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California Wildfires Nasa Nasa Earth Observatory Natural Disaster Woolsey Fire

California’s Woolsey Fire has left a burn scar so big you can see it from space

sudshr47 November 21, 2018

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While the Woolsey Fire burning in Southern California has been 98 percent contained as of Tuesday night, it’s left a huge mark on the landscape.

According to the state’s fire services, the wildfire has burned almost 97,000 acres, an area so vast you can see it from space.

NASA shared an image of the “burn scar” taken on Nov. 18 using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) that sits on on the space agency’s Terra satellite.

Burned vegetation in the area appears brown, while green indicates unburned vegetation. Buildings and roads are light gray and white. According to NASA, the colors have been altered to look more natural. Read more…

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Facebook will now share Community Help data with rescue and relief organizations

sudshr47 November 29, 2017

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Facebook is making it easier for relief organizations to pinpoint exactly where people are in crisis — and discover exactly what they need. 

The company announced at its second-annual Social Good Forum Wednesday that it will start sharing its API for the Community Help tool with disaster response organizations, giving them access to data that can help them deliver critical services to those in need. The API pulls information from public Community Help posts, providing organizations with the ID of the post, the type of help being asked for, and the location of the person requesting support.

The goal is to help rescue and relief efforts coordinate information and response resources as fast as possible, and be able to assess needs by location.  Read more…

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