Show HN: Hurricane Tweets(hurricanetweets.com)
hurricanetweets.com
Show HN: Hurricane Tweets
https://hurricanetweets.com/
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Best coverage is the /r/TropicalWeather live feed on Reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/live/zkadef2ttzql/
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/ (Storm chaser of Blue Shed fame)
https://www.reddit.com/live/zkadef2ttzql/
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/ (Storm chaser of Blue Shed fame)
If you want weather news and/or official updates, tweets might be better. If you want video from thousands of people sharing their experience, there is no comparison.
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I tried to figure out how to open Snap Map without googling for help.
Discover section? Nope. Somewhere at the top or bottom of my friends list? Nope. Somewhere in Ghost icon thing? Nope.
So I gave up and googled for help. Turns out you have to pinch-zoom-out anywhere.
Discover section? Nope. Somewhere at the top or bottom of my friends list? Nope. Somewhere in Ghost icon thing? Nope.
So I gave up and googled for help. Turns out you have to pinch-zoom-out anywhere.
I read your comment, opened snapchat, pinch&zoomed in-an-out everywhere. I couldn't find the map. I'm more than 30. I'm putting down my phone and reading a book.
I'm early 30s and relatively tech savvy, the snap app is the hard app to figure out.
I'm 22 and also tech savvy, but I find it quite simple to use.
I think the target users are those that have pinch-to-zoom interfaces as kids (the today's teens), so the UX is meant to be "cool" instead of intuitive.
Another thing I've seen quite a lot is that you need to invest some time and have lots of friends already using the platform to know about the hidden gems, which I think the app itself promotes that behavior of friends sharing their knowledge instead of easy to use UI (not saying I think it's a good thing)
Another thing I've seen quite a lot is that you need to invest some time and have lots of friends already using the platform to know about the hidden gems, which I think the app itself promotes that behavior of friends sharing their knowledge instead of easy to use UI (not saying I think it's a good thing)
too bad I can't open Snapchat on my Nexus 5x without Android killing every other process to make room for your shoddy app's absurd memory requirements which still fail to provide enough performance to even allow swiping between activities smoothly
Hey it seems like everyone here is critiquing the app, UX, etc, and not focusing on the actual content of your post.
I just wanted to say thanks for pointing this out. Really fascinating and unique way of following Irma's progress.
First time Snap Map user too fwiw.
I just wanted to say thanks for pointing this out. Really fascinating and unique way of following Irma's progress.
First time Snap Map user too fwiw.
It's cool to see how the platform is being leveraged for this event.
I tried to check it out myself but Snapchat was bugging out and getting a bit laggy so it was hard to really view.
I tried to check it out myself but Snapchat was bugging out and getting a bit laggy so it was hard to really view.
Snapchat has no API, thanks!
How??? I still can't find the trigger for maps
100s will die today trying to face swap Irma
Neat! But this is near impossible to read. Perhaps add new tweets to the bottom and have a toggle to "scroll with tweets" or something?
Agreed. Looks awful.
Get some Bootstrap on there at least.
The media object in Bootstrap 4 Beta will probably be suitable for this:
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/layout/media-object/
Get some Bootstrap on there at least.
The media object in Bootstrap 4 Beta will probably be suitable for this:
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/layout/media-object/
I didn't have time to apply better styling yet. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for the suggestion! New data is now at the bottom and it auto-scrolls, with a pause button.
It would be neat if the tweets paused when you hovered your mouse over them. I struggled for a bit to click on one of them.
As another user said, please make the URLs links.
Thanks for the suggestion. Added!
ahriannag-IRMA STOP MESSING WITH MY GAMEPLAY I SWEAR TO GOD
It is refreshing to see that some of the world's priorities do not change even in spite of natural disasters.
It is refreshing to see that some of the world's priorities do not change even in spite of natural disasters.
I saw this live at the hackathon today! Very impressed that you got it all integrated and deployed and on the front page of hacker news before judging.
Thanks!
or a live windmap, if you prefer: https://www.windy.com/?26.407,-82.222,7
also submitted it a bit ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15213499
also submitted it a bit ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15213499
Glad folks like my project!
As toomuchtodo posted below, https://www.reddit.com/live/zkadef2ttzql/ is also a really good source of live info.
As toomuchtodo posted below, https://www.reddit.com/live/zkadef2ttzql/ is also a really good source of live info.
I almost went to this hackathon! Even bought a ticket and all, then decided I need rest more than a hackathon.
This is a great idea. Love it!
One suggestion I’d have is to make photos more prominent. Events like this are mist interesting in the image and short video format.
This is a great idea. Love it!
One suggestion I’d have is to make photos more prominent. Events like this are mist interesting in the image and short video format.
I went to the hackathon and slept during the night which meant we didn't get as much code throughput. I was really impressed by the projects though.
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Best coverage is on Snap Map. Zoom to the Keys and the west coast of Florida and check out the first hand accounts.