Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

25•tinuviel•3h ago

After reading "During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website" on Sparkbox (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494734) , 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.

https://safe-now.live

Comments

jonathanstrange•2h ago

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.

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.

doterobcn•2h ago

I would suggest increasing font-size, looks too small

Brajeshwar•1h ago

I think the default target is expecting a smaller screen mobile device, hence the 13px default. This is a good idea, and any other screen sizes that see smaller text can still zoom in using default browser behaviors.

duskdozer•1h ago

Agree, even just converting to use em instead of px is more usable on differing screen size/dpi

austinjp•1h ago

Yup. Even on mobile the text is too small for me. In particular, the line-height could be larger so links can be tapped more easily.

Nice though, I like it.

lencastre•28m ago

great stuff!!

wish there was sth lk this this side of the pond

rumatoest•2m ago

It must be able to cache it's all content in browser.

I guess to do it it properly you need to make it PWA.

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Show HN: Safe-now.live – Ultra-light emergency info site (<10KB)

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What's up with all those equals signs anyway?

Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition

Rentahuman – The Meatspace Layer for AI

The Codex App

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Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog?

See how many words you have written in Hacker News comments

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Carnegie Mellon Unversity Computer Club FTP Server

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