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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA

www.theverge.com

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How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA

www.theverge.com

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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

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“We view what we are doing as a public service,” says the app’s cofounder.

https://www.watchduty.org/

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Can confirm Watch Duty is the shit. They’re how I figured out the evacuation alerts (PLURAL) we got were errors.

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