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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2026-04-08 19:52:07 UTC

Washington state declares statewide drought emergency.
No paywall.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/wa-declares-unprecedented-fourth-drought-emergency-in-a-row/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1775671435-2
#PNW #Drought #ClimateChange

2026-04-05 15:26:55 UTC

Annual Chocolate Lily pic.
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2026-04-04 19:00:48 UTC

Trillium in one of our landscape beds.
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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2026-04-04 18:01:15 UTC

Dug up the Walla Wallas that I seeded in the greenhouse last fall. These will get planted in a raised bed. We should be able to start harvesting by late June.
There are a lot more of these in the greenhouse from a tray of starts I bought this spring. Those are much smaller in size. I will transplant those in a few weeks.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2026-03-22 15:07:17 UTC

Got heat?
We have a cold frame on our deck for hardening off seedlings that we start indoors under grow lights and with a heat mat. The pic is a maximum/minimum thermometer hanging in the cold frame. Looks like it went down to 35 degrees last night. This is near Redmond WA. So for now the small plants are only going into the cold frame during the day and back inside the house at night.
Time now to get a fire going in the woodstove. 🥶
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2026-03-13 14:39:22 UTC

Going to be awhile before we harvest anything from the garden this year.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW
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2026-02-27 23:25:35 UTC

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Cliffhanger! I wanted to know where you will land.

2026-02-26 01:07:14 UTC

It is 100% certain that the FBI has not released all of the interviews they conducted with victims of the Epstein child sex trafficking. Anyone can repeat the analysis I made and come up with the same list of 151 FD-302 documents that have not been made public. The FBI produced one of these documents for each interview they conducted. It is 100% certain that many of these un-released FD-302s allege abuse by someone **other than** Epstein.
I wrote a short description of the workflow I used and posted it on Reddit. My username there is Jelfff. Here is the link.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1rejo5k/unreleased_fd302_victim_interviews_yes_there_is_a/
Wanna help take down the pedophiles? Please share the link to the Reddit post far and wide.
#Epstein #EpsteinClass #GhislaineMaxwell #Pedophiles
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2026-02-18 19:00:55 UTC

I emailed the local office of my congress representative and attached a copy of version 3 of my Epstein report. As an “action item” I asked for someone in congress to ask to view unredacted copies of a sampling of the documents with “serial numbers” which the FBI has not made public. Those serial numbers are listed in my report.
Local staff confirmed to me in a reply email that they will send my message up their chain of command.
For a link to version 3 of my report, scroll down a bit on my other mastodon account:
https://mastodon.social/@epstein_documents
#Epstein #EpsteinClass #GhislaineMaxwell #Pedophiles

2026-02-11 15:02:59 UTC

Going to be a real nice day once it warms up a bit. We’re talking t-shirt weather.
Bought some Walla Walla onion starts at the Woodinville McLendon’s yesterday. They will get planted in the mini greenhouse today and after a few weeks moved to a raised bed.
#PNW #Seattle #GoodMorning
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2026-02-02 15:44:49 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/769/712/799/762/865/original/f14d0eaff9d715d8.jpg
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2025-12-22 15:59:15 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/764/043/077/220/999/original/49e77f0fb5556d8f.jpg

2025-12-10 15:50:18 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/696/061/042/595/476/original/fe5762cad249aaf2.jpg
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2025-12-05 23:10:36 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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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 UTC

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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 UTC

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 UTC

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

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Your sunrise beats mine. So says a guy in the soggy #PNW.
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/600/273/528/687/448/original/2a4395a1292b4d5c.jpeg

2025-11-17 00:59:04 UTC

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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 UTC

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 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/471/666/219/253/543/original/b97dd4175a9cd150.jpg

2025-10-15 15:46:31 UTC

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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 UTC

#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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/261/838/044/820/791/original/70780c97eaac655f.jpg

2025-08-28 02:29:25 UTC

#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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/104/033/184/398/868/original/9bdc6f8a31931a97.jpg

2025-08-23 03:15:58 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/075/904/724/814/069/original/437c2f75796eb74d.jpg

2025-08-12 13:04:00 UTC

#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 UTC

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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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/115/011/820/189/872/843/original/8e2a95a0cae47542.jpg

2025-07-30 00:44:32 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/114/939/413/779/386/630/original/406ac472b9cb5375.jpg

2025-07-08 03:10:47 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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
https://media2.ai6yr.org/media_attachments/files/114/795/470/131/178/314/original/c8b1cc2a4db7ffc5.jpg

2025-07-03 02:23:27 UTC

#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 UTC

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 UTC

#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 UTC

#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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2025-06-06 15:11:54 UTC

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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2025-01-31 00:18:19 UTC

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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2025-01-21 14:21:57 UTC

#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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2025-01-16 03:37:47 UTC

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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.

2024-11-21 14:18:46 UTC

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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