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Animated Map of Palisades Fire
« on: January 13, 2025, 11:11:28 AM »
This animated map from @KCAL News shows a timeline of how the Palisades Fire - the largest blaze ravaging Southern California - https://www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/video/7458823403546463530

Animation shows fire started in the hillside that is more difficult to access for fire fighting fanned by high winds with spread to lower valley towards dense housing.
« Last Edit: January 13, 2025, 11:27:36 AM by Live Life »

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Re: Animated Map of Palisades Fire
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2025, 12:18:39 PM »
FWIW, TikTok is a massive security hole.  You should not have it installed on any of your devices.

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Re: Animated Map of Palisades Fire
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2025, 12:31:13 PM »
I don't do TikTok but usually try to post/link source docs/files and what was posted on X was sourced to the page I posted by CBS News.

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Re: Animated Map of Palisades Fire
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2025, 01:02:39 PM »
FWIW, TikTok is a massive security hole.  You should not have it installed on any of your devices.

Uh-oh. I clicked on "Allow" audio and video.  Did I screw up?  I've been suspicious (New York Street paranoia) about Tik Tok for a while.

I immediately "restored" my machine (Win 7) to a couple of days ago.  I hope I didn't screw myself by clicking on "Allow."


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Re: Animated Map of Palisades Fire
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2025, 01:05:18 PM »
Probably not, but you could clear cookies just to be sure.

The apps on mobile platforms are the really bad ones.  They will scrape your device and send data back to China.

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Re: Animated Map of Palisades Fire
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2025, 01:12:55 PM »
S2 Underground has been working on a cool map of the fire. It's not super intuitive if you don't know ArcGIS, but you can kinda point and click to figure things out and turn layers on and off (recommended, as there is a lot of info there).

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=204a59b01f4443cd96718796fd102c00
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