I had no idea. A quick google turns up this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chainsaw/comments/1951ua5/lets_put_this_to_bed_once_and_for_all_canola_vs/
Pity that I have about a gallon of the usual bar oil.

2024-10-19 00:01:31 GMT

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Wait a minute. "500 varieties of frozen waffles"
Seriously?
500???
Gotta admit that I am struggling with the concept that the world needs "500 varieties of frozen waffles". After all, I suspect the world would keep turning if there were only a mere 400 or even 300 varieties.
Seems like the talent that is inventing ever more varieties of frozen waffles could be more usefully spent doing other work.

2024-10-09 20:32:04 GMT

The green dots on this map are coastal gages. Since this layer is ‘on top’ it can be clicked to see attribute data. To see near real time water level, open the map, click a green dot and follow the first link.
The second pic is from the gage at Naples Bay where the #StormSurge from #HurricaneMilton is rolling in.
The NOAA server with the water level data is very busy. You may need to reload the page before the chart appears.
#Milton #FLwx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=26.963619,-82.095337&zoom=8&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=Forecast_error_cone,USA_weather_radar,Hurricane/Storm_forecast_track,Hurricane/Storm_forecast_position,Country,Coastal_gage&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/113/279/363/532/578/625/original/e26d659f07cb68c2.jpg
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2024-10-08 18:15:03 GMT

This map opens at a random spot on the Florida coast and shows:
1. Potential depth of the storm surge per NOAA
2. Most street names
3. Parcel lines
4. House numbers
The second pic is the key to the surge depth colors.
To search on an address, click Menu > Search.
Parcels are clickable to see attribute data.
#HurricaneMilton #FLwx
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=27.370905,-82.628678&zoom=17&basemap=USA_NAIP_aerial&overlay=Potential_surge_depth,Local_road,Florida_all_parcels_white,Florida_all_parcels_black&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/NOAA_damage_aerials/2024_hurricane_Milton_damage.txt
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2024-10-07 22:58:44 GMT

This map gives you access to the most detailed discussion NOAA has for each area outline in blue on the map.
1. Open the map
2. Click inside a blue area
3. A popup opens. Scroll down and click the link “zone url”
4. A web page opens. Near the top is a list of some links. Click “Hurricane local statement”
The screenshots are for the area that includes the waterfront just south of Tamp Bay.
#HurricaneMilton #FLwx #Cat5
Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=27.758884,-82.111816&zoom=8&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=NOAA_5-day_forecast&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
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