Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)
by tinuviel on 2/3/2026, 9:06:04 AM
After reading "During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website" on Sparkbox (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494734">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494734</a>) , I built safe-now.live – a text-first emergency info site for USA and Canada. No JavaScript, no images, under 10KB. Pulls live FEMA disasters, NWS alerts, weather, and local resources. This is my first live website ever so looking for critical feedback on the website. Please feel free to look around.<p><a href="https://safe-now.live" rel="nofollow">https://safe-now.live</a>
Comments
by: doodad3
The about page [0] links to a github repository [1], but it seems to not be uploaded or hidden.<p>[0]: <a href="https://safe-now.live/about" rel="nofollow">https://safe-now.live/about</a><p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/venkatag/SafeNow" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/venkatag/SafeNow</a>
2/3/2026, 12:47:11 PM
by: rumatoest
It must be able to cache it's all content in browser.<p>I guess to do it it properly you need to make it PWA.
2/3/2026, 12:16:25 PM
by: doterobcn
I would suggest increasing font-size, looks too small
2/3/2026, 10:04:13 AM
by: idiotsecant
When you drill down to active emergencies for a local area there's a ton of stuff there but it's all old. Why display it if the purpose of the site is current emergency info?
2/3/2026, 1:12:34 PM
by: lencastre
great stuff!!<p>wish there was sth lk this this side of the pond
2/3/2026, 11:50:45 AM
by: jonathanstrange
Looks nice & useful. However, I'd make two versions: The one you have, and additionally a version with Javascript that is a Progressive Web App (PWA). I'm pretty sure some AI could convert the normal page into a PWA for you.<p>The PWA has the advantage that it will also load when the internet is down and there is no need to save the page manually.
2/3/2026, 9:35:03 AM